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Places of Scottish Interest - Scotland/Miscellaneous

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Gazeteers

Search for places through the Gateway to Scotland - http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/scotland.html

The Gazetteer for Scotland is a vast encyclopaedia, featuring details of towns, villages, bens and glens from the Scottish Borders to the Northern Isles.  The first comprehensive gazetteer produced for Scotland since 1885, it includes tourist attractions, industries and historical sites, together with histories of family names and biographies of famous people associated with Scotland.  The network of connections between all of these entries make this gazetteer unique.  Visitors will also find we have included the text of Groome's 19th Century Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland in our entries to provide a historical perspective.  This site has maps, historical timelines, and an extensive search feature.  There is also a members (free) feature that allows the registered user to add notes to the resources found on the site and perform customized searches.

The Scottish Place-Name Society "exists for the support of all aspects of toponymic studies in Scotland, and in particular the work of the Scottish Place-Name Database at the University of St. Andrews and the University of Edinburgh." This site provides topical and alphabetic browsing as well as a search of the entire site.

Maps

The National Library of Scotland has Military Maps of Scotland (18th century):  During the Jacobite period in the 18th century, the Board of Ordnance made numerous maps and plans for the use of government troops.  They provide valuable information about 18th century Scotland, and are of interest not just to military historians.  There are more maps of scotland at the library's Maps from our Collections.  According to the library: Screen prints may be made of these maps for non-commercial educational and private purposes.  Written permission must be obtained in advance to reproduce any digital material from the Library's collections, whether in hard copy or electronic forms.  This map library is among the ten largest in the world.

The Bench Mark Database contains records of Ordnance Survey bench marks, with particular focus on the numbered flush brackets which appear on walls and buildings across Britain.  In addition, fundamental bench marks, projecting brackets, tidal observatories, and other bench marks are also included, to help give a more complete picture of the levelling lines.  This is a technical site whose searches require entry of map references such as grid and benchmark numbers.  However, you can also search for old maps using a selection of places of interest and for street maps by entering the name of the street.  There are also other searches such as for airport maps.

The Ordnance Survey has town plans of towns in Scotland that can be scaled online for detailed viewing.   You can browse town plans using either a list or a map of Scotland.  There are links to background information about the towns and their environs, plan legends, and abbreviations.

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Postcards and Photos of Scottish Places

Postcards of various places in Scotland lets you view (mostly older) scenes of various places in Scotland.

The Geograph British Isles project aims to collect a geographically representative photograph for every square kilometre of the British Isles and you can be part of it. ... browse images on a map ... upload your own pictures ... discuss the site on our forums ... and more.

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Travel Guides

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The Highlands

Highland Scene - June 1977

A highland scene with hills, fields, crofts (stone houses) and a dike (stone fence).

Highland Scene - June 1977

A highland scene with hills, fields, and a babbling stream.

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Links to Various Places

Angus Council  -  Angus Archives preserves the historical records of Angus Council and it's predecessors  -  Angus History.

In 2005, the historic town of Ayr in Scotland celebrated its 800 years as a Royal Burgh.  This marked the 800th anniversary of King William the Lion of Scotland signing a Charter in 1205 proclaiming Ayr to be a Royal Burgh.  Ayr Guildry, an association of local business people which itself dates back to 1325, organised a 12 month long calendar of events to celebrate the anniversary throughout the year.

Crarae - "Rare trees and exotic shrubs from around the world thrive in the mild climate and the magnificent setting of the Highland glen making Crarae unique among gardens."

Culzean Castle - General Eisenhower stayed here on several occasions, once as President of the United States and frequently granted the use of it to friends.  Like a storybook castle, this fantastic example of Robert Adam's genius stands dramatically on a cliff with superb views across the sea to the mountains of the Island of Arran.  Between 1777 and 1792 Adam converted an old fortified towercastle for David Kennedy, the 10th Earl of Cassillis, creating at Culzean (pronounced 'Cullane') probably the finest Georgian castle in Scotland.  Its Circular Saloon and Oval Staircase are acknowledged as Adam's final masterpiece.

The Dumfries and Galloway Hall of Fame lists famous people from the south west of Scotland

Dunfermline was Scotland's ancient capital and birthplace of entrepreneur and father of philanthropy Andrew Carnegie as well as numerous Kings and Queens of Scotland.  Dunfermline Abbey is the burial place of King Robert the Bruce.  Dunfermline is less than one hour's drive from Edinburgh, Glasgow, St Andrews, Perth and Stirling, making this amazing city the ideal base for people visiting Scotland.

Welcome to Hawick, Scotland!

The Hebrides - Situated 30 miles off the North West coast of Scotland, this 150 mile long chain of islands was once a kingdom in its own right ruled by the Lordship of the Isles.  This site aims to help anyone who knows or suspects that they have Hebridean roots in the Isles of Lewis, Harris, Uist, Barra, Eriskay, Taransay, Scalpay, Berneray or even the smaller outer isles, to research their family history and make a visit to their homeland. We hope that youÕll enjoy our web site!  [NOTE: Substantially informative site with some commercial links.]

Kirkcudbright - The Stewartry Museum "was founded in 1879 by a group of local people in Kirkcudbright who felt that the material evidence of the human and natural history of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright (equivalent to the 'county of Kirkcudbrightshire') should be collected, preserved and displayed in an appropriate building."

Leith - Trinity House:  The small port of Leith plays a big part in Scottish maritime history.  Leith became the principal port of Scotland in 1296 and held prominence until the rise of Glasgow in 1707, after the Union of Parliaments.  This site has photographs and drawings of scenes in leith and links to other, related resources.

The Isle of Skye is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.  The Highland Council decided that the island, immortalised in the Skye Boat Song about Bonnie Prince Charlie's flight, should drop its 'Anglicised slave name' in favour of its Gaelic nickname, Eilean a' Cheo.  The picture tour has photographs of scenes in the area.

Scottish Towns has cultural and commercial information about various towns - all organized by counties with both text and graphic (map) interfaces.  

The following three (3) links are courtesy of Alan Davidson

• Discovery Point, Dundee
• Verdant Works, Dundee
• St Andrews

Graves of famous people in Scotland - See the graves of thousands of famous people from around the world. Search by: name, location, claim to fame, dates of birth and death, and many other parameters.

The Virtual Tour of Scotland - "The core of this site is a virtual tour of Scotland in words and pictures.  You can also ask an expert on Scotland a question, browse some history and other facts, and visit some carefully selected links to other useful sites.  If you want to find out more about the different areas of Scotland, or see what they look like, then this is the site for you."

Various items of geographic information may be obtained from the following pages and search engines.  For information on Scotland, follow prompts for United Kingdon, use Scottish place names, the term "Scotland", and similar, related terms:
   CIA World Fact Book

Visit the King Charles Shipwreck site which follows the progress of search for the Ferry Blessing of Burntisland which sank in the Firth of Forth in 1633 carrying King Charles personal belongings.

The Taywatch Bulletin

Visit The Lodge of Melrose St John No 1 bis, Masons' torchlight procession just after Christmas.

There are some fabulous shots of underwater life in Loch Fyne.

Interesting sites in Maybole

Biggest Towns in Scotland has a table of localities in Scotland.

Oban and Lorn Tourism Association

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