Old Travel Blog Photograph Lily Pond Pittencrieff Glen Dunfermline Fife Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the lily pond in Pittencrieff Glen, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Pittencrieff Park, known locally as " The Glen ", is a public park in Dunfermline. It was purchased in 1902 by the town's most famous son, Andrew Carnegie, and given to the people of Dunfermline in a ceremony the following year. Its lands include the historically significant and topologically rugged glen which interrupts the centre of Dunfermline and, accordingly, part of the intention of the purchase was to carry out civic development of the area in a way which also respected its heritage. The project notably attracted the attention of the urban planner and educationalist, Patrick Geddes.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph The Chattan Tearoom Birnam Perthshire Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of a vintage car outside the Chattan Tearoom in Birnam, Perthshire, Scotland. Birnam is approximately one hour from Glasgow and Edinburgh airports, and two hours from Inverness by car. John Everett Millais, who painted many local landscapes, and Beatrix Potter, with her family, often visited Birnam. The Birnam Highland Games is where the World Haggis Eating Championships are held. There is access by rail at Dunkeld and Birnam railway station, on the London to Inverness route.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Road To Lilliesleaf Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of cottages by the road to Lilliesleaf village near Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland. To the north of Lilliesleaf is the Ale Water which runs east to west. The wetland named "The Moss" is to the south of Lilliesleaf. Other places nearby include Ancrum, Ashkirk, Belses, Hassendean, Midlem, Minto House, Old Belses, St Boswells, and Woll.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Children Playing On The Beach Rockcliffe Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of children playing on the beach at Rockcliffe, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Rockcliffe lies at the mouth of the Urr Water on the eastern shore of the Rough Firth, 6 miles south of Dalbeattie. The Mote of Mark, a hill fort of the 5th Century AD, is located to the north west on Mark Hill, the name Mark being associated with the King of ancient Dumnonia who was the husband of Isolde in the story of Tristan and Isolde. The Jubilee Path along with the Muckle Lands form an extensive area of coast between Rockcliffe and Kippford. Rockcliffe is also linked to Castle Point, site of a Roman fort, Glenstocken, Portling and Sandyhills by walking footpath. 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 Castle Hotel Inverbervie Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Castle Hotel in Inverbervie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. A coastal Scottish town located South of Stonehaven. Inverbervie appears in written history at least as far back as the 12th century AD; in a document relating to Arbroath Abbey, Simon of Inverbervie is noted as having witnessed a charter transferring the lands of Balfeith to the Abbey. Inverbervie was formerly a royal burgh from 1342 to 1975 and a parliamentary burgh from 1708 to 1950, the former status being conferred by King David II of Scotland for hospitality he and his Queen received when shipwrecked there the previous year when returning from exile.





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