Old Photograph Vintage Car Glencoe Scotland

Old photograph of a vintage car on the road through Glencoe, Scotland. The Glen was the site of the Massacre of Glencoe in 1692, in which 38 members of the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by forces acting on behalf of the government of King William III following the Glorious Revolution. The village occupies an area of the glen known as Carnoch. Native Gaelic speakers who belong to the area always refer to the village of Glencoe as A'Charnaich, meaning " the place of cairns ". Even today there is Upper Carnoch and Lower Carnoch. A small hospital, currently empty, with emergency services at Fort William 16 miles away, lies at the southern end of the village just over an arched stone bridge.



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Old Photograph Vintage Car Highlands Scotland

Old photograph of a vintage car in the Highlands of Scotland. The Highlands area is very sparsely populated, with many mountain ranges dominating the region, and includes the highest mountain in the British Isles, Ben Nevis. Before the 19th century the Highlands was home to a much larger population, but due to a combination of factors including the outlawing of the traditional Highland way of life following the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the infamous Highland Clearances, and mass migration to urban areas during the Industrial Revolution, the area is now one of the most sparsely populated in Europe. The Great Glen divides the Grampian Mountains to the southeast from the Northwest Highlands. The Scottish Gaelic name of A' Ghàidhealtachd literally means " the place of the Gaels " and traditionally, from a Gaelic speaking point of view, includes both the Western Isles and the Highlands.



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Old Photograph Boat Trip Island Of Staffa Scotland

Old photograph of tourists on a boat trip to the Island Of Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Staffa lies about six miles west of the Isle of Mull. The Vikings gave it this name as its columnar basalt reminded them of their houses, which were built from vertically placed tree logs. The island came to prominence in the late eighteenth century after a visit by Sir Joseph Banks. He and his fellow travellers extolled the natural beauty of the basalt columns in general and of the island's main sea cavern which Banks renamed Fingal's Cave. Their visit was followed by that of many other prominent personalities throughout the next two centuries, including Queen Victoria and Felix Mendelssohn.



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Old Photograph Road To Bracadale Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of women walking on the road to Bracadale, Isle Of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Bracadale is a settlement and parish located on the west coast of the island, west south west of Portree, on Loch Beag, an inlet off Loch Harport. Nearby settlements include Struan to the west and Coillore on the opposite shore of Loch Beag. The name could derive from the Old Norse for " juniper dale " or " bracken dale "; or indeed from the Scottish Gaelic breac and dail, meaning spotted valley, or valley of the trout or salmon.



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Old Photograph Ferry Victoria Docks Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of a Ferry boat in Victoria Docks in Dundee, Scotland. Construction of Victoria dock was begun in 1833 by the Dundee Harbour engineer, James Leslie, born 1801, died 1889, to a design by Thomas Telford, born 1757, died 1834. However, it was not completed until 1875. Occupying 10.7 acres, this was one of the largest enclosed docks in Scotland. Today, Victoria Dock is used as a marina, part of the City Quay redevelopment. Permanently anchored in the dock are HM Frigate Unicorn, the oldest British built ship afloat anywhere in the world, and the former North Carr lightship.



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