Old Travel Blog Photograph Machribeg Caravan Site Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of Machribeg Caravan site by the crescent beach of Dunaverty Bay, the most southerly point of the Mull of Kintyre, 1 mile beyond Southend, which is situated 8 miles South of Campbeltown, Scotland. Nearby are the remains of Dunaverty Castle which stand on a rocky headland. The headland it was built on forms a natural stronghold with the sea on three sides and is only approachable from the north. It is attached to the mainland only by a narrow path. It is known that the castle itself was accessed by a drawbridge. In 1263, Dunaverty Castle was garrisoned by Alexander III, King of Scotland during the Norwegian campaign of Hákon Hákonarson, King of Norway. In 1306, the embattled Robert I, King of Scotland seems to have fled to the safety of Dunaverty Castle.



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Tour Scotland Travel Video Spring Morning Drive In The Hills Of Eastern Perthshire

Tour Scotland morning travel video of a Spring road trip drive in the hills on visit to Eastern Perthshire, Scotland. Drivers across Scotland were once again advised to travel with caution, as the latest weather alerts came into force. Outbreaks of snow over high ground and sleet and rain were forecast across Highland, Aberdeenshire, Moray, Angus, Perthshire, Stirlingshire and Argyll.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Spring Drive On A Tree Lined Single Track Road In Rural Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Spring road trip drive in snow on a tree lined single track road on visit to rural Perthshire, Scotland. A yellow snow alert was issued for parts of northern England and Scotland. The maximum temperature was expected to reach 4 degrees Centigrade.

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Old Travel Blog Photograph King's Cave Blackwaterfoot Isle Of Arran Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of women on a coastal walk visiting the King's Cave by Blackwaterfoot, Island of Arran, Scotland. King's Cave is one of several locations in which Robert the Bruce is said to have had his famed encounter with a spider. The King's Cave is one of several in a sandstone cliff. It is large and irregular, about 120 by 30 fee. Towards the East end it is divided by a buttress of rock facing the cave, behind which it contracts to a point. The narrow part of the cave thus consists of two passages of aisles, separated by the buttress of rock. On the side of the buttress, at the entrance of the North " aisle ", is a row of small holes cut in the stone in a sloping line, and on both sides, towards the point, is a row of similar holes, suggesting they may have been the sockets of small bars of wood. Similar holes occur in the other " aisle " at the same height, and at the outside of the cave, on the South side, is a row of larger holes, running towards the roof, without corresponding holes on the opposite side. There are figures of horses in the South " aisle " pretty far in; and on the wall of that side of the cave, opposite to the buttress, are deer and concentric circles cup and ring marks.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Road To Gateside Fife Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the road to Gateside, Fife, Scotland. The River Eden runs through this Scottish village, which flows to the coast at St Andrews and then into the North Sea. The nearest large city is Perth, Perthshire, although Edinburgh is only half an hour away, and Glasgow one hour away.





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