Old Photograph Cottage Glenmoriston Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage in Glenmoriston, a river glen in the Scottish Highlands, that runs from Loch Ness at Invermoriston located seven miles North of Fort Augustus, Scotland. The glen is also steeped in Jacobite history. After the Battle of Culloden in 1746, the pretender to the Scottish throne, Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped to safety through Glenmoriston. Here the Prince took refuge in a cave up in the hills where the River Doe flows down into the glen. He was famously protected by the Seven Men of Glenmoriston, in spite of a £30,000 reward, around £4.25 million today. By the side of the road is Roderick Mackenzie's cairn, a tribute to a loyal supporter of the Stuart Prince who pretended to be Charlie and allowed himself to be captured and killed by the soldiers pursuing the young pretender, giving the real man time to escape to safety. Glenmoriston is commonly misspelled as Glenmorriston especially in history books.



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Old Photograph Foxhounds Horses And Riders West Port St Andrews Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Foxhounds, horses and riders at the West Port in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The West Port at the West end of St Andrews’ South Street is the best surviving example of a Scottish fortified gate. A foxhound is a type of large hunting hound bred for strong hunting instincts, great energy, and, like all scent hounds, a keen sense of smell.





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Tour Scotland Video Bagpipes Competition Burntisland Fife

Tour Scotland video of Scottish Pipers playing the bagpipes at the Pipe Band competition in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland. Burntisland was held by the Jacobite army for over two months during the rising known as the Fifteen. The Jacobites first of all raided the port on 2 October 1715, capturing several hundred weapons, then occupied it on 9 October. They held it until it was recaptured by the Government on 19 December. Burntisland is home to the second oldest highland games in the world starting in 1652.

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Old Photograph Water of Feugh Scotland

Old photographs of the Water of Feugh in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Water of Feugh is the largest tributary to the River Dee. It rises in the Grampian Mountains, in an area known as the Forest of Birse, and has a particularly scenic aspect in a series of cascades at the Bridge of Feugh slightly above its point of discharge to the Dee.



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Old Photograph Harbour Kirkcudbright Scotland

Old photograph of the harbour in Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Kirkcudbright has had a long association with the Glasgow art movement, which started when several artists, including the Glasgow Boys and the famed Scottish Colourists, such as Samuel Peploe and Francis Cadell, based themselves in the area over a 30 year period from 1880 to 1910, establishing the Kirkcudbright Artists' Colony. Many of them moved to the town from Glasgow, including Edward Hornel, George Henry and Jessie M. King.



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