Old Travel Blog Photograph Market Cross Thornhill Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Market Cross in Thornhill located north of Dumfries, Scotland. A tall column on a massive base standing on two steps, and surmounted by a bronze flying horse, was erected at Thornhill, about 1714, by the Duke of Queensberry. This Scottish town is designed in a grid pattern with the main street of Drumlanrig Street, East and West Morton Streets, New Street, Townhead Street and Gill Road. The town is near Drumlanrig Castle, a 17th century turreted mansion once the ancient Clan Douglas stronghold, now home to the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph West High Street Innerleithen Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of West High Street in Innerleithen in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. This a civil parish and a small town in Tweeddale in the historic county of Peeblesshire. The town is said to have been founded by an itinerant pilgrim monk called St. Ronan in A.D.737, who came to Innerleithen via the River Tweed in a coracle. The industries which have supplanted the traditional wool industry and allowed the town keep growing have been primarily tourism and nearby Traquair House. The area is famous for fly fishing, both trout and salmon. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Fraserburgh

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The harbour at Fraserburgh was built to cater for the herring fleet and the vessels which consigned the cured herring to Europe and as the fleet increased a further enlargement of the harbour facilities was required. Fraserburgh is a major white fish port and busy commercial harbour. A seafarers charity Apostleship of the Sea has a port chaplain in Fraserburgh. The harbour approach is marked by the large lighthouse operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board, which stands within sight of the town, at nearby Buchan Ness.

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Old Travel Blog Photograph Fishing Boats Leaving The Harbour Fraserburgh Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of fishing boats leaving the harbour in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The harbour at Fraserburgh was built to cater for the herring fleet and the vessels which consigned the cured herring to Europe and as the fleet increased a further enlargement of the harbour facilities was required. Fraserburgh is a major white fish port and busy commercial harbour. A seafarers charity Apostleship of the Sea has a port chaplain in Fraserburgh. The harbour approach is marked by the large lighthouse operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board, which stands within sight of the town, at nearby Buchan Ness.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Bridge Of Don Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the five arch Bridge Of Don over the River Don just above its mouth in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In 1605 Alexander Hay executed a Charter of Mortification for the maintenance of the 13th century Brig o' Balgownie further upstream, which later became the Bridge of Don Fund, which financed several bridges in the north-east of Scotland. The original design by John Gibb and John Smith was modified by Thomas Telford, and construction work started in 1827. Problems with the foundations meant it had to be partly taken down and have additional piles sunk. It was opened free to the public with no toll in 1830 and later gave its name to the suburb of the city on the north bank.



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