Old Travel Blog Photograph Cottages By The Coast Glenluce Scotlland

Old travel Blog photograph of cottages on the coast by Glenluce, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This village is in the parish of Old Luce in Wigtownshire, Scotland. It lies on the A75 road between Stranraer and Newton Stewart. Near to the village is Glenluce Abbey, a disused Cistercian monastery built in 1192 by Lochlann, Lord of Galloway. Following the Reformation it was abandoned, falling into its current ruinous state. Glenluce was served by Glenluce railway station from 1862 by the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway which provided a strategic link to Northern Ireland under British Rail. However, it was cut under the Beeching Axe in 1965.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Covenanters Monument Philiphaugh Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Covenanters Monument by Philiphaugh near Selkirk, Borders, Scotland. The battle of Philiphaugh took place to the west of Selkirk on 13 September 1645. The Royalists, numbering around 2,000 men, were under the leadership of Montrose, the Covenanters, about 4,100 men, under Sir David Leslie. The Covenanter attacked from the higher ground, the Royalists being camped in the enclosures around Philiphaugh. Some of the Covenanters made an approach on Selkirk to attack any Royalists there, before returning to the main battlefield. The Covenanters were successful in battle, which lead to the restoration of the power of the Committee of Estates. Sir David Leslie marched many Royalist prisoners to Newark castle, where he executed many, at the behest of many of the Covenanter ministers.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Pier Kyleakin Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the pier in Kyleakin on the Isle Of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. From 1841 to October 16, 1995 a ferry service operated from Kyleakin to the mainland across the narrow strait of Loch Alsh, until it was replaced by the Skye Bridge. The village is also the site of Castle Moil, an ancient ruined fortress built in the late 15th century. Legend states that it was originally built for a Norwegian princess known as Saucy Mary who would charge a toll to any boat using the narrow channel by hanging a chain from the castle to the mainland to prevent unpaid crossings. Her remains are said to buried on the top of Beinn na Caillich (Gaelic for mountain of the old woman), the large mountain to the rear of the castle ruins.



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Old Travel Photograph West Main Street Cairnryan Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of cottages and houses on West Main Street in Cairnryan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Cairnryan is a linear settlement, looking across the main A77 road to Loch Ryan. It was established in 1701, when Lochryan House was built, along with many of the houses, in the North End of the village, for workers on the Lochryan Estate. Into the 1800s, Cairnryan was an important staging post on the coach route to Ayr, with half a dozen inns along this short stretch of coast. It also achieved a less desirable reputation as a haunt of highwaymen preying on that same passing traffic. WWII saw the building of some sections for the two Mulberry harbours in Cairnryan, these were floating ports on which the allies depended after D-Day. The village is important in maritime history, with two ferry services connecting Scotland and Northern Ireland.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Shops Kirriemuir Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of shops in The Square in Kirriemuir, Scotland. Kirriemuir has a history of accused witches back in the 16th century. Many of the older buildings have a witches stone built in to ward off evil. it was an important centre of the jute trade. The playwright J.M. Barrie was born and buried here. Bon Scott of AC/DC was born in nearby Forfar and lived in Kirriemuir for a short time from 1947 until 1950 when his family emigrated to Australia. Actor David Niven claimed Kirriemuir as his birthplace. Three former residents of the town have won the Victoria cross, Captain Charles Lyell, Corporal Richard Burton and Private Charles Melvin, all during the first world war.



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