Old Photograph Crofter Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of a crofter grinding corn outside her cottage on the Isle Of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Erbusaig Scotland

Old photograph of crofters cottages in Erbusaig located on Erbusaig Bay near to Kyle of Lochalsh and Isle of Skye, Scotland. In Gaelic, the village is named after Erb, a Viking who landed in the Bay. The fishing villages of Drumbuie and Duirinish, are situated less than 1 mile northeast.





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Old Photographs Strathaven Scotland

Old photograph of Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Strathaven has a long history as a market town. A Roman road passes close by, on the south side of the Avon Water, which led to the Roman fort at Loudoun Hill near Darvel. The origins of Strathaven Castle are obscure, but it is believed to have been built around 1350 by the Bairds, on a bend of the Powmillon Burn. Today it is a ruin, with a single tower and sections of wall remaining beside the A71.




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Old Photograph Flying Boat Scotland

Old photograph of a flying boat on Loch Lomond, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Upper Greenock Scotland

Old photograph of Upper Railway Station in Greenock, Scotland. Upper Greenock railway station was a railway station serving the town of Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland, originally as part of the Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway and later owned by the Caledonian Railway.



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Old Photograph Cabrach Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Cabrach village in Moray, Scotland. The name means " antler place " in Scottish Gaelic.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video War Memorial Bridge Of Earn Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the War Memorial on ancestry visit to Bridge of Earn by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. In glorious memory of the men from the three parishes of Dunbarney, Dron, and Rhynd who fell in the Great War. The cross is facsimile of the well known St. Martin's Cross on Iona. Captain R. Bruce Ellis.; Private John Blackwood; Private John Brown, Private John Buist, G.H, Quarter Master Sergeant Donald Campbell; Sapper Henry Cairns, Private George Hen, Sergeant William Keay; Private Alexander Kinmond, Private. William Lewthwaite, Private William Lowden; Private Matthew A. Leggeat; Private George M'Donald; Private John M'Donald; Private Peter M'Donald; Lance Corporal James M'Donald; Private Stewart M'Naughton, Private George M'Naughton; Lance Corporal David M'Pherson; Private John Melville; Private David Reid, Private Andrew Ross; Sergeant David Scott, Private George Scrimgeour, Sergeant Adam Simpson; Driver George Smith, Lance Corporal JohnTaylor, Lance Corporal John Williamson Private Archibald Wittet.

The distance between Bridge Of Earn and Glasgow and Paisley is 62 miles.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Drive To Ballinbreich Castle North Fife

Tour Scotland video of a November drive to visit Ballinbreich Castle on ancestry visit to North North Fife, Scotland. This is a ruined tower house castle built in the 13th century by Clan Leslie. It is a three storey L-plan castle that overlooks the Firth of Tay. Ballinbreich Castle, also known as Bambreich, was a magnificent structure in its day. It was three to four stories high and had a Great Hall that was 46 feet long and 17 feet wide. Sadly, the Barony of Ballinbreich was sold by John 10th Earl of Rothes to Sir Lawrence Dundas for just £20,000. Sir Lawrence Dundas promptly recovered the amount he had paid by cutting down and selling the trees in Ballinbreich. The Barony of Ballinbreich was later sold to finance the reconstruction of Leslie House that had been burnt down in 1763.

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Tour Scotland Video War Memorial Abernethy Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the War Memorial on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Abernethy, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish war memorial is an ancient cross in the village square, bearing the date 1458 and with the lion rampant and other heraldic shields at the top. The names of the war dead have been added to it. Abernethy Celtic Round Tower, built in the 11th century, was used as a watch tower and as a shelter for the monks from the local monastery, can be seen in the background. It was in this village where King Malcolm III knelt in feudal submission to William the Conqueror in 1072.

World War 1 Roll of Honour

Private; James Arthur
Sergeant; Major; John Berry
Private; Charles Clark
Private; John Clark
Second Lieutenant; George Clow
Private; William Corrall
Private; M Dalrymple
Corporal; Alexander Davidson
Private; David Dobbie
Gunner; John Dobbie
Royal Naval Reserve; William Donaldson
Private; William Edmiston
Private; John Gray
Lieutenant; David Haggart
Second Lieutenant; William Kelly
Sergeant; Alexander Leslie
Private; William MacAlister
Private; Henry McNaughton
Private; Robert Millar
Private; Walter Mitchell
Private; John Reid
Private; Harry Rutherford
Private; James Sandilands
Private; Jack Saunders
Lance Corporal; John Scobie
Corporal; James Scotland
Royal Naval Reserve; David Scott
Private; Peter Scott
Private; William Wrench

World War 1 Roll of Honour
Corporal; Alexander Campbell
Royal Navy Leading Stoker; George Dougall
Sapper; George Gilmour
Able Seaman; Ian Graham
Private; Andrew Mitchell
Private; James Panton

The distance from Abernethy to Glasgow and Paisley is 65 miles

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Sunset Windmill St Monans East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of sunset behind the late eighteenth century windmill and saltpans on the coast of the Firth of Forth on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The windmill and village are located on the Fife Coastal Path.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Sunset Pittenweem East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of sunset on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the coast and harbour in the old fishing village of Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife. This Scottish village is located on the Fife Coastal Wakling Path. In this video you can see a small fishing boat returning to harbour.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Reflections Anstruther East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of reflections of cottage and houses on Castle Street and Shore Street in the sea on ancestry, history visit and trip to the coast of Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife. I was raised in this old fishing village on the East coast. This Scottish village is located on the Fife Coastal Walking Path.

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Old Photograph Garve Scotland

Old photograph of Garve located West of Inverness, Highlands, Scotland. This Scottish village is served by the Garve railway station, on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line. It is situated five miles northwest of Contin, on the A835, the main road to Ullapool on the west coast.




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Old Photograph Strathcarron Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Strathcarron by Lochcarron, Wester Ross, Scotland. The railway station here was opened in 1870 by the Dingwall and Skye Railway.



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Old Photograph Abbotsford Ferry Scotland

Old photograph of Abbotsford Ferry in the Borders of Scotland. A small rowing boat, guided by wires, transported passengers across the Tweed, operating until around World War II.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Setting Sun Armistice Day Scone Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the setting sun on Armistice Day visit to the War Memorial in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. To the Memory of the men from the Parish of Scone, who, to uphold Liberty and Justice, laid down their lives in the Great War 1914 to 1918. Private J. Anderson, Sergeant F.M. Anderson, Private R.W. Anderson, Private T. Anderson, Gunner J.M. Baillie, Private J. Baldie, Private G.C. Barclay, Private G. Bell, Captain J.B. Boyd, Sergeant A.H. Bruce, Private J.M. Bruce, Private J.T. Burns, Private A. Cairns, Private J. Cairns, Lieutenant Corporal J. Christie, Private G. Craig, Private J. Downie, Sergeant D. Drummond, Captain T. Ferguson, Private G. Ford, Private A.F. Gardiner, Lieutenant Corporal F.F. Gardiner, Corporal R. Glen, Sergeant D. Godfrey, Private R. Gordon, Sergeant W. Howie, D. Irvine, Private D.J. Irvine, Private R. Keiller, Lieutenant Corporal D. Marshall, Second Lieutenant J.D. Meikle, Corporal G. Melville, J. Melville, Private J. Miller, Private A. Milne, W.C. Mitchell, Corporal J. Morgan, Private D.L. Murray, Private P. Murray, Lieutenant Corporal G. MacDonald, Private R.G. MacDonald, Private P. MacDonald, Captain A. MacDuff, Private A. McEwen, Private C. McGregor, Private G. McIntosh, Private T. McIntosh, Private G. McNaughton, Gunner W. Pringle, Private J. Reid, Sapper D.B. Robertson, Private G. Robertson, Sergeant J. Robertson M.M. Military Medal, Private E. Ross, Private W. Ruddiman, Sergeant A. Scott D.C.M. Distinguished Conduct Medal, Lieutenant Corporal J. Scott, Private W. Scott, Private J. Scrimgeour, Private W. Simpson, Lieutenant G.H.H. Slater, Private W. Smith, Gunner J. Stalker, Corporal W. Stalker, Brigadier General C.E. Stewart, Gunner A. Sutherland, Private P. Thomson M.M. Military Medal, Private G.J. Tomlie, Private G. Watson, Private W. Wilson, Lance Corporal J.E. Young. in memory of those who laid down their lives in World War II; Lance Corporal Richard T. Burns, Flight Sergeant David C. Dick, Flying Officer Alexander Dow, Diver Alexander Fenwick, Sergeant Peter Mitchell, William Anderson Mackay, J.G. Mackay, Corporal Colin MacKenzie, Brigadier Andrew Russell, Sergeant Derek B. Simpson, Sergeant Alexander Tait, Gunner George P. Wells, Staff Sergeant Major Archibald Wilson Harris. Iraq War; Lance Corporal Barry Stephen. " They Shall not grow old "

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Tour Scotland Video Last Post Armistice Day Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Scottish soldier Bugler playing the Last Post on Armistice Day on visit to the Mercat Cross in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The " Last Post " is played to introduce the two minute silence in Remembrance Day ceremonies. It is normally played on a bugle. The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month marks the signing of the Armistice, on 11th November 1918, to signal the end of World War One. Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day after the Second World War.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Scottish Piper Armistice Day Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Scottish soldier Piper on Armistice Day on visit to the Mercat Cross in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month marks the signing of the Armistice, on 11th November 1918, to signal the end of World War One. Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day after the Second World War.

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Tour Scotland Photgraph Video Royal British Legion Scotland Riders Armistice Day Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of members of the Royal British Legion Scotland Riders Branch arriving on motorbikes on Armistice Day visit to the Mercat Cross in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month marks the signing of the Armistice, on 11th November 1918, to signal the end of World War One. Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day after the Second World War.

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Tour Scotland Video Vintage Fordson Tractor Ploughing Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of a vintage Fordson tractor ploughing in a field on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip between Kingskettle and Ladybank. Fife, Scotland. American engineer, inventor, and businessman Henry Ford built experimental tractors from automobile components during the early 20th century, and launched a prototype known as the Model B in August 1915. Further prototypes, with a dedicated tractor design, followed in 1916. With World War I raging in Europe, the first regular-production Henry Ford & Son tractors were exported to the U.K. in 1917 to expand British agriculture. In 1918, exports continued, the tractors began to be labeled as Fordsons, and U.S. domestic sales began. Sales boomed in 1918 and 1919.
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Tour Scotland video Vintage John Deere Tractor Ploughing Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of a vintage John Deere tractor ploughing in a field between Kingskettle and Ladybank on visit to Fife. This was part of a Fife Vintage Agricultural Machinery Club Plowing Match. Deere & Company began when John Deere, born in Rutland, Vermont, USA on February 7, 1804, moved to Grand Detour, Illinois in 1836 in order to escape bankruptcy in Vermont. Already an established blacksmith, Deere opened a 1,378 square feet shop in Grand Detour in 1837 which allowed him to serve as a general repairman in the village, as well as a manufacturer of small tools such as pitchforks and shovels. Small tools was just a start, the item that set him apart, was the self-scouring steel plow, which was pioneered in 1837 when John Deere fashioned a Scottish steel saw blade into a plow. Prior to Deere's steel plow, most farmers used iron or wooden plows that the rich Midwestern soil stuck to and had to be cleaned frequently. The smooth sided steel plow solved this problem, and greatly aided migration into the American Great Plains in the 19th and early 20th century.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video RNLI Reindeer Run Glamis Castle

Tour Scotland video of the RNLI Reindeer Charity walk and run on visit to Glamis Castle, Scotland. This Scottish castle was the childhood home of HRM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and the ancestral home of the Earls of Strathmore for over 600 years. The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Fireworks Coupar Angus Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the 2013 Fireworks Display and bonfire in Larghan Park on visit to Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland. Another great show by John Kettles, the best Fireworks display in Perthshire.

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Old Photographs Newseat Scotland

Old photograph of Newseat, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Historical records from the late 19th century mention a Newseat station on the Formartine and Buchan section of the railway, located about 40 miles from Aberdeen. This Scottish railway station was closed to passengers in 1965.




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Old Photograph Occumster Scotland

Old photograph of Occumster located between Wick, and Lybster, Scotland. This Scottish train station was opened as part of the Wick and Lybster Railway on 1 July 1903. As with the other stations on the line, the station was closed on 3 April 1944.




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Old Photograph Sheep Shearing Scotland

Old photograph of Crofters sheep shearing on the Island Of Harris, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Fairnilee Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage in Fairnilee located three miles South West of Galashiels, Borders Scotland. Alison Cockburn was born on 8 October 1712 at Fairnilee House. In 1765 she published her lyrics to the traditional Border Ballad the Flowers of the Forest. She was the daughter of Robert Rutherfurd of Fairnalee. She married an impoverished advocate, Patrick Cockburn of Ormiston in 1731. Unable to afford a home of their own they lived for 4 years in the house of her elderly father in law. On the death of the old man they moved to Edinburgh. Her husband died on 29 April 1753, and left her a small income. She continued to mix in artistic and intellectual circles from her home in Bristo Street, on Castlehill, Edinburgh. She died on 22 November 1794. She is buried in the kirkyard of The Chapel of Ease of Buccleuch Parish Church in Edinburgh.



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Old Photograph Manse St Kilda Scotland

Old photograph of the Manse on St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The church and manse were established for a resident minister early in the 19th century. A manse is a clergy house inhabited by, or formerly inhabited by, a minister, usually used in the context of Presbyterian, Methodist, United church, Baptist and other traditions. Ultimately derived from the Latin mansus, " dwelling ", from manere, " to remain ", by the 16th century the term meant both a dwelling and, in ecclesiastical contexts, the amount of land needed to support a single family. Many notable Scots have been called "sons (or daughters) of the manse", and the term is a recurring point of reference within Scottish media and culture. When selling a former manse, the Church of Scotland always requires that the property should not be called " The Manse " by the new owners, but " The Old Manse " or some other acceptable variation. The intended result is that " The Manse " refers to a working building rather than simply applying as a name.



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Old Photograph Auchendinny Scotland

Old photograph of cottage, houses and people in Auchendinny village near Penicuik, Scotland. This Scottish village had a paper mill at Dalmore which is now closed. The Penicuik branch of the Peebles Railway once served the mill. The village had a station on the same line, which opened in 1872 but closed in 1951. Nearby Auchendinny House was the last and smallest example of the work of Sir William Bruce. Built by 1707, it is thought to have been built on the site of an earlier castle.


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Old Photograph Milltown of Rothiemay Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Milltown of Rothiemay located eight miles East of Keith, Moray, Scotland. The 17th century cartographer James Gordon, born 1617, died 1686, was from Rothiemay. It was the birthplace of James Ferguson FRS, born 1710, died 1776, instrument-maker and astronomer. This Scottish village formerly had a railway station by the River Deveron.


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Old Photograph Riccarton Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Riccarton situated across the River Irvine from Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. The river Irvine divides the parishes of Riccarton and Kilmarnock and the river used to form the boundary between the districts of Kyle and Cunninghame. The origin of the name Riccarton is from a corruption of Richard's town. This Richard was Sir Richard Wallace, uncle of William Wallace. The village had a railway station by this name on the Gatehead and Hurlford branch of the Glasgow and South Western Railway. It closed officially on 5 July 1965.




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Old Photograph Mount Melville Scotland

Old photograph of Mount Melville train station near St Andrews, Scotland. The section of the Fife Coast Railway from Anstruther to St Andrews contained some steep gradients, the greatest of these being 1 in 50 between Mount Melville and St Andrews.

The Melville name originates from England and Scotland. The name is derived from the Scottish surname. It is also the name of a Scottish noble family. The surname though has two different origins: Scottish and Irish. In Scotland, it originally of Norman origin, derived from any of several places called Malleville in Normandy. In Ireland, the surname is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Ó Maoilmhichíl, which means " descendant of Maoilmhichil ". The Gaelic personal name Maoilmhichil means " devotee of Saint Michael.



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Old Photograph Philorth Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Philorth, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish railway station was near Philorth House, south of Fraserburgh. Passenger trains through Philorth were withdrawn in 1965 and the track lifted following the withdrawal of freight trains in 1979. Philorth House was built by Lord Saltoun in 1666 and it remained the seat of the Lords Saltoun till it was burned down on the 25th March 1915. The Frasers of Philorth are a Scottish lowland family, originally from the Anjou region of France. Their family seat is in Sauchen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Since the time of Alexander Fraser, 11th Lord Saltoun, the heads of the Philorth family are the Lords Saltoun. The current head of the Frasers of Philorth is Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun. The Chiefship was in dispute between the Frasers of Philorth and another branch, which also came from Tweeddale, the Frasers of Muchalls.In the reign of Charles I. The peerage expired with the fourth Lord Fraser, who died in 1716 while on the run as a result of his participation in The Fifteen. The first two sons of Andrew, the 2nd Lord Fraser were thought to have died in the Battle of Dunbar in 1650, however in reality they were taken prisoner and sent to America where they were placed into servitude. James and William Fraser changed their name to Frissell to protect themselves from Oliver Cromwell. James Frissell was placed in Roxbury and William in the Carolinas. Together, the two of them are responsible for almost all of the Frissells in America.



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Old Photographs Delny Scotland

Old photograph of railway station in Delny village located beside the north end of the Cromarty Firth, Scotland. Sir William Keith of Delny, a 16th century courtier and ambassador for King James VI, was a significant historical figure with ties to the area.



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Old Photograph Abercorn Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of Abercorn railway station in Paisley, Scotland. The station was built by the Glasgow and South Western railway it opened on 1 May 1866, it replaced the earlier terminal station at Paisley Hamilton Street. The station closed permanently to regular passenger services on 5 June 1967, when passenger services were withdrawn from the branch line. Freight traffic ceased in 1981 and the track was lifted in 1986.



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Old Photographs Achnasheen Scotland

Old photograph of Achnasheen in Wester Ross, Scotland. The village railway station was an important stop on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving a large area of Wester Ross. The railway still operates but all freight and mail, and most passengers, now travel by road.





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Old Photograph Advie Scotland

Old photograph of Advie in Moray, Scotland. This Scottish village was served by Advie railway station, on the Strathspey Railway. The station opened in 1863, but closed, along with the rest of the line, in 1965. The village is located to the south of the River Spey, and next to the A95 road, roughly half way between Grantown-on-Spey and Aberlour.



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Old Photograph Fairy Cave St Kilda Scotland

Old photograph of the Fairy Cave on St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. After the Battle of Culloden in 1746, it was rumoured that Prince Charles Edward Stuart and some of his senior Jacobite aides had escaped to St Kilda. An expedition was launched, and in due course British soldiers were ferried ashore to Hirta. They found a deserted village, as the St Kildans, fearing pirates, had fled to caves to the west. When the St Kildans were persuaded to come down, the soldiers discovered that the isolated natives knew nothing of the prince and had never heard of King George II either.



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Old Photograph Children Outside Cottage St Kilda Scotland

Old photograph of children outside a cottage on St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Numerous factors led to the evacuation of St Kilda. The islands' inhabitants had existed for centuries in relative isolation until tourism and the presence of the military in World War I induced the islanders to seek alternatives to privations they routinely suffered. The morning of the evacuation promised a perfect day. The sun rose out of a calm and sparkling sea and warmed the impassive cliffs of Oiseval. The sky was hopelessly blue and the sight of Hirta, green and pleasant as the island of so many careless dreams, made parting all the more difficult. Observing tradition the islanders left an open Bible and a small pile of oats in each house, locked all the doors and at 7 am boarded the Harebell. Although exhausted by the strain and hard work of the last few days, they were reported to have stayed cheerful throughout the operation. But as the long antler of Dun fell back onto the horizon and the familiar outline of the island grew faint, the severing of an ancient tie became a reality and the St Kildans gave way to tears.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Fireworks Display Guy Fawkes Night Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the 2013 November 5th Fireworks Display on Guy Fawkes Night on visit to South Inch Park in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Video Sunset And Clouds Cottage Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of sunset and clouds above a Scottish cottage on visit just outside Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Video Sunset Clouds Trees Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of sunset, clouds and trees on visit just outside Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Video Sunset And Clouds Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of sunset and clouds above Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autmn Photograph Video Drive At Sunset Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of a drive at sunset on the road to visit Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Video Sunset And Clouds Scone Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of sunset and clouds above Scone village by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Kirtlebridge Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage in Kirtlebridge village located five miles North East of Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The Kirtlebridge railway crash occurred at the former railway station outside this village on the 2nd of October 1872, and resulted in 12 deaths. An express passenger train ran into a goods train that was shunting; 11 people lost their lives immediately, and one further person succumbed later. The cause was a failure to communicate between the station master in charge of the shunting operation, and the signalman. Kirtlebridge station was nearly 17 miles north of Carlisle, England, on the Caledonian Railway main line to Glasgow and Edinburgh. North of the passenger platforms there was a trailing, in the northbound direction, junction from the Solway Junction Railway, and a signalbox controlled the junction; the points there were interlocked with the signals.



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Old Photograph Symbister House Scotland

Old photograph of Symbister House, Whalsay, Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Bruce family who came to Whalsay in the 17th century owned the entire island. They lorded over the island for nearly 300 years. They forced the local people to carry out fishing operations for commercial purposes and exploited them. Any person opposing them was exiled from the island. The Bruce family took up the ambitious project of building Symbister House in 1823 in a grand Georgian architectural style with brown coloured granite stones chiseled into square blocks. They employed forced labour for the construction. Ghost stories are also narrated of this place, including that of an old sailor who was murdered for arguing with the gardener of the house during a game of cards.





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Old Photograph Crofter Carrying Peat Scotland

Old photograph of a crofter carrying peat back to her cottage on the Orkney Islands, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Martello Tower Scotland

Old photograph of Martello Tower, South Walls, Orkney Islands, Scotland. The Martello tower was built in 1815 to protect British ships in the bay of Longhope against attack by American and French privateers, during the Napoleonic Wars, while they waited for a Royal Navy escort on their journey to Baltic ports. The towers were rearmed for World War I.



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Old Photograph Crofter Harrowing Field Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofter harrowing a field on the Orkney Islands, Scotland.



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