Old Photograph Seven Arches Bridge Monifieth Scotland


Old photograph of the seven arches bridge by Monifieth near Dundee, Scotland. This Victorian viaduct used to carry goods and passengers on trains from Dundee East to Forfar calling at Barnhill, Kingennie, Wellbank, Monikie, Kirkbuddo and Kingsmuir before sweeping into Forfar from the north east. The Seven Arches or Barnhill Viaduct is over 140 years old. Today people use the path along the rail track to cross between Grange Road and the housing estates around Barnhill.



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Old Photograph Claverhouse Bridge Dundee Scotland


Old photograph of Claverhouse Bridge by Dundee, Tayside, Scotland. The famous Graham family originally owned the estate of Claverhouse having acquired it in the 16th century. Later, Claverhouse had a bleachfield and mill which was used by the jute manufacturing family, the Baxters. Today Claverhouse is a modern housing estate and very little now remains of the original buildings on the estate.



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Old Photograph Abbey Being Repaired Arbroath Scotland


Old photograph of the Abbey being repaired in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. Arbroath Abbey, in the Scottish town of Arbroath, was founded in 1178 by King William the Lion for a group of Tironensian Benedictine monks from Kelso Abbey in the Scottish Borders. It was consecrated in 1197 with a dedication to the deceased Saint Thomas Becket, whom the king had met at the English court. It was William's only personal foundation, he was buried before the high altar of the church in 1214. The last Abbot was Cardinal David Beaton, who in 1522 succeeded his uncle James to become Archbishop of St Andrews in Fife.



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Old Photograph Whiting Ness Arbroath Scotland


Old photograph of Whiting Ness, a headland on the North Sea coast of Angus, the sandstone cliffs of Whiting Ness are located due north east of Arbroath, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Hotel And Bridges Carrbridge Scotland


Old photograph of the hotel and bridges in Carrbridge, Badenoch and Strathspey, Scotland. Carrbridge is located off the A9 road on the A938 road, west of Skye of Curr, southeast of Findhom Bridge, near Bogroy. Carrbridge's most famous landmark is the old packhorse bridge, from which the village is named. The bridge, built in 1717, is the oldest stone bridge in the Highlands. It was severely damaged in the " muckle spate " of 1829 which left it in the condition seen today. It is now unstable and is recommended only to be viewed from afar. Jumping off the bridge into the River Dulnain below had long been a popular pastime for younger locals and the more adventurous tourists. The Muckle Spate was a great flood in August 1829, which devastated much of Strathspey, in the north east of Scotland. It began raining on the evening of 2 August 1829, and continued into the next day when a thunderstorm broke over the Cairngorms. To the south, the River Dee rose rapidly above its normal level, 15 feet in places 27 feet at Banchory. The Rivers Nairn, Findhorn, Lossie and Spey were affected, to the north.



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