Old Photograph School Children Wigtown Scotland

Old photograph of of school children in Wigtown, Scotland. Wigtown gives its name to the county of Wigtownshire. Wigtown was made a royal burgh in 1469 although a settlement here existed long before this. The burgh is mentioned in an indenture of 1292, and the fact that the sheriffdom was in existence at the time of the Largs campaign of 1263 suggests that the burgh may also have been recognized as such during the reign of King Alexander III.



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Old Photograph Midhope Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Midhope Castle, also known as Lallybroch, a 16th century tower house, in Abercorn in West Lothian, Scotland. During the latter 16th century, the castle belonged to Alexander Drummond of Midhope, brother to Robert Drummond of Carnock, Master of Work to the Crown of Scotland. A stone inscribed " AD 1582 MB " commemorates Alexander and his wife Marjory Bruce. Midhope Castle is featured as a location in the Outlander TV series on Starz as the main character, Jamie Fraser's family home. Midhope Castle is the real castle that is portrayed as Lallybroch, and is not in Inverness-shire in the Highlands, as detailed in the book, but actually located between South Queensferry and Linlithgow on the edges of the private Hopetoun Estate, which includes the well known Hopetoun House.



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Old Photograph Cargo Boat Ailsa Craig Scotland

Old photograph of the Lady Ailsa cargo boat at the pier on Ailsa Craig, an island in the outer Firth of Clyde, in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The only surviving buildings on the island are the lighthouse on its east coast facing the Scottish mainland, a ruined tower house, that was built by Clan Hamilton to protect the area from King Felipe II of Spain in the 16th century and the old quarry manager's cottage. Lady Ailsa was a British Cargo Steamer of 1,219 tons built in 1888 by Ailsa of Troon for J. & A. Wyllie, London. In 1899 she was renamed Belgian Prince and in 1897 she was renamed Hopefuly by her new owners F. H. Powell & Company. On the 13th February 1903 she was in collision off the Longships and sank. Longships is a group of rocky islets situated approximately 1 1⁄4 miles west of Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.



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Old Photograph Walker Terrace Tillicoultry Scotland

Old photograph of houses and people on Walker Terrace in Tillicoultry in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. One of the Hillfoots villages on the A91, which runs from Stirling to St Andrews in Fife. Tillicoultry is situated at the southern base of the Ochil Hills, which provide a spectacular backdrop. Captain James Dalgleish Pollock was born in Tillicoultry on 3 June 1890, he died on 10 May 1958. He was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Colonel James Lennox Dawson, born in Tillicoultry on 25 December 1891, died 15 February 1967, was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.





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Old Photograph Hotel Kinlochewe Scotland

Old photograph of the hotel in Kinlochewe, Scotland. Kinlochewe, Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Loch Iù, is a village in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It is in the parish of Gairloch. The village is at the south east corner of the Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve, centred on the mountain of that name, which includes some surviving areas of natural forest, the majority of which was cut down from the 16th century onwards for iron smelting which was the major industry in the area. A short but steep woodland trail runs through pine forest on the lower slopes of the reserve, giving fine views over Loch Maree and the mountain of Slioch on the other side of the loch. A longer, rougher mountain trail climbs further up the slopes of Beinn Eighe.



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