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Taken inside Glasgows fabulous Kelvingrove art gallery and Museum.
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Sited at Gourock on the Scottish West Coast, / Cloch point is the home of this lighthouse, / Which was first lit in 1797.
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Inveraray castle on the shores of Loch fynne, Highlands of Scotland, bathed in dewey early morning light of midsummer greeness
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In this picture I was drawn to the spaces in the walls. I could not explain why or anything except that when I stood inside the broch and looked up I was humbled by the immense structure which encircled me and my eyes were drawn across to the 16 spaces in the frame. I hope you like it too. / Built in the Iron Age period this is Mousa Broch which stands alone on the small uninhabited island of Mousa in the Shetland Islands, Britains most northerly area. This is the best preserved broch in Europe and stands a full 13 metres tall. Awe inspiring history we can touch.
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Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, UK
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Inside Stirling Castle
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High above Princes Street, nestled beside Edinburgh Castle, there have probably been dwelling houses for well over 1,000 years. The present buildings, however, only go back to a redevelopment in the 18th century. Since there were no official planning controls in those days, there is a delightful mix of architectural styles, including an octagonal “Goose-pie” house built by Allan Ramsay the poet. There is a beautiful spacious flat, with a panoramic 360 degree view, designed by Sir Patrick Geddes (regarded as the “father” of town planning) which was created to encourage the University professors to return to the “Old Town” of Edinburgh. The apartments, with their magnificent views over Edinburgh to the river Forth and Fife on the other side of the river, are now privately owned, high priced, luxury dwellings but visitors to Edinburgh Castle will find wandering around on the outside of the complex a rewarding experience. The nearby “Camera Obscura” which was also built by Geddes, offers amazing views of Edinburgh and beyond from the camera which projects its image inside the building. BEST VIEWED LARGER Related shots can be found at: Lowland Scotland.
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Another view from my office window, looking over the roofs of Edinburgh, Scotland. The tower is the tall cupola of Broughton St Mary’s Parish Church. The church stands on Bellevue Crescent in Edinburgh’s New Town, and was built in 1824 to a design by Thomas Brown. The church was originally known as Bellevue Church, then as St Mary’s Parish Church, taking its present name upon union with Broughton Macdonald Church. Just behind the Cupola, you can see a few of the glass structures of Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Gardens. In the distance over the rooftops can be seen the hills of the Kingdom of Fife. BEST VIEWED LARGER Related shots can be found at: Edinburgh.
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Frasers Department Store in the city centre of Glasgow
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My second attempt at HDR. Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. The clock tower and spire of St Cuthbert’s church just off Lothian Road, Edinburgh, with edinburgh castle in the background. Tradition has it that St. Cuthbert, the famed monk-bishop of Lindisfarne, stopped by the shores of the Nor’ Loch (a lake now replaced with Princes Street Gardens) just below Edinburgh Castle and built a little hut there. This is the site of St. Cuthbert’s Parish Church, whose current incarnation dates from the 19th century but is built over at least six earlier places of worship. The first record of St. Cuthbert’s Church in Edinburgh is in 1127, when King David I gave all the land below the Castle to St Cuthbert’s. Little is known of the church’s history from the 12th to the 16th century, aside from occasional references in Vatican documents. BEST VIEWED LARGER Related shots can be found at: Castles and Lowland Scotland.
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The beautiful Glasgow University building. Architecture at its best.
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Night shot of the Clyde Auditorium also known as the armadillo on the River Clyde in Glasgow Scotland
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The Rosedale Hotel and row of houses at Portree Harbour, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Sometimes referred to in Gaelic poetry and song as Eilean a’ Cheò (The Misty Isle), Skye is renown for its natural beauty, history and wildlife. BEST VIEWED LARGER Related shots can be found at Skye shots or Highland Scotland shots.
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A shot of the Town Hall, looking down the Kirkgate in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland. The High Street is at the bottom of the hill. The other end of the Kirkgate leads to the Outer Gate of Linlithgow Palace. Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. BEST VIEWED LARGER Related shots can be found at: Lowland Scotland or you can look at all my HDR shots.
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The High Street in Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland, looking South West. Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. BEST VIEWED LARGER Related shots can be found at: Lowland Scotland or you can look at all my HDR shots. /
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Cornhill House, one of Scotland’s more unusual and elegant mansion houses designed in the style of a French Renaissance Period Chateau by William Leiper. Now a quality country hotel. Situated neat Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. BEST VIEWED LARGER Related shots can be found at: Lowland Scotland or you can look at all my HDR shots. / /
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These are reputedly the oldest remaining buildings on the High Street of Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland. The houses are called the Wee Windaes (Small Windows for our non Scottish friends). We lived in one of these houses for a short period many years ago, before I was 5. It was not such a nice place to live in then, but they have been restored, upgraded inside and are now a listed building. Incidently, Linlithgow is the town where I was born. I lived there until I married. Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. BEST VIEWED LARGER Related shots can be found at: Linlithgow, Lowland Scotland or you can look at all my HDR shots.
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Eilean Donan Castle is situated in Loch Duich near Dornie about 8 miles from Kyle of Lochalsh on the A87 road on the west coast of Scotland near the Isle of Skye. Loch Long and Loch Alsh are close by. Historically, the castle, like most in these parts, has had a rather chequered past. Originally built in 1220 by Alexander II as a defence against the Vikings, it subsequently became a stronghold of the Mackenzies of Kintail (later the Earls of Seaforth) who installed the MacRaes as hereditory keepers. Then in 1719, it was destroyed whilst acting as a garrison for Spanish troops fighting for the Jacobite cause on behalf of the 5th Earl of Seaforth. Restoration work was only started two hundred years later and not completed until 1932. A detailed history of the castle is given on my Eilean Donan History page which links to a drawing and plan of the castle made over 100 years ago by MacGibbon and Ross.
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The tower of Carriden Church seen through one of the windows of the ruin of Carriden Old Church. The Church and ruin are at Carriden, Bon’ess, Falkirk District, Scotland. Carriden Old Church was built in 1766 to replace the medieval church adjacent to Carriden House. It is T-shaped in plan and finished in simple Georgian style. An aedicule was attached to the north side of the building in 1771 to protect the monument to Sir William Maxwell of Carriden. A tower with a spire and a session house were added around 1840. When the new church was opened in 1909 the roof was taken off the old one and it is now a picturesque ruin. Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. BEST VIEWED LARGER Related shots can be found at: Lowland Scotland.
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The ruin of Carriden Old Church at Carriden, Bon’ess, Falkirk District, Scotland. Carriden Old Church was built in 1766 to replace the medieval church adjacent to Carriden House. It is T-shaped in plan and finished in simple Georgian style. An aedicule was attached to the north side of the building in 1771 to protect the monument to Sir William Maxwell of Carriden. A tower with a spire and a session house were added around 1840. When the new church was opened in 1909 the roof was taken off the old one and it is now a picturesque ruin. Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. BEST VIEWED LARGER Related shots can be found at: Lowland Scotland.
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Lying about three miles west of South Queensferry, Scotland, is the tiny hamlet of Abercorn. Abercorn House is the largest house left in the Hamlet. Abercorn (Gaelic: Obar Chùirnidh) is a village and parish in West Lothian, Scotland. Close to the south coast of the Firth of Forth, the village is around 5 km (3 miles) west of South Queensferry. The Bede mentions Abercorn as the site of a monastery and seat of Bishop Trumwine. This is now known to have existed close to the present day church. The church itself dates partially from the 12th century, although its most interesting features are the private aisles created for the three major families of the area, the Dalyells, the Hamiltons, and later the Hopes, who had their own enclosure behind the altar built by architect William Bruce. The Hope mausoleum, designed by William Burn, is located in the kirkyard. Older burial monuments include Viking “hogback” stones, and fragments of 7th century crosses. A castle also existed here from Norman times, although it was demolished in 1455 by James II during a siege against the “Black” earls of Douglas. The House of the Binns, seat of the Dalyell family, is within the parish. The lands of Abercorn were granted to Claud Hamilton in the 16th century. His son was created earl of Abercorn. In the 17th century the estate was sold to the Hope family, who were created earls of Hopetoun, and built Hopetoun House to the east of the village. Abercorn’s population was recorded as 1,044 at the time of the 1821 census, although it has since declined. Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. BEST VIEWED LARGER Related shots can be found at: Lowland Scotland or you can look at all my HDR shots. Other shots in this series can be viewed by selecting any of the icons below: /
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A beautiful abbey stands in the Scottish Border town of Jedburgh. /
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