Scotlands History
Featured Work
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Broken home by Ranald
An abandoned home, Strath Halladale, Sutherland, Highland. Featured in the “Scotland’s history” group. This was land cleared by the Sutherlands in the early part of the 19th century in order to put sheep on the land. Whilst this house probably just post-dates that time, it nonetheless symbolises the cruelty of the evictions. The following translation from Gaelic also sums up the strength of feelings towards those who carried out the dirty work, chief among them was Patrick Sellar: Sellar, daith has ye in his grip; / Ye needa think he’ll let ye slip. / Justice ye’ve earned, and, by the Book, / A warm assize ye winna jouk. / The fires ye lit tae gut Strathnaver / Ye’ll feel them noo—and roast forever. However, Scotland’s loss was many other countries’ gain, since plenty of those forced out left these shores for America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand etc etc etc. The poet Sorley MacLean wrote a poem about the clearances called Hallaig (translated from Gaelic below). Although Hallaig is on Raasay, where MacLean was born, it sums up the impact of the wider clearances. The window is nailed and boarded / through which I saw the West / and my love is at the Burn of Hallaig, between Inver and Milk Hollow, / here and there about Baile-chuirn: / she is a birch, a hazel, / a straight, slender young rowan. In Screapadal of my people / where Norman and Big Hector were, / their daughters and their sons are a wood / going up beside the stream. Proud tonight the pine cocks / crowing on the top of Cnoc an Ra, / straight their backs in the moonlight - / they are not the wood I love. I will wait for the birch wood / until it comes up from the cairn, / until the whole ridge from Beinn na Lice / will be under its shade. if it does not, I will go down to Hallaig, / to the sabbath of the dead, / where the people are frequenting, / every single generation gone. They are still in Hallaig, / MacLeans and MacLeods, / all who were there in the time of Mac Gille Chaluim / the dead have been seen alive. The men lying on the green / at the end of the house that was, / the girls a wood of birches, / straight their backs, bent their heads. Between the Leac and Fearns / the road is under mild moss / and the girls in silent bands / go to Clachan as in the beginning. and return from Clachan / from Suishnish and the land of the living; / each one young and high-stepping, / without the heartbreak of the tale.
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The Glen 1896. After the Rut his failure. by Kenart
Glen Coe, Highlands, Scotland. / /
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Selkie by AnitaInverarity
MYTHICAL MAIDENS SERIES The Selkie is a Scottish Water Sprite who splashes unsuspecting passers by from rock pools and lochs- she is mischeivous and alluring xx 4 sales to date- Matted Print and 3 Art Cards ORIGINAL SOLD 2008 / This series is still in progress Selkie is included in this great display of framed redbubble cards posted by Barbara Glatzesder- This pic won Mr. Baxters Buyers Booth Award Sept 09 /
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Wallace Monument, Stirling, Scotland by Mags Williamson
Chalk on A3 basic pastel paper
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Five Stones by Panalot
Part of the Brogar standing stone ring on Orkney Isles Scotland / There were 60 stones in the ring of which 36 still stand. The ring is 104 meters diameter and some stones are almost 4 meters tall. / 2500BC / Processed using photomatix. / Wide angle lens. Featured in Scotlands History Sept 2009
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Glen Affric by Bootkneck
Glen Affric / Glen Affric is a glen south-west of the village of Cannich in the Highland region of Scotland, some 15 miles to the west of Loch Ness. / The River Affric runs along its length, passing through Loch Affric and Loch Beinn a’ Mheadhoin (Loch Benevean). / It used to be part of the lands of the clan Chisholm. / The area is a Caledonian Forest Reserve, a National Scenic Area and a National Nature Reserve. / Often described as the most beautiful glen in Scotland, it contains one of the largest ancient Caledonian pinewoods in Scotland as well as lochs, moorland and mountains. / Affric Lodge, a mansion built as a hunting lodge, is located on a peninsula in Loch Affric, while a Scottish Youth Hostels Association hostel is further up the glen at Alltbeithe. / The glen is part of the Affric/Beauly hydroelectric scheme, constructed by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board. Loch Mullardoch, in the neighbouring Glen Cannich, is dammed, and a 5km tunnel carries water to Loch Benevean, which has also been dammed. From there, another tunnel takes water to Fasnakyle power station, near Cannich.
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St Marys Cathedral by Panalot
This is St Marys Cathedral in Huntly Street Aberdeen. / Wide angle lens view processed using Topaz Adjust software / Sony A350 Featured in Scotlands History sept 2009
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Morar Sunset by scottnaismith
The sun setting over the Isle of Rum with the Isle of Eigg just visible on the left as seen from the Morar hotel. The silver Sands of Morar is one of my favourite, inspirational mainland Scotland locations. Oil on Canvas / original size 80×80cm
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the children o the mist by joak
The name given to the macgregors…stripped o thier land,belongins and even thier name…..but thier race was royal and thier spirit wis not crushed… time for another wee poem We’re the children of the mist with no land to call home, / descended from kings but destined to roam. / We were honoured in battle then hunted like game, / but the proof of our mettle is we’re still proud of our name. They outlawed our clan and the mode of our dress, / but we never measured allegiance by chance of success. / Some things we’re not proud of were circumstance led, / but what prince not a rogue to see his children are fed? Our friendship was valued by high born and low, / our steadfast belief earned respect from our foe. / No great castles had we and our numbers were few / but our clansmen before us kept our legacy true. / canny mind who wrote it
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Jura Sky by scottnaismith
The two peaks on the Isle of Jura as seen from the neighbouring Isle of Islay, Scottish Western Isles. Original size 50×50cm / Oil on Canvas
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The Avon Viaduct by Tom Gomez
The Avon Viaduct crosses the River Avon just outside Linlithgow Bridge, West Lothian Scotland. Linlithgow Bridge is dominated by this Viaduct which was constructed in 1840 to carry the main Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line across the valley of the River Avon to Linlithgow, which it still does today. The viaduct has 23 arches, a maximum height of 85 ft and is almost 900 feet long. Camera: Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi in the USA) / Canon 18-55mm IS lens / Exif data from the JPG / F-stop f/3.5 / ISO 200 / Focal length 18 mm BEST VIEWED LARGER Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. Related shots can be found at: Lowland Scotland. Featured in : ImageWriting : 8 Aug 09 / Featured in : Scotlands History : 8 Aug 09 / Featured in : Stream Crossings : 16 Aug 09
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Wi Aye Thrash by Panalot
This is a working steam driven mill which would travel between farms in the Aberdeenshire area at harvest time in days gone by.The corn was collected in the sacks you see attatched to the mill and eventually taken to a miller who would grind the corn into flour. / Sony A350 / sony wide angle 11-18mm lens Featured in Scotlands History
Recent Work
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All that we wish for, we cannot command... by Kenart
Highlands, Scotland / /
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The Tourists Have All Gone!! by Frank McCafferty
Autumn on the Lake The Local Church & Lake Of Menteith Hotel Reflected on a Calm Lake Summer Season has ended for another year!! Now the autumm leaves are falling and the tourists have all gone And the children they have all gone back to school / And my life is as it was before I work eight hours a day but the company’s still making all the rules There’s a girl in Massachusetts south of Boston town she said And her lovely face is with me all the day But I met her down in old Tralee , golden hair upon her head / Well I took her heart and she stole mine away Goodbye my Boston beauty farewell my Boston rose / I’ll wait for you I’ll think of you no threat to you I’ll pose / Goodbye my Boston beauty farewell my Boston rose / I wish that you were here but I know thats the way life goes Theres a song we sang all summer in the bars in Dublin town I can here it on the factory radio / And the feeling I remember when I here that simple tune Make me wonder if it really happened so / For we laughed and loved together ‘till the summer days were gone And she had to fly across the ocean wide And some nights when im drinking and my friends have gathered ‘round And just for fun someone calls out your name / Well I smile there with the rest of them but I cant here a sound I love you but to them it’s all the same / And nights when im alone my love you come into my mind And visions flash across the Emerald Isle / Well I watch the moon there up above I’ll leave this earth behind / And I’ll call to you as I go sailing by
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Lake Of Menteith Scotland by Frank McCafferty
The Little Boat That Carries Passengers across the Lake To The Island, which contains Inchmahome Monastery Historic Scotland Run this Activity in the Summer Months The Lake of Menteith (Scottish Gaelic “Loch Innis MoCholmaig”), or, until the 20th century, the Loch of Menteith, is a loch in Scotland, located on the Flanders Moss, the flood plain of the upper reaches of the rivers Forth and Teith, upstream of Stirling. The only settlement of any size on the Lake of Menteith is Port of Menteith. The are a number of small islands in the loch. On the largest, Inchmahome, is Inchmahome Priory, an ancient monastery. The priory served as refuge to Mary Queen of Scots in 1547. She was only four years old at the time and stayed for three weeks after the disastrous Battle of Pinkie Cleugh in September of that year. History Lesson LOL Frankie x
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The Forth Railbridge. by Finobub
Image taken June 09 / While on holidays in edinburgh. The 2.5 km. (1.5 mile) Forth Railway Bridge, the world’s first major steel bridge, with its gigantic girder spans of 521 m. (1710 ft.) ranks as one of the great feats of civilization. It was begun in 1883 and formally completed on 4 March 1890 when HRH Edward Prince of Wales tapped into place a ‘golden’ rivet. Tancred–Arrol, constructed the bridge, robustly designed in the aftermath of the Tay Bridge disaster by civil engineers Sir John Fowler and Benjamin Baker. The balanced cantilever principle was adopted. The main crossing comprises tubular struts and lattice-girder ties in three double-cantilevers each connected by 105 m. (345 ft.) ‘suspended’ girder spans resting on the cantilever ends and secured by man-sized pins. The outside double-cantilever shoreward ends carry weights of about 1000 tonnes to counter-balance half the weight of the suspended span and live load. NIKON D90 Lens / AF-S DX / Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED VR / f/10 / 1/400 sec. / ISO-200 / 0 step / 18 mm / 3.6 / 27
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Sma' Glen. #2 by Finobub
Sma’ Glen taken from another angle. Taken While holidaying in Scotland June 09. NIKON D90 Lens / AF-S DX / Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED VR / f/3.5 / 1/4ooo sec. / ISO-560 / 0 step / 18 mm / 3.7 / 27
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The Scottish Parliament by Linda More
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as “Holyrood”, is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Members are elected for four-year terms under the mixed member proportional representation system. The original Parliament of Scotland (or “Estates of Scotland”) was the national legislature of the independent Kingdom of Scotland, and existed from the early 13th century until the Kingdom of Scotland merged with the Kingdom of England under the Acts of Union 1707 to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. As a consequence, the Parliament of Scotland merged with the Parliament of England to form the Parliament of Great Britain, which sat at Westminster in London. Following a referendum in 1997 in which the Scottish people gave their consent, the current Parliament was established by the Scotland Act 1998, which sets out its powers as a devolved legislature. The Act delineates the legislative competence of the Parliament – the areas in which it can make laws – by explicitly specifying powers that are “reserved” to the Parliament of the United Kingdom: all matters that are not explicitly reserved are automatically the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament.The UK Parliament retains the ability to amend the terms of reference of the Scottish Parliament, / and can extend or reduce the areas in which it can make laws. The first meeting of the new Parliament took place on 12 May 1999. If you would like to buy a card, print or poster just go to ‘buy/preview’
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Autumn and the Old Man by Kenart
Old Man of Storr. skye, Hebrides, Scotland / /
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Sma' Glen. by Finobub
A few miles to the north of the town of Crieff is the southern entrance to the Sma’ Glen. Here one passes from the lowlands into the Scottish Highlands. Its present name is a modern one for originally it was known as An Caol Ghleann, The Narrow Glen, and its Gaelic name is indeed descriptive of it. It is a typical Highland glen in appearance though only a short one and when passing through it it is difficult to think that only a few miles away to the south is lowland country. The valley is watered by the infant river Almond and the steep sides are clothed with heather and blaeberry plants. It is void of trees except for a few which flourish in the lower part of the glen. On a hill overlooking it is a rock known as the Eagles Rock and doubtless in the old days the golden eagle had its eyrie here. NIKON D90 Lens / AF-S DX / Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED VR f/3.5 / 1/4000 sec. / ISO-560 / o step / 18 mm / 3.6 / 27
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Bedlam by Tom Gomez
The Bedlam Theatre is housed in the former “New North Free Church” (built 1846-8) at the foot of George IV Bridge in Edinburgh, Scotland. The building was designed by Thomas Hamilton, an architect also involved in the creation of the New Town in the city. It is on the site of the old city poorhouse, and its name is taken from the nearby site of the city’s first mental health hospital. After the building was abandoned by the church in 1937 it was gifted to Edinburgh University. The University used it for various purposes, including a furniture store and a school of nursing. In 1980, the Edinburgh University Theatre Company (EUTC) moved in, the building being converted for their use. Bedlam Theatre is the oldest student-run theatre in Britain. It is run by a student committee, elected annually. Any member can propose a show for selection by democratic company vote, and all aspects of the production from acting to lighting to taking the tickets are carried out by the student membership. Bedlam Theatre is an Historic Scotland Category B Listed building (HB Number 30020). Information supplied by Wikipedia. Camera: Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi in the USA) / Canon 18-55mm IS lens BEST VIEWED LARGER Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. Some perspective correction in Photoshop Elements. Related shots can be found at: Edinburgh or you can look at all my HDR shots.
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GREYFRIARS BOBBY. by Finobub
Bobby belonged to John Gray, who worked for the Edinburgh City Police as a night watchman, and the two were inseparable for approximately two years.[1] On 15 February 1858 Gray died of tuberculosis. He was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard, the graveyard surrounding Greyfriars Kirk in the Old Town of Edinburgh. Bobby, who survived Gray by fourteen years, is said to have spent the rest of his life sitting on his master’s grave. A more realistic account[citation needed] has it that he spent a great deal of time at Gray’s grave, but that he left regularly for meals at a restaurant beside the graveyard, and may have spent colder winters in nearby houses. In 1867 when it was pointed out that an ownerless dog should be destroyed, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Sir William Chambers (who was also a director of the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), paid for a renewal of Bobby’s licence, making him the responsibility of the city council. Bobby died in 1872 and could not be buried within the cemetery itself, since it was consecrated ground; instead, he was buried just inside the gate of Greyfriars Kirkyard, not far from John Gray’s grave / . / Nikon D90 / Lens / AF-S DX / Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED VR / f/5 / 1/4000sec. / ISO-3200 / 0 step / 58mm / 4.7 / pattern
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Archways at Dunkeld Cathedral. by Finobub
Dunkeld Cathedral stands on the north bank of the River Tay in Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Built in square-stone style of predominantly gray sandstone, the cathedral proper was begun in 1260 and completed in 1501. It stands on the site of the former Culdee Monastery of Dunkeld, stones from which can be seen as an irregular reddish streak in the eastern gable. / The Tower of Dunkeld Cathedral Because of the long construction period, the cathedral shows mixed architecture. Gothic and Norman elements are intermingled throughout the structure. Although partly in ruins, the cathedral is in regular use today and is open to the public. A small museum offers a collection of relics from monastic and Medieval times. Relics of Saint Columba, including his bones, were said to have been kept at Dunkeld until the Reformation, at which time they were removed to Ireland. Some believe there are still undiscovered Columban relics buried within the cathedral grounds. The original monastery at Dunkeld dated from the sixth or early seventh century, founded after an expedition of Saint Columba to the Land of Alba. It was at first a simple collection of wattle huts. During the ninth century Caustantín mac Fergusa constructed a more substantial monastery of reddish sandstone and declared Dunkeld the Primacy (centre) of the faith in Alba. For reasons not completely understood, the Celtic bell believed to have been used at the monastery is not preserved in the cathedral. Instead, it was used in the Little Dunkeld Church, the parish church of the district of Minor or Lesser Dunkeld. Possibly this was because the later Augustinian Canons regarded Culdeeism as heresy, and refused relics or saints of that faith. In the 11th century, the Celtic Abbacy of Dunkeld became an appanage of the Crown and subsequently descended to the Earls of Fife. Dunkeld Cathedral is today a Crown Property, through Historic Scotland. / The Tomb of Alexander Stewart Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, known as “the Wolf of Badenoch”, was buried in the cathedral following his death in 1405, where his tomb, surmounted by his armoured effigy, can still be seen. In 1689 the Battle of Dunkeld was fought around the cathedral between the Jacobite Highlanders loyal to James II and VII and a government force supporting William of Orange, with the latter winning the day. NIKON D90 / LEN / AF-S DX / Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED VR / f/3.5 / 1/4000 sec. / ISO-500 / o step / 18 mm / 3.6 / 27
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Greyfriars Bobby by Tom Gomez
Immortalised in a small statue just at the top of Candlemaker Row in Edinburgh, Scotland, the story of the Skye Terrier (Greyfriars Bobby) is world famous. Bobby belonged to John Gray, who worked for the Edinburgh City Police as a night watchman, and the two were inseparable for about two years. Then, on the 15th February 1858, Gray died of Tuberculosis. He was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard, in the Old Town of Edinburgh. Bobby is said to have spent the next 14 years sitting on his master’s grave leaving only to eat. When the winter weather was realy bad, Bobby would spend the night in one or other of the houses around the Kirkyard. Greyfriars Bobby, Scotland’s most famous dog, is not forgotton. After Bobby’s death, the President of the Ladies Committee of the RSPCA, Baroness Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, asked the City Council for permission to erect a granite fountain with a statue of Bobby placed on top. A statue was commissioned and sculpted by William Brodie 1815- 1881 and unveiled in November 1873 opposite the Kirkyard, on the corner of Candlemakers Row and King George IV Bridge. The statue of Greyfriars Bobby is an Historic Scotland Category A Listed monument (HB Number 27899). Camera: Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi in the USA) / Canon 18-55mm IS lens BEST VIEWED LARGER Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. Related shots can be found at: Edinburgh or you can look at all my HDR shots. Featured in :Fountains, Wrought Iron & Gates etc. : 7 / Nov 09 /
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This is a group with the theme of Scottish history. Artwork of all genres is welcome. The aim is to record and re-create all aspects of historic life in Scotland from the early days of the Picts, Gaels, Vikings and Britons through to the modern era. Photographs of historic sites, paintings and digital art of historic events are the key elements for this group.
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