Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old photograph of men repairing storm damage on the coast at Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland. The first harbour for fishing boats at Lossiemouth was started in 1699 by a German engineer, Peter Brauss, at the mouth of the river Lossie near to where the East and West piers stand today.
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Old photograph of St Mary's Catholic Church in Lochee, Dundee, Scotland. This example of Gothic revival dedicated to St. Mary was built in 1866 by Joseph A. Hansom. It is located near a junction of Logie Road and commands the upper half of St. Mary's Lane.
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Old photograph of Meikle Mill by Kirriemuir, Scotland. Kirriemuir has a history of accused witches back in the 16th century. Many of the older buildings have a witches stone built in to ward off evil. This is a hard grey stone set into the local red sandstone which the buildings were built from. A pond on the outskirts of town, known as the Witch Pool, was where the supposed witches were meant to have been drowned but the alleged pool was in fact the mill pond of the 19th Century Meikle Mill.
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Old photograph of boats at the pier in Fairlie on the eastern shore of the Firth of Clyde, in North Ayrshire, Scotland. King David I of Scotland appointed Sir Richard de Morville, a Norman, to hold land in Scotland. Thus he became High Constable of Scotland and Lord of Cunninghame, Largs and Lauderdale. This piece of land was later sub divided among Richard's relatives and friends, and, in the 13th century, the land of Fairlie was held by the Ross family of Tarbert, the land to the North was held by the Boyle family and to the South by the Sempill family. According to ancient records it would appear that Fairlie developed as a fishing village, as it had a good, sheltered anchorage that was fully used in the 16th century. Weaving also began to help the prosperity of the village as the demand for Paisley shawls increased. It was in the late 18th century that John Fife came from Kilbirnie to set up business as a cartwright in Fairlie. His son William (born in 1785) founded Fife Yachts brought to international fame by William's grandson, also called William. Fife Yachts were built in Fairlie until well into the 20th century.
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Old photograph of the Fairground in Wishaw, Scotland. A large Scottish town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, Wishaw is located on the edge of the Clyde Valley, 15 miles south east of Glasgow. One notable visitor to Wishaw in the middle of the 19th century was the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin. In the summer of 1848 Chopin travelled to Scotland at the behest of his Scottish benefactor Miss Jane Stirling. Chopin stayed with a number of families and played concerts in both Glasgow and Edinburgh. Chopin was entertained at Wishaw house and played there for the family, the Hamiltons of Belhaven.
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