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The
Falkirk Wheel, named after the nearby town of
Falkirk, is a rotating
boat lift connecting the
Forth and Clyde Canal with the
Union Canal. The wheel raises boats by 24 metres (79 ft).
Photo credit:
User:SeanMack
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Reaper is a restored historic
Fifie
herring
drifter which is registered by the
National Historic Ships Committee as part of the Core Collection of historic vessels in the
UK, and currently operates as a
museum ship.
Photo credit:
Scottish Fisheries Museum Boats Club
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Wemyss Bay railway station is a
railway station on the
Inverclyde Line. Located in the village of
Wemyss Bay,
Inverclyde. The station incorporates the terminal for the
Caledonian MacBrayne
ferry connecting the mainland to
Rothesay on the
Isle of Bute.
Photo credit:
wilm
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The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch, better known by its truncated title
The Skating Minister, is an
oil painting by Sir
Henry Raeburn in the
National Gallery of Scotland in
Edinburgh.
Credit:
Sir Henry Raeburn (1790s painting)
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Eilean Donan (
Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Donnain) is a small
tidal island where three sea lochs meet,
Loch Duich,
Loch Long and
Loch Alsh, in the western
Highlands.
Photo credit:
Diliff
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A
crannóg (pronounced /krəˈno:g/ or /ˈkrɑno:g/ or /ˈkranag/) is an ancient
artificial island or
natural island found in Scotland and
Ireland, used for a settlement. The name may also refer to a wooden platform erected on shallow
loch floors.
Photo credit:
Dave Morris
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The
Isle of Skye, commonly known as Skye, is the largest and most northerly island in the
Inner Hebrides. In
Scottish Gaelic it is commonly referred to as An t-Eilean Sgiathanach ("The Winged Isle").
Photo credit:
masher2
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The
Willow Tearooms are
tearooms at 217
Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow,, designed by internationally renowned
architect
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, which opened for business in October 1903.
Photo credit:
Dave souza
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Our Dynamic Earth is a Scottish
science centre and prominent conference venue and visitor attraction located in
Holyrood,
Edinburgh, beside the
Scottish Parliament Building.
Photo credit:
Globaltraveller
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Glen Coe ((
Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Comhann) is a
glen in the
Highlands. It lies in the southern part of the
Lochaber
committee area of
Highland Council, and was formerly part of the
county of
Argyll.
Photo credit:
Gil.cavalcanti
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The
Lewis chessmen (named after their find-site) belong to some of the few complete
medieval
chess sets that have survived until today. The chessmen are believed to have been made in
Norway, perhaps by craftsmen in
Trondheim (where similar pieces have been found), sometime during the
12th century.
Photo credit:
Finlay McWalter
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Plockton (
Scottish Gaelic: Am Ploc/Ploc Loch Aillse) is a picturesque settlement in the
Highlands on the shores of
Loch Carron. It faces east, away from the prevailing winds, which together with the
North Atlantic Drift, gives it a mild climate, allowing palm trees (actually
cabbage trees) to grow.
Photo credit:
Arthur Bruce
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One of the oldest and most important religious centres in western
Europe,
Iona Abbey is considered the point of origin for the spread of
Christianity throughout Scotland. Iona Abbey is located on the
Isle of Iona, just off the
Isle of Mull on the West Coast.
Photo credit:
Dennis Turner
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The
Torridon Hills surround
Torridon village in the
Northwest Highlands. The name is usually applied to the
mountains to the north of
Glen Torridon. They are among the most dramatic and spectacular peaks in the
British Isles and made of some of the oldest rocks in the world.
Photo credit:
Richard Baker
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Eilean Glas Lighthouse, built by engineer
Thomas Smith, was one of the original four lights to be commissioned by the
Commissioners of the Northern Lights and the first in the Hebrides (the others were
Kinnaird Head,
Mull of Kintyre and
North Ronaldsay).
Photo credit:
Richard Baker
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The
tied island of
St Ninian's Isle is joined to the
Shetland Mainland by the largest
tombolo in the UK.
Photo credit:
ThoWi
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The Old Man of Storr is a rock pinnacle, the remains of an ancient
volcanic plug. It is part of
The Storr, a rocky hill overlooking the
Sound of Raasay on the
Trotternish
peninsula of the
Isle of Skye.
Photo credit:
Wojsy
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Crail is a former
royal burgh in the
East Neuk of
Fife. Built around a harbour, it has a particular wealth of vernacular buildings from the 17th to early 19th centuries, many restored by the
National Trust for Scotland, and is a favourite subject for artists.
Photo credit:
S.moeller
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Greyfriars Bobby was a
Skye Terrier who became known in 19th-century,
Scotland, after reportedly spending fourteen years guarding his owner's grave, until his own death on 14 January 1872. A year after the dog died, the philanthropist
Baroness Burdett Coutts, had a statue and fountain erected to commemorate him.
Photo credit:
MykReeve
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Eilean Ruairidh Mòr is a forested island in
Loch Maree,
Wester Ross. Its name was formerly anglicised as "Ellan-Rorymore". The islands in Loch Maree are among the least disturbed in Britain and are managed as a
National Nature Reserve.
Photo credit:
Jerry Sharp
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The
Scottish Parliament Building (
Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba,
Scots: Scots Pairlament Biggin) is the home of the
Scottish
Parliament at
Holyrood, within the
UNESCO World Heritage Site in central
Edinburgh. It was designed by
Enric Miralles, the Catalan architect,.and has won a number of awards, including an award at the VIII Biennial of Spanish Architecture, the
RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture, and the 2005
Stirling Prize, the UK's most prestigious architecture award.
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Wangi
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Oban (
Scottish Gaelic: An t-Òban) (meaning "The Little Bay") is a
resort
town within the council area of
Argyll and Bute. Oban Bay is a near perfect horseshoe bay, protected by the island of
Kerrera, and beyond Kerrera is
Mull. To the north is the long low island of
Lismore, and the mountains of Morvern and Ardgour.
Photo credit:
Josi
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Soutra Aisle, just within the
Scottish Borders, not far from
Fala, is the remains of the House of the Holy Trinity, a church that was part of a complex comprising a hospital and a friary. The hospital was founded in 1164 by
Malcolm "the Maiden" and is believed to have been the largest hospital in mediæval Scotland.
Photo credit:
Wangi
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Loch Tummel (
Scottish Gaelic: Loch Teimhil) is a long, narrow
loch, 7 kilometres north west of
Pitlochry in
Perth and Kinross. A well known view over the loch and the surrounding countryside (with
Schiehallion in the background) is the 'Queen's View' from the north shore, which
Queen Victoria made famous in 1866.
Photo credit:
Paul Hermans
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The
Scott Monument is a
Victorian Gothic monument to
Scottish author
Sir Walter Scott (not to be confused with the
National Monument). It stands in Princes Street Gardens in
Edinburgh.
Photo credit:
Schatir
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Arbroath or Aberbrothock (
Scottish Gaelic: Obair Bhrothaig) is a former
royal burgh on the
North Sea coast, around 16 miles (25.7 km) ENE of
Dundee and 45 miles (72.4 km) SSW of
Aberdeen. It is the largest town in the
council area of
Angus. and has a population of 22,785.
Photo credit:
Karen Vernon
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St Mary's Cathedral is a
Roman Catholic
church located in
Edinburgh,
Scotland. It is the seat of the
Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh and the mother church of Scots Catholicism.
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Michael D Beckwith
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The
National Museum of Scotland is one of Scotland's
national museums, on
Chambers Street, in
Edinburgh. The original Royal Museum began in the 19th century and was added to in the 1990s when a new building known as The Museum of Scotland was added, both merging in 2007 into The National Museum of Scotland.
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Shimgray
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The
Wallace Monument is a sandstone tower, built in the
Victorian Gothic style. It stands on the summit of
Abbey Craig, a volcanic
crag above
Cambuskenneth Abbey, from which Wallace was said to have watched the gathering of the army of
English king
Edward I, just before the
Battle of Stirling Bridge.
Photo credit:
Ray Mann
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Fair Isle (from
Old Norse Frjóey) (
Scottish Gaelic: Eileann nan Geansaidh) is an island off Scotland, lying around halfway between
Shetland and the
Orkney Islands. The most remote inhabited island in the United Kingdom, it is famous for its
bird observatory and a
traditional style of knitting.
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Dave Wheeler
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Calton Hill is a hill in central
Edinburgh, just to the east of the
New Town. The hill is home to several iconic monuments and buildings: the
National Monument,
Nelson's Monument, the
Dugald Stewart Monument, the
Royal High School, the
Robert Burns Monument, the
Political Martyrs' Monument and the
City Observatory.
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Andrewyuill
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Thistle is the common name of a group of
flowering plants characterised by
leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family
Asteraceae. In the
language of flowers, the thistle (like the
burr) is an ancient
Celtic symbol of nobility of character as well as of birth, for the wounding or provocation of a thistle yields punishment.
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Fir0002
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The
Glasgow Necropolis is a
Victorian
cemetery in
Glasgow. It sits on a hill above, and to the east of,
St. Mungo's Cathedral. It was conceived as a
Père Lachaise for Glasgow, and subsequently established by the Merchants' House of Glasgow in 1831. Fifty thousand individuals have been buried in approximately 3500
tombs.
Photo credit:
Finlay McWalter
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Loch Etive (
Scottish Gaelic: Loch Eite) is a 30 km
sea loch in
Argyll and Bute. The name Etive is believed to mean "little ugly one" from the
Gaelic Goddess associated with the loch. A road along
Glen Etive makes the head of the loch accessible from
Glen Coe.
Photo credit:
Jamie Campbell
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Dunfermline Abbey is a large
Benedictine abbey in
Dunfermline,
Fife. It was administered by the
Abbot of Dunfermline. The abbey was founded in 1128 by
King David I, but the monastic establishment was based on an earlier foundation dating back to the reign of King
Máel Coluim mac Donnchada (i.e. "Malcolm III" or "Malcolm Canmore", r. 1058-93).
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Andy Stephenson
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Iona (
Scottish Gaelic: Ì Chaluim Chille) is a small island in the
Inner Hebrides off the western coast of Scotland. It was a centre of
Celtic Christianity for four centuries and is today renowned for its tranquility and natural beauty. It is a popular tourist destination.
Photo credit:
Graham Proud
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Loch Lomond (
Scottish Gaelic: Loch Laomainn) is a freshwater
Scottish
loch, lying on the
Highland Boundary Fault. It is the largest loch/lake in
Great Britain, by surface area, and contains many islands, including
Inchmurrin, the largest fresh water island in the
British Isles.
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Abubakr.h
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New Lanark is a village on the
River Clyde, approximately 1.4 miles (2.2 kilometres) from
Lanark, in
South Lanarkshire. It was founded in 1786 by
David Dale, who built
cotton mills and housing for the mill workers. Under the ownership of a partnership that included Dale's son-in-law,
Robert Owen, a Welsh
philanthropist and
social reformer, New Lanark became a successful business and an epitome of
utopian
socialism.
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Gordon Brown
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Loch Leven (
Scottish Gaelic: Loch Lìobhann) is a
sea loch on the west coast of Scotland. Loch Leven extends 8¾ miles (14 km), varying in width between 220 yards (200 m) and just over a mile (1.8 km). It opens onto Camus a'Chois at
North Ballachulish, part of
Loch Linnhe at its western end.
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Cactus.man
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The
geography of Scotland is highly varied, from rural lowlands to barren uplands, and from large cities to uninhabited islands. Aside from the mainland, Scotland is surrounded by 790
islands encompassing the major
archipelagoes of the
Shetland Islands,
Orkney Islands and the
Outer Hebrides.
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NASA
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The
Royal Burgh of
Haddington is a town in
East Lothian. It is the main administrative, cultural and geographical centre for East Lothian, which was known officially as Haddingtonshire before 1921. It lies approximately 20 miles (32 km) east of
Edinburgh.
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Richard Webb
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Dunnottar Castle (
Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Fhoithear, meaning "fort on the shelving slope") is a ruined
medieval
fortress located upon a rocky headland on the north-east coast of Scotland, about two miles (3 km) south of
Stonehaven. The surviving buildings are largely of the 15th–16th centuries, but the site is believed to have been an early fortress of the Dark Ages.
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Andrewmckie
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Suilven (
Scottish Gaelic: Sula Bheinn) is one of the most distinctive
mountains in Scotland. Lying in a remote area in the west of
Sutherland, it rises almost vertically from a
wilderness landscape of
moorland,
bogs and
lochans known as
Inverpolly National Nature Reserve. The
mountain forms a steep-sided ridge some 2 km in length. The highest point, known as Caisteal Liath (meaning "the Grey Castle"), lies at the northwest end of this ridge.
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Grinner
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Aberdour Castle is located in the village of
Easter Aberdour,
Fife. Parts of the
castle date from around 1200, making Aberdour one of the two oldest datable standing castles in Scotland, along with
Castle Sween in
Argyll, which was built at around the same time.
Photo credit:
Andy Hawkins
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Loch Fyne (
Scottish Gaelic: Loch Fìne, meaning "Loch of the Vine or Wine", is a
sea loch on the west coast of
Argyll and Bute. Although there is no evidence for grapes growing there, it was more metaphorical, such as meaning that the River, Abhainn Fìne, was a well-respected river.
Photo credit:
Michael Parry
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Scott's View refers to a viewpoint in the
Scottish
Borders, overlooking the valley of the
River Tweed, which is reputed to be one of the favourite views of Sir
Walter Scott. The viewpoint can be located directly from a minor road leading south from
Earlston just off the
A68 and by travelling north from the village of
St. Boswells up the slope of Bemersyde Hill. The view is around 3 miles east of
Melrose.
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Semi-detached
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Loch Shiel (
Scottish Gaelic: Loch Seile) is a 19.3 km2 freshwater
loch, 120 m deep, situated 20 km west of
Fort William in
Lochaber,
Highland. It is enclosed by mountains in the north east and surrounded by
bog and
rough pasture in the south west, from which end the 4 km
River Shiel drains to the sea in
Loch Moidart near
Castle Tioram.
Photo credit:
Gil Cavanti
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Durness (
Scottish Gaelic: Diùirnis) is a huge but remote parish in the northwestern
Highlands, encompassing all the land between the Moine to the East (separating it from Tongue parish) and the Gualin to the West (separating it from Eddrachilis).
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Neil Booth
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The
Crinan canal is a
canal in the west of Scotland, taking its name from the village of
Crinan at its westerly end. It provides a navigable route between the
Clyde and the
Inner Hebrides, without the need for a long diversion around the
Kintyre peninsula, and in particular the exposed
Mull of Kintyre.
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Velella
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St Margaret's Chapel, at
Edinburgh Castle, is the oldest surviving building in
Edinburgh. An example of
Romanesque architecture, it is a Category A
listed building. Legend had it that
St. Margaret worshipped in this small
chapel, but recent research indicates that it was built at the beginning of the 12th century by her fourth son who became
King David I in 1124
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Kjetilbjornsrud
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The
River Tweed, or Tweed Water, (
Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Thuaidh) is 97 miles (156 km) long and flows primarily through the
Borders region of
Great Britain. It rises on
Tweedsmuir at Tweed's Well near where the
Clyde, draining northwest, and the
Annan draining south also rise.
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Jean Walley
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Castle Stalker (
Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal an Stalcaire) is a four-storey
tower house or
keep picturesquely set on a
tidal islet on Loch Laich, an inlet off
Loch Linnhe. It is located about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north east of
Port Appin,
Argyll.
Photo credit:
Mike Searle
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The
Scottish National Gallery, in
Edinburgh, is the national
art gallery of Scotland. An elaborate
neoclassical edifice, it stands on
The Mound, between the two sections of Edinburgh's
Princes Street Gardens. The building, which was designed by
William Henry Playfair, first opened to the public in 1859.
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Klaus with K
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Glenfinnan Viaduct is a railway
viaduct on the
West Highland Line in
Glenfinnan,
Lochaber,
Highland. It was built between 1897 and 1901. Located at the top of
Loch Shiel in the West
Highlands, the viaduct overlooks the
Glenfinnan Monument and the waters of Loch Shiel.
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Nicolas17
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The
Forth Bridge is a
cantilever
railway
bridge over the
Firth of Forth. It was opened on 4 March 1890, and spans a total length of 2,528.7 metres (8,296 ft). It is often called the Forth Rail Bridge or Forth Railway Bridge to distinguish it from the
Forth Road Bridge.
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George Gastin
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Hopetoun House is the traditional residence of the
Earl of Hopetoun (later the
Marquess of Linlithgow). It was built 1699-1701, designed by
William Bruce. It was then hugely extended from 1721 by
William Adam until his death in 1748 being one of his most notable projects. The parklands in which it lies were laid out in 1725, also by William Adam.
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George Gastin
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Blair Castle stands in its grounds near the
village of
Blair Atholl in
Perthshire. The Castle is said to have been started in 1269 by
John I Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, a northern neighbour of the
Earl of Atholl, who started building on the Earl's land while he was away on
crusade.
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Hasso Weber
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Calton Hill (archaically spelt Caltoun Hill,) is a hill in central
Edinburgh, just to the east of the
New Town. It is the headquarters of the
Scottish Government, which is based at
St Andrew's House, on the steep southern slope of the hill; with the
Scottish Parliament Building lying near the foot of the hill.
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Saffron Blaze
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Bealach na Bà is a historic pass through the mountains of the
Applecross peninsula, in
Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands—and the name of a famous twisting, single-track mountain road through the pass and mountains. The road is one of few in the Scottish Highlands that is engineered similarly to roads through the
great mountain passes in the Alps, with very tight hairpin bends that switch back and forth up the hillside.
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Stefan Krause
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The
Bruichladdich distillery is a
distillery on the
Rhinns of the isle of
Islay in
Scotland. The distillery produces mainly
single malt
Scotch whisky, but has also offered artisanal
gin.
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Bdcl1881
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Loch Linnhe is a
sea loch on the west coast of Scotland. The part upstream of
Corran is known in
Gaelic as An Linne Dhubh (the black pool, originally known as Loch Abar), and downstream as An Linne Sheileach (the salty pool). The name Linnhe is derived from the Gaelic word linne, meaning "pool".
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Moralist
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Edinburgh Castle is a
fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of
Edinburgh, from its position atop the volcanic Castle Rock. Human habitation of the site is dated back as far as the 9th century BC, although the nature of early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle here since at least the reign of
King David in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until the
Union of the Crowns in 1603.
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Saffron_Blaze
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Cramond (
Scottish Gaelic: Cathair Amain) is a seaside village now part of suburban
Edinburgh, located in the north-west corner of the city at the mouth of the
River Almond where it enters the
Firth of Forth. The Cramond area has a long history, with evidence of
Mesolithic,
Bronze Age and
Roman activity.
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Steven Harrison
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Limestone carving of Scotland's
heraldic lion above the entrance to the
Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh
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Stefan2901
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Loch Torridon (
Scottish Gaelic: Loch Thoirbheartan) is a
sea loch on the west coast of the
Northwest Highlands. The loch was created by
glacial processes and is in total around 15 miles (25 km) long. It has two sections: Upper Loch Torridon to landward, east of Rubha na h-Airde Ghlaise, at which point it joins Loch Sheildaig; and the main western section of Loch Torridon proper.
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Stefan Krause
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Puffins and guillemots on
Lunga in the
Treshnish Isles, with
Bac Mòr (known as Dutchman's Cap for its distinctive shape) in the background.
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Simaron
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The
Cuillin (
Scottish Gaelic: An Cuilthionn (or An Cuiltheann)) are properly and locally known as The Cuillins in the plural, and are a range of rocky mountains located on the Isle of
Skye. The true Cuillin is also known as the Black Cuillin to distinguish it from the Red Hills (na Beanntan Dearga) across Glen Sligachan.
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Andrewmckie
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RRS Discovery was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain. Designed for
Antarctic research, she was launched as a
Royal Research Ship (RRS) in 1901. Her first mission was the British National Antarctic Expedition, carrying
Robert Falcon Scott and
Ernest Shackleton on their first, successful journey to the Antarctic, known as the
Discovery Expedition. She is now the centrepiece of a visitor attraction in her home,
Dundee.
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Mactographer
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Skara Brae is a stone-built
Neolithic settlement, located on the
Bay of Skaill on the west coast of
Mainland, the largest island in the
Orkney archipelago. It consists of eight clustered houses, and was occupied from roughly
3180 BCE–
2500 BCE. Europe's most complete Neolithic village, Skara Brae gained
UNESCO
World Heritage Site status as one of four sites making up "The
Heart of Neolithic Orkney".
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craig w macgregor
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Holyrood Abbey is a ruined
abbey of the
Canons regular in
Edinburgh. The abbey was founded in 1128 by
King David. During the 15th century, the abbey guesthouse was developed into a royal residence, and after the
Scottish Reformation the
Palace of Holyroodhouse was expanded further. The abbey church was used as a parish church until the 17th century, and has been ruined since the 18th century.
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laszlo-photo
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Tobermoray (
Scottish Gaelic: Tobar Mhoire) is the capital of, and the only
burgh on, the
Isle of Mull in the
Inner Hebrides. It is located in the northeastern part of the island, near the northern entrance of the Sound of Mull. The town was founded as a
fishing port in 1788, its layout based on the designs of
Dumfriesshire engineer
Thomas Telford.
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Lukas von Daeniken
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Braemar is a village in
Aberdeenshire, around 58 miles (93 km) west of
Aberdeen in the
Highlands. Sitting at an altitude of 339 metres (1,112 ft), Braemar is the third coldest low lying place in the UK, after the villages of
Dalwhinnie and
Leadhills. It has twice entered the
UK Weather Records with the lowest ever
UK temperature of -27.2o
C, on 11 February 1895, and 10 January 1982.
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Paul Chapman
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A
broch is an
Iron Age
drystone hollow-walled structure of a type found only in Scotland. Brochs belong to the classification "complex
atlantic roundhouse" devised by Scottish
archaeologists in the 1980s. Their origin is a matter of some controversy.
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Otter
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Jarlshof is the best known prehistoric archaeological site in
Shetland. It lies near the southern tip of the
Shetland Mainland and has been described as "one of the most remarkable archaeological sites ever excavated in the British Isles".
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Nigel Duncan
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Barra Airport ( Scottish Gaelic: Port-adhair Bharraigh) ( IATA: BRR, ICAO: EGPR) (also known as Barra Eoligarry Airport) is a short-runway airport (or STOLport) situated in the wide shallow bay of Traigh Mhòr at the north tip of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The airport is unique, being the only one in the world where scheduled flights use a beach as the runway. The airport is operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited, which owns most of the regional airports in mainland Scotland and the outlying islands.
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Steve Holdsworth
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A common seal (Phoca vitulina) seen basking on rocks off Lismore Argyll.
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Sharp Photography
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Cells of Life, a landform by
Charles Jencks at
Jupiter Artland.
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Allan Pollok-Morris
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Sunset in
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. The high peak on left of the image is
Ben Lomond.
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Michal Klajban
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View of the
Trossachs countryside through a farm window on a frosty evening.
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Michal Klajban
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A bank of trees shrouded in fog on the northern shores of
Loch Tay.
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Michal Klajban
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A peat bog below the top of Doune Hill in the
Luss hills.
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Michal Klajban
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Sunrise over
Ben Vorlich and
Loch Tay.
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Michal Klajban
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Traigh Iar (Horgabost beach),
Harris.
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Gordon Hatton
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The
Falkirk Wheel, named after the nearby town of
Falkirk, is a rotating
boat lift connecting the
Forth and Clyde Canal with the
Union Canal. The wheel raises boats by 24 metres (79 ft).
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Reaper is a restored historic
Fifie
herring
drifter which is registered by the
National Historic Ships Committee as part of the Core Collection of historic vessels in the
UK, and currently operates as a
museum ship.
Photo credit:
Scottish Fisheries Museum Boats Club
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Wemyss Bay railway station is a
railway station on the
Inverclyde Line. Located in the village of
Wemyss Bay,
Inverclyde. The station incorporates the terminal for the
Caledonian MacBrayne
ferry connecting the mainland to
Rothesay on the
Isle of Bute.
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wilm
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The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch, better known by its truncated title
The Skating Minister, is an
oil painting by Sir
Henry Raeburn in the
National Gallery of Scotland in
Edinburgh.
Credit:
Sir Henry Raeburn (1790s painting)
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Eilean Donan (
Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Donnain) is a small
tidal island where three sea lochs meet,
Loch Duich,
Loch Long and
Loch Alsh, in the western
Highlands.
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Diliff
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A
crannóg (pronounced /krəˈno:g/ or /ˈkrɑno:g/ or /ˈkranag/) is an ancient
artificial island or
natural island found in Scotland and
Ireland, used for a settlement. The name may also refer to a wooden platform erected on shallow
loch floors.
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Dave Morris
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The
Isle of Skye, commonly known as Skye, is the largest and most northerly island in the
Inner Hebrides. In
Scottish Gaelic it is commonly referred to as An t-Eilean Sgiathanach ("The Winged Isle").
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masher2
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The
Willow Tearooms are
tearooms at 217
Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow,, designed by internationally renowned
architect
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, which opened for business in October 1903.
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Dave souza
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Our Dynamic Earth is a Scottish
science centre and prominent conference venue and visitor attraction located in
Holyrood,
Edinburgh, beside the
Scottish Parliament Building.
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Globaltraveller
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Glen Coe ((
Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Comhann) is a
glen in the
Highlands. It lies in the southern part of the
Lochaber
committee area of
Highland Council, and was formerly part of the
county of
Argyll.
Photo credit:
Gil.cavalcanti
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The
Lewis chessmen (named after their find-site) belong to some of the few complete
medieval
chess sets that have survived until today. The chessmen are believed to have been made in
Norway, perhaps by craftsmen in
Trondheim (where similar pieces have been found), sometime during the
12th century.
Photo credit:
Finlay McWalter
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Plockton (
Scottish Gaelic: Am Ploc/Ploc Loch Aillse) is a picturesque settlement in the
Highlands on the shores of
Loch Carron. It faces east, away from the prevailing winds, which together with the
North Atlantic Drift, gives it a mild climate, allowing palm trees (actually
cabbage trees) to grow.
Photo credit:
Arthur Bruce
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One of the oldest and most important religious centres in western
Europe,
Iona Abbey is considered the point of origin for the spread of
Christianity throughout Scotland. Iona Abbey is located on the
Isle of Iona, just off the
Isle of Mull on the West Coast.
Photo credit:
Dennis Turner
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The
Torridon Hills surround
Torridon village in the
Northwest Highlands. The name is usually applied to the
mountains to the north of
Glen Torridon. They are among the most dramatic and spectacular peaks in the
British Isles and made of some of the oldest rocks in the world.
Photo credit:
Richard Baker
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Eilean Glas Lighthouse, built by engineer
Thomas Smith, was one of the original four lights to be commissioned by the
Commissioners of the Northern Lights and the first in the Hebrides (the others were
Kinnaird Head,
Mull of Kintyre and
North Ronaldsay).
Photo credit:
Richard Baker
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The
tied island of
St Ninian's Isle is joined to the
Shetland Mainland by the largest
tombolo in the UK.
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ThoWi
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The Old Man of Storr is a rock pinnacle, the remains of an ancient
volcanic plug. It is part of
The Storr, a rocky hill overlooking the
Sound of Raasay on the
Trotternish
peninsula of the
Isle of Skye.
Photo credit:
Wojsy
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Crail is a former
royal burgh in the
East Neuk of
Fife. Built around a harbour, it has a particular wealth of vernacular buildings from the 17th to early 19th centuries, many restored by the
National Trust for Scotland, and is a favourite subject for artists.
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S.moeller
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Greyfriars Bobby was a
Skye Terrier who became known in 19th-century,
Scotland, after reportedly spending fourteen years guarding his owner's grave, until his own death on 14 January 1872. A year after the dog died, the philanthropist
Baroness Burdett Coutts, had a statue and fountain erected to commemorate him.
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MykReeve
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Eilean Ruairidh Mòr is a forested island in
Loch Maree,
Wester Ross. Its name was formerly anglicised as "Ellan-Rorymore". The islands in Loch Maree are among the least disturbed in Britain and are managed as a
National Nature Reserve.
Photo credit:
Jerry Sharp
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The
Scottish Parliament Building (
Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba,
Scots: Scots Pairlament Biggin) is the home of the
Scottish
Parliament at
Holyrood, within the
UNESCO World Heritage Site in central
Edinburgh. It was designed by
Enric Miralles, the Catalan architect,.and has won a number of awards, including an award at the VIII Biennial of Spanish Architecture, the
RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture, and the 2005
Stirling Prize, the UK's most prestigious architecture award.
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Oban (
Scottish Gaelic: An t-Òban) (meaning "The Little Bay") is a
resort
town within the council area of
Argyll and Bute. Oban Bay is a near perfect horseshoe bay, protected by the island of
Kerrera, and beyond Kerrera is
Mull. To the north is the long low island of
Lismore, and the mountains of Morvern and Ardgour.
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Josi
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Soutra Aisle, just within the
Scottish Borders, not far from
Fala, is the remains of the House of the Holy Trinity, a church that was part of a complex comprising a hospital and a friary. The hospital was founded in 1164 by
Malcolm "the Maiden" and is believed to have been the largest hospital in mediæval Scotland.
Photo credit:
Wangi
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Loch Tummel (
Scottish Gaelic: Loch Teimhil) is a long, narrow
loch, 7 kilometres north west of
Pitlochry in
Perth and Kinross. A well known view over the loch and the surrounding countryside (with
Schiehallion in the background) is the 'Queen's View' from the north shore, which
Queen Victoria made famous in 1866.
Photo credit:
Paul Hermans
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The
Scott Monument is a
Victorian Gothic monument to
Scottish author
Sir Walter Scott (not to be confused with the
National Monument). It stands in Princes Street Gardens in
Edinburgh.
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Schatir
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Arbroath or Aberbrothock (
Scottish Gaelic: Obair Bhrothaig) is a former
royal burgh on the
North Sea coast, around 16 miles (25.7 km) ENE of
Dundee and 45 miles (72.4 km) SSW of
Aberdeen. It is the largest town in the
council area of
Angus. and has a population of 22,785.
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Karen Vernon
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St Mary's Cathedral is a
Roman Catholic
church located in
Edinburgh,
Scotland. It is the seat of the
Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh and the mother church of Scots Catholicism.
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Michael D Beckwith
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The
National Museum of Scotland is one of Scotland's
national museums, on
Chambers Street, in
Edinburgh. The original Royal Museum began in the 19th century and was added to in the 1990s when a new building known as The Museum of Scotland was added, both merging in 2007 into The National Museum of Scotland.
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Shimgray
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The
Wallace Monument is a sandstone tower, built in the
Victorian Gothic style. It stands on the summit of
Abbey Craig, a volcanic
crag above
Cambuskenneth Abbey, from which Wallace was said to have watched the gathering of the army of
English king
Edward I, just before the
Battle of Stirling Bridge.
Photo credit:
Ray Mann
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Fair Isle (from
Old Norse Frjóey) (
Scottish Gaelic: Eileann nan Geansaidh) is an island off Scotland, lying around halfway between
Shetland and the
Orkney Islands. The most remote inhabited island in the United Kingdom, it is famous for its
bird observatory and a
traditional style of knitting.
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Dave Wheeler
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Calton Hill is a hill in central
Edinburgh, just to the east of the
New Town. The hill is home to several iconic monuments and buildings: the
National Monument,
Nelson's Monument, the
Dugald Stewart Monument, the
Royal High School, the
Robert Burns Monument, the
Political Martyrs' Monument and the
City Observatory.
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Andrewyuill
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Thistle is the common name of a group of
flowering plants characterised by
leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family
Asteraceae. In the
language of flowers, the thistle (like the
burr) is an ancient
Celtic symbol of nobility of character as well as of birth, for the wounding or provocation of a thistle yields punishment.
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Fir0002
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The
Glasgow Necropolis is a
Victorian
cemetery in
Glasgow. It sits on a hill above, and to the east of,
St. Mungo's Cathedral. It was conceived as a
Père Lachaise for Glasgow, and subsequently established by the Merchants' House of Glasgow in 1831. Fifty thousand individuals have been buried in approximately 3500
tombs.
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Finlay McWalter
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Loch Etive (
Scottish Gaelic: Loch Eite) is a 30 km
sea loch in
Argyll and Bute. The name Etive is believed to mean "little ugly one" from the
Gaelic Goddess associated with the loch. A road along
Glen Etive makes the head of the loch accessible from
Glen Coe.
Photo credit:
Jamie Campbell
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Dunfermline Abbey is a large
Benedictine abbey in
Dunfermline,
Fife. It was administered by the
Abbot of Dunfermline. The abbey was founded in 1128 by
King David I, but the monastic establishment was based on an earlier foundation dating back to the reign of King
Máel Coluim mac Donnchada (i.e. "Malcolm III" or "Malcolm Canmore", r. 1058-93).
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Andy Stephenson
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Iona (
Scottish Gaelic: Ì Chaluim Chille) is a small island in the
Inner Hebrides off the western coast of Scotland. It was a centre of
Celtic Christianity for four centuries and is today renowned for its tranquility and natural beauty. It is a popular tourist destination.
Photo credit:
Graham Proud
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Loch Lomond (
Scottish Gaelic: Loch Laomainn) is a freshwater
Scottish
loch, lying on the
Highland Boundary Fault. It is the largest loch/lake in
Great Britain, by surface area, and contains many islands, including
Inchmurrin, the largest fresh water island in the
British Isles.
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Abubakr.h
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New Lanark is a village on the
River Clyde, approximately 1.4 miles (2.2 kilometres) from
Lanark, in
South Lanarkshire. It was founded in 1786 by
David Dale, who built
cotton mills and housing for the mill workers. Under the ownership of a partnership that included Dale's son-in-law,
Robert Owen, a Welsh
philanthropist and
social reformer, New Lanark became a successful business and an epitome of
utopian
socialism.
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Gordon Brown
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Loch Leven (
Scottish Gaelic: Loch Lìobhann) is a
sea loch on the west coast of Scotland. Loch Leven extends 8¾ miles (14 km), varying in width between 220 yards (200 m) and just over a mile (1.8 km). It opens onto Camus a'Chois at
North Ballachulish, part of
Loch Linnhe at its western end.
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Cactus.man
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The
geography of Scotland is highly varied, from rural lowlands to barren uplands, and from large cities to uninhabited islands. Aside from the mainland, Scotland is surrounded by 790
islands encompassing the major
archipelagoes of the
Shetland Islands,
Orkney Islands and the
Outer Hebrides.
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NASA
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The
Royal Burgh of
Haddington is a town in
East Lothian. It is the main administrative, cultural and geographical centre for East Lothian, which was known officially as Haddingtonshire before 1921. It lies approximately 20 miles (32 km) east of
Edinburgh.
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Richard Webb
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Dunnottar Castle (
Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Fhoithear, meaning "fort on the shelving slope") is a ruined
medieval
fortress located upon a rocky headland on the north-east coast of Scotland, about two miles (3 km) south of
Stonehaven. The surviving buildings are largely of the 15th–16th centuries, but the site is believed to have been an early fortress of the Dark Ages.
Photo credit:
Andrewmckie
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Suilven (
Scottish Gaelic: Sula Bheinn) is one of the most distinctive
mountains in Scotland. Lying in a remote area in the west of
Sutherland, it rises almost vertically from a
wilderness landscape of
moorland,
bogs and
lochans known as
Inverpolly National Nature Reserve. The
mountain forms a steep-sided ridge some 2 km in length. The highest point, known as Caisteal Liath (meaning "the Grey Castle"), lies at the northwest end of this ridge.
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Grinner
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Aberdour Castle is located in the village of
Easter Aberdour,
Fife. Parts of the
castle date from around 1200, making Aberdour one of the two oldest datable standing castles in Scotland, along with
Castle Sween in
Argyll, which was built at around the same time.
Photo credit:
Andy Hawkins
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Loch Fyne (
Scottish Gaelic: Loch Fìne, meaning "Loch of the Vine or Wine", is a
sea loch on the west coast of
Argyll and Bute. Although there is no evidence for grapes growing there, it was more metaphorical, such as meaning that the River, Abhainn Fìne, was a well-respected river.
Photo credit:
Michael Parry
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Scott's View refers to a viewpoint in the
Scottish
Borders, overlooking the valley of the
River Tweed, which is reputed to be one of the favourite views of Sir
Walter Scott. The viewpoint can be located directly from a minor road leading south from
Earlston just off the
A68 and by travelling north from the village of
St. Boswells up the slope of Bemersyde Hill. The view is around 3 miles east of
Melrose.
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Semi-detached
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Loch Shiel (
Scottish Gaelic: Loch Seile) is a 19.3 km2 freshwater
loch, 120 m deep, situated 20 km west of
Fort William in
Lochaber,
Highland. It is enclosed by mountains in the north east and surrounded by
bog and
rough pasture in the south west, from which end the 4 km
River Shiel drains to the sea in
Loch Moidart near
Castle Tioram.
Photo credit:
Gil Cavanti
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Durness (
Scottish Gaelic: Diùirnis) is a huge but remote parish in the northwestern
Highlands, encompassing all the land between the Moine to the East (separating it from Tongue parish) and the Gualin to the West (separating it from Eddrachilis).
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Neil Booth
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The
Crinan canal is a
canal in the west of Scotland, taking its name from the village of
Crinan at its westerly end. It provides a navigable route between the
Clyde and the
Inner Hebrides, without the need for a long diversion around the
Kintyre peninsula, and in particular the exposed
Mull of Kintyre.
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Velella
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St Margaret's Chapel, at
Edinburgh Castle, is the oldest surviving building in
Edinburgh. An example of
Romanesque architecture, it is a Category A
listed building. Legend had it that
St. Margaret worshipped in this small
chapel, but recent research indicates that it was built at the beginning of the 12th century by her fourth son who became
King David I in 1124
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Kjetilbjornsrud
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The
River Tweed, or Tweed Water, (
Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Thuaidh) is 97 miles (156 km) long and flows primarily through the
Borders region of
Great Britain. It rises on
Tweedsmuir at Tweed's Well near where the
Clyde, draining northwest, and the
Annan draining south also rise.
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Jean Walley
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Castle Stalker (
Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal an Stalcaire) is a four-storey
tower house or
keep picturesquely set on a
tidal islet on Loch Laich, an inlet off
Loch Linnhe. It is located about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north east of
Port Appin,
Argyll.
Photo credit:
Mike Searle
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The
Scottish National Gallery, in
Edinburgh, is the national
art gallery of Scotland. An elaborate
neoclassical edifice, it stands on
The Mound, between the two sections of Edinburgh's
Princes Street Gardens. The building, which was designed by
William Henry Playfair, first opened to the public in 1859.
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Glenfinnan Viaduct is a railway
viaduct on the
West Highland Line in
Glenfinnan,
Lochaber,
Highland. It was built between 1897 and 1901. Located at the top of
Loch Shiel in the West
Highlands, the viaduct overlooks the
Glenfinnan Monument and the waters of Loch Shiel.
Photo credit:
Nicolas17
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The
Forth Bridge is a
cantilever
railway
bridge over the
Firth of Forth. It was opened on 4 March 1890, and spans a total length of 2,528.7 metres (8,296 ft). It is often called the Forth Rail Bridge or Forth Railway Bridge to distinguish it from the
Forth Road Bridge.
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George Gastin
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Hopetoun House is the traditional residence of the
Earl of Hopetoun (later the
Marquess of Linlithgow). It was built 1699-1701, designed by
William Bruce. It was then hugely extended from 1721 by
William Adam until his death in 1748 being one of his most notable projects. The parklands in which it lies were laid out in 1725, also by William Adam.
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George Gastin
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Blair Castle stands in its grounds near the
village of
Blair Atholl in
Perthshire. The Castle is said to have been started in 1269 by
John I Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, a northern neighbour of the
Earl of Atholl, who started building on the Earl's land while he was away on
crusade.
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Hasso Weber
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Calton Hill (archaically spelt Caltoun Hill,) is a hill in central
Edinburgh, just to the east of the
New Town. It is the headquarters of the
Scottish Government, which is based at
St Andrew's House, on the steep southern slope of the hill; with the
Scottish Parliament Building lying near the foot of the hill.
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Saffron Blaze
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Bealach na Bà is a historic pass through the mountains of the
Applecross peninsula, in
Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands—and the name of a famous twisting, single-track mountain road through the pass and mountains. The road is one of few in the Scottish Highlands that is engineered similarly to roads through the
great mountain passes in the Alps, with very tight hairpin bends that switch back and forth up the hillside.
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Stefan Krause
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The
Bruichladdich distillery is a
distillery on the
Rhinns of the isle of
Islay in
Scotland. The distillery produces mainly
single malt
Scotch whisky, but has also offered artisanal
gin.
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Bdcl1881
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Loch Linnhe is a
sea loch on the west coast of Scotland. The part upstream of
Corran is known in
Gaelic as An Linne Dhubh (the black pool, originally known as Loch Abar), and downstream as An Linne Sheileach (the salty pool). The name Linnhe is derived from the Gaelic word linne, meaning "pool".
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Moralist
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Edinburgh Castle is a
fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of
Edinburgh, from its position atop the volcanic Castle Rock. Human habitation of the site is dated back as far as the 9th century BC, although the nature of early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle here since at least the reign of
King David in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until the
Union of the Crowns in 1603.
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Saffron_Blaze
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Cramond (
Scottish Gaelic: Cathair Amain) is a seaside village now part of suburban
Edinburgh, located in the north-west corner of the city at the mouth of the
River Almond where it enters the
Firth of Forth. The Cramond area has a long history, with evidence of
Mesolithic,
Bronze Age and
Roman activity.
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Steven Harrison
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Limestone carving of Scotland's
heraldic lion above the entrance to the
Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh
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Stefan2901
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Loch Torridon (
Scottish Gaelic: Loch Thoirbheartan) is a
sea loch on the west coast of the
Northwest Highlands. The loch was created by
glacial processes and is in total around 15 miles (25 km) long. It has two sections: Upper Loch Torridon to landward, east of Rubha na h-Airde Ghlaise, at which point it joins Loch Sheildaig; and the main western section of Loch Torridon proper.
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Stefan Krause
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Puffins and guillemots on
Lunga in the
Treshnish Isles, with
Bac Mòr (known as Dutchman's Cap for its distinctive shape) in the background.
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Simaron
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The
Cuillin (
Scottish Gaelic: An Cuilthionn (or An Cuiltheann)) are properly and locally known as The Cuillins in the plural, and are a range of rocky mountains located on the Isle of
Skye. The true Cuillin is also known as the Black Cuillin to distinguish it from the Red Hills (na Beanntan Dearga) across Glen Sligachan.
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Andrewmckie
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RRS Discovery was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain. Designed for
Antarctic research, she was launched as a
Royal Research Ship (RRS) in 1901. Her first mission was the British National Antarctic Expedition, carrying
Robert Falcon Scott and
Ernest Shackleton on their first, successful journey to the Antarctic, known as the
Discovery Expedition. She is now the centrepiece of a visitor attraction in her home,
Dundee.
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Mactographer
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Skara Brae is a stone-built
Neolithic settlement, located on the
Bay of Skaill on the west coast of
Mainland, the largest island in the
Orkney archipelago. It consists of eight clustered houses, and was occupied from roughly
3180 BCE–
2500 BCE. Europe's most complete Neolithic village, Skara Brae gained
UNESCO
World Heritage Site status as one of four sites making up "The
Heart of Neolithic Orkney".
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craig w macgregor
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Holyrood Abbey is a ruined
abbey of the
Canons regular in
Edinburgh. The abbey was founded in 1128 by
King David. During the 15th century, the abbey guesthouse was developed into a royal residence, and after the
Scottish Reformation the
Palace of Holyroodhouse was expanded further. The abbey church was used as a parish church until the 17th century, and has been ruined since the 18th century.
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laszlo-photo
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Tobermoray (
Scottish Gaelic: Tobar Mhoire) is the capital of, and the only
burgh on, the
Isle of Mull in the
Inner Hebrides. It is located in the northeastern part of the island, near the northern entrance of the Sound of Mull. The town was founded as a
fishing port in 1788, its layout based on the designs of
Dumfriesshire engineer
Thomas Telford.
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Lukas von Daeniken
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Braemar is a village in
Aberdeenshire, around 58 miles (93 km) west of
Aberdeen in the
Highlands. Sitting at an altitude of 339 metres (1,112 ft), Braemar is the third coldest low lying place in the UK, after the villages of
Dalwhinnie and
Leadhills. It has twice entered the
UK Weather Records with the lowest ever
UK temperature of -27.2o
C, on 11 February 1895, and 10 January 1982.
Photo credit:
Paul Chapman
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A
broch is an
Iron Age
drystone hollow-walled structure of a type found only in Scotland. Brochs belong to the classification "complex
atlantic roundhouse" devised by Scottish
archaeologists in the 1980s. Their origin is a matter of some controversy.
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Otter
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Jarlshof is the best known prehistoric archaeological site in
Shetland. It lies near the southern tip of the
Shetland Mainland and has been described as "one of the most remarkable archaeological sites ever excavated in the British Isles".
Photo credit:
Nigel Duncan
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Barra Airport ( Scottish Gaelic: Port-adhair Bharraigh) ( IATA: BRR, ICAO: EGPR) (also known as Barra Eoligarry Airport) is a short-runway airport (or STOLport) situated in the wide shallow bay of Traigh Mhòr at the north tip of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The airport is unique, being the only one in the world where scheduled flights use a beach as the runway. The airport is operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited, which owns most of the regional airports in mainland Scotland and the outlying islands.
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Steve Holdsworth
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A common seal (Phoca vitulina) seen basking on rocks off Lismore Argyll.
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Sharp Photography
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Cells of Life, a landform by
Charles Jencks at
Jupiter Artland.
Photo credit:
Allan Pollok-Morris
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Sunset in
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. The high peak on left of the image is
Ben Lomond.
Photo credit:
Michal Klajban
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View of the
Trossachs countryside through a farm window on a frosty evening.
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Michal Klajban
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A bank of trees shrouded in fog on the northern shores of
Loch Tay.
Photo credit:
Michal Klajban
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A peat bog below the top of Doune Hill in the
Luss hills.
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Michal Klajban
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Sunrise over
Ben Vorlich and
Loch Tay.
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Michal Klajban
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Traigh Iar (Horgabost beach),
Harris.
Photo credit:
Gordon Hatton