Old Travel Blog Photograph Of Two Football Players From Leith Edinburgh Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of two Football players from Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. Leith has played a long and prominent role in Scottish history. As the major port serving Edinburgh, it has been the stage on which many significant events in Scottish history have taken place. Mary of Guise ruled Scotland from Leith in 1560 as Regent while her daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots remained in France. Mary of Guise moved the Scottish Court to Leith, to a site that is now Parliament Street, off Coalhill. Leith Docks became known as the port for Edinburgh and modest shipbuilding and repair facilities grew. On 20 May 1806. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Lighthouse Bass Rock Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the lighthouse on the Bass Rock in the Firth Of Forth of the coast near North Berwick, Scotland. This a a steep sided volcanic rock, 351 ft high at its highest point, and is home to a large colony of gannets. The rock is currently uninhabited, but historically has been settled by an early Christian hermit, and later was the site of an important castle, which was, after the Commonwealth, used as a prison. The island was in the ownership of the Lauder family for almost six centuries, and now belongs to Sir Hew Fleetwood Hamilton-Dalrymple. A lighthouse was constructed on the rock in 1902, and the remains of a chapel are located there. The Bass Rock features in numerous works of fiction, including Robert Stevenson's Catriona.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Balvaig Bridge Balquhidder Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of Balvaig Bridge over the River Balvaig near Balquhidder, Scotland. The River Balvaig, Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Balvaig, is a short river approximately 5 miles long draining from the head of Loch Voil near Balquhidder, then passing southwards through the village of Strathyre before flowing into the northern end of Loch Lubnaig. The Maclaurins acquired the district as early as the 9th century and occupied it for several hundred years until ousted by the Macgregors, a neighbouring clan, who had repeatedly raided their lands, and in 1558 slew the chief and many of his followers. The Parish is also an ancient seat to branches of the Stewart and Fergusson Clans.




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Tour Scotland Photograph St Columba Stained Glass Window Abbey Isle Of Iona Scotland

Tour Scotland travel photograph of the St Columba stained glass window in the Abbey on Isle of Iona in the Inner Hebrides off the West coast of Scotland. Colum Cille, or St Columba, the first monastic leader on Iona, lived from around AD 521 to 597. In 563, Columba and a small group of relatives and followers travelled from Ireland to Iona, a small island off the south west of Mull. According to tradition, 12 companions crossed the sea with him in a coracle. Columba's own kinship with the Irish Uí Néill royal dynasty, which was related to the ruling dynasty of the Scottish kingdom of Dál Riata, was a helpful factor in his undertaking. He received the island as a gift, and a monastery was founded. Iona Abbey, now an ecumenical church, is of particular historical and religious interest to pilgrims and visitors alike.



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Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Ullapool

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Ullapool, Scotland. A village in the Scottish Highlands. On the east shore of Loch Broom, Ullapool was founded in 1788 as a herring fishing port by the British Fisheries Society. It was designed by Thomas Telford. The harbour is still the edge of the village, used as a fishing port, yachting haven, and ferry port. Ferries sail to Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides. The village lies on the A835 road from Inverness. The Ullapool River flows through the village. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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