Old Photograph Willowbrae Road Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of houses on Willowbrae Road in Edinburgh, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Drum Street Gilmerton Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of houses and cottages on Drum Street in Gilmerton, Edinburgh, Scotland. Gilmerton used to be a coal mining village. Below its centre is a series of shallow linked caves collectively called Gilmerton Cove. Traditionally they were attributed to the work of a local blacksmith, George Paterson,[citation needed] who supposedly completed excavations in 1724 and lived in the caves for several years. The Kinloch baronets lived in Gilmerton House to the south west of the village. Infamously Sir Archibald Gordon Kinloch, 7th Baronet, murdered his half-brother Sir Francis Kinloch in Gilmerton House, in 1795 in part to inherit his baronetcy.



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Old Photograph Morton Streeet Joppa Scotland

Old photograph of houses on Morton Streeet in Joppa, Edinburgh, Scotland. Joppa is bounded on the north by the coast of the Firth of Forth, on the west by Portobello. Joppa is now largely residential, but salt was once produced from sea water by evaporation at Joppa Pans.





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Old Photograph Viewforth Place Pittenweem Fife Scotland

Old photograph of houses on Viewforth Place in Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Fishing Boats Kyleakin Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of small fishing boats on the beach at Kyleakin on the Isle Of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. From 1841 to October 16, 1995 a ferry service operated from Kyleakin to the mainland across the narrow strait of Loch Alsh, until it was replaced by the Skye Bridge. The village is also the site of Castle Moil, an ancient ruined fortress built in the late 15th century. Legend states that it was originally built for a Norwegian princess known as Saucy Mary who would charge a toll to any boat using the narrow channel by hanging a chain from the castle to the mainland to prevent unpaid crossings. Her remains are said to buried on the top of Beinn na Caillich (Gaelic for mountain of the old woman), the large mountain to the rear of the castle ruins.





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