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Oldshoremore Beach is known locally as Am Meallan. This is one of the most beautiful beaches in Sutherland and often appears on lists of the ‘UK’s Best Beaches’. The beach itself is bright white and clean, with rocky outcrops. This makes an extra special spot for a stroll or picnic.
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Oldshoremore Beach is known locally as Am Meallan. This is one of the most beautiful beaches in Sutherland and often appears on lists of the ‘UK’s Best Beaches’. The beach itself is bright white and clean, with rocky outcrops. This makes an extra special spot for a stroll or picnic.
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![Loch Leven, Glencoe, Scotland. mini 4 pro
Loch Leven (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Lìobhann) is a sea loch located onto the west coast of Scotland. It is spelled Loch Lyon in Timothy Ponts map of the area and is pronounced Li un. However, the local Gaelic pronunciation is Lee oon
Loch Leven extends 8+3⁄4 miles (14.1 km), varying in width between 220 yards (200 m) and just over 1 mile (1.6 km). It opens onto Camus a Chois at North Ballachulish, part of Loch Linnhe at its western end. There are nine small islands, some rocky and covered with heather and some just smooth green grass, near the western end of the loch.
The village of Glencoe (Scottish Gaelic: A Chàrnaich)[4] lies on its southern shore. The burial place of the MacDonald clan of Glencoe lies on an island - Eilean Munde, St.Mundas or St Munns or Saint Fintan Munnus Island, opposite the village. The island burial place was also shared by the Camerons of Callart, which is on the north shore of the loch, the Stewarts of Ballachulish and Appin and other local families.
The village of Kinlochleven at the head of the loch was established when the aluminium smelter was built there during the first decade of the twentieth century. It was originally the hamlets of Kinlochmore (Inverness-shire) and Kinlochbeg (Argyll) either side of the River Leven. A road connecting the village to Glencoe and the south was not constructed until 1922: until this date the village could only be reached from the south by boat or on foot. The road on the north of the loch continues on to Fort William (Scottish Gaelic: An Gearasdan Inbhir Lochaidh),and was built in 1927.[citation needed]
For many years the Ballachulish Ferry plied the route across the mouth of the loch, providing a key link on the A82 between Glasgow and Fort William. In 1975 the Ballachulish Bridge replaced the ferry. Under the bridge lie the narrows of Caolas Mhic Phàdraig. The settlements either side of this point are North and South Ballachulish - Baile a Chaolais (the settlement on the narrows). There is a fast tidal stream through the narrows, running at up to seven knots at springs; it is wise, therefore, to time and match any passage through the narrows with the tides. Further up the loch, there are several other narrows - principally Caolas na Con - with significant, but diminishing tidal streams. The Caolas na Con represented a considerable barrier to shipping, restricting the size of vessels that could reach Kinlochleven, however in 1907 the channel was dredged and the silt-bearing Allt Gleann a Chaolais diverted to allow ships bringing bauxite alumina to reach the smelter at Kinlochleven.
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![Borthwick Castle v2 , Scotland Mavic 4 Pro
Borthwick Castle is one of the largest and best-preserved surviving medieval Scottish fortifications.[It is located twelve miles (19 km) south-east of Edinburgh, to the east of the village of Borthwick, on a site protected on three sides by a steep fall in the ground. It was constructed in 1430 for Sir William Borthwick, from whom the castle takes its name,
Panoramic views of the castle can be seen from the Borders Railway between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank railway stations.
History
The east wall, damaged in 1650
The castle was built at the site of an earlier structure, and it remains the Borthwick family ancestral seat.[citation needed] Sir William Borthwick, later the 1st Lord, obtained from King James I on 2 June 1430 a licence to erect on the Mote of Locherwart, a castle or fortalice. This was unusual in Scotland as nobles generally did not need to get permission for the building and fortifying of a Castle. He acquired a large part of Locherworth from his neighbour William Hay who was resentful of this and jealous of his neighbours castle.The well-preserved medieval effigies of the builder and his lady can be seen in the nearby parish kirk of St Kentigern, which retains a 15th-century aisle also probably built by him. It was originally a stone enclosure fortress centring on an unusually tall tower house with walls up to 14 feet (4.3 m) thick and 110 feet (34 m) in height. The design is a U-shaped keep with a 12-foot (3.7 m) gap between the projecting, slightly asymmetrical, towers. There was a surrounding defensive courtyard with round towers pierced with shot-holes at the corners. While the tower house itself is exceptionally well preserved for its date, the surrounding wall and towers are much restored.
In September 1544, John, 5th Lord Borthwick, was captured and held at Dalkeith Castle by George Douglas of Pittendreich. His wife, Isobel Lindsay, Lady Borthwick, invited Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell to Borthwick and imprisoned him there until her husband was released in an exchange. A spy told an English officer William Eure that Bothwell came to the castle because the Lady Borthwick is fair, he came to her for love, but she made him to be handled and kept. Thomas Wharton heard that Bothwell was invited to a newly-built lodging outside the castle at night, where he was taken by Gavin Borthwick. Lord Borthwick was an ally of James Hamilton, Regent of Scotland, and these kidnappings were part of his power struggle with Mary of Guise, the widow of James V, during the war known as the Rough Wooing.
Mary, Queen of Scots visited Borthwick in August 1563 and October 1566.On 15 May 1567 she married James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, and in June they came to Borthwick as guests of Lord Borthwick and were besieged by Lord Home and the laird of Cessford. Mary escaped the siege by disguising herself as a male
However, the queen was soon arrested and taken to Lochleven Castle where she was held in captivity. Bothwell fled to Orkney and Shetland, and from there escaped to Norway, which at the time was under Danish rule. The king of Denmark kept him in prison as a useful pawn, first in Malmö, then in Dragsholm on Zealand, where he died insane. His embalmed body is preserved in a crypt in the church at Faarvejle nearby.
Small contemporaneous portrait of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots from 15 May 1567 to his death in 14 April 1578.
James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots from 15 May 1567 to his death in 14 April 1578.
In 1650 the Castle was attacked by Oliver Cromwells forces, and was surrendered after only a few cannon shots. The damage to the walls from this attack is still visible.
After a period of abandonment, the Castle was restored by 1914. During World War II the structure was used as a hiding place to store national treasures. In 1973 it was leased from the Borthwick family and converted into an exclusive hire venue.
In June 2013, the castle closed for extensive refurbishment, and once again opened as an events venue in September 2015.
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![Gosford House, Longniddry East Lothian, Scotland 28 09 2025 Mavic 4 Pro
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Gosford House is a neoclassical country house around 2 miles (3 km) northeast of Longniddry in East Lothian, Scotland, on the A198 Aberlady Road, in 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) of parkland and coast.
It is the family seat of the Charteris family, the Earls of Wemyss and March. It was the home of the late Rt. Hon. David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss, chief of the name and arms of Charteris, until his death in 2008. In 2009, it was inherited by James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss and March (known by the courtesy title of Lord Neidpath) although the Earl and his wife, drug researcher Amanda Feilding, reside at Stanway House in Gloucestershire.The south wing is the family home portion of the estate.
The estate, listed on 5 February 1971 as Gosford House With Screen Walls and Garden Statuary, LB6533, includes numerous listed buildings, notably the house, the stables and the mausoleum which are all Category A listed.] The grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.
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