In Memory Of
James Mitchell · Carrier
1773 1857
All Ye Who Thirst · Come Drink
From This Flow of Pure Water
Which Springs at Dalfling in
The Shadow of Benachie — — Map (db m128269) HM
Falls of Lora
At certain states of the tide you will see spectacular overfalls with a water level drop of up to 1.2m and a lot of white water in front of you. The Falls of Lora form at the shallow narrows where Loch Etive in the east meets the open . . . — — Map (db m127537) HM
Uisge Beatha
The Water of Life
Atlantic Ocean Weather Systems Play a Considerable Part
In Life on Scotland’s West Coast and Bring
The Water of Life to All Who Live Here
It comes from the sea · It comes from the sky · It comes . . . — — Map (db m127538) HM
A Rough Ride
18th century travellers must have welcomed the sight of the Hawes Inn at the end of their bumpy nine mile journey from Edinburgh by stagecoach. The unsurfaced roads were often muddy and full of ruts.
"One unfortunate party were . . . — — Map (db m127820) HM
Constructed:
Grangemouth to Glasgow - 1768-77
Glasgow to Bowling 1785-90
Closed: 1963 - - - Re-opened: 2001
Engineers: J. Smeaton, R. Mackell, R. Whitworth
This canal, which in addition to inland traffic, accommodated full-masted . . . — — Map (db m88039) HM
Highlands & Islands of Scotland
Scrabster Harbour
Skarabolstathar
Caithness and Orkney were settled by the Norse and Skarabolstathar — ‘the homestead at the cliff edge' — is mentioned in the Orkneyinga Saga as a stronghold in . . . — — Map (db m127662) HM
HMS Natal — A Naval warrior destroyed
HMS Natal was a Warrior class Cruiser of 13,550 tons with a complement of 704 officers and men. She was launched at Barrow-in-Furness on 30th September 1905 and had a distinguished peacetime career. This . . . — — Map (db m128195) HM WM
John Cobb – World Speed Record Challenger – and – Glen Urquhart
In 1952 John Cobb, who already held the World Land-Speed Record, stayed in Glen Urquhart whilst making his attempt on the World Water-Speed Record on Loch Ness. . . . — — Map (db m128374) HM
On the waters of Loch Ness
John Cobb
having travelled at
206 miles per hour
in an attempt to gain the
World’s Water
Speed Record
lost his life
in this bay
Sept. 29th. 1952
This memorial is erected as a tribute
to the memory of . . . — — Map (db m127174) HM
This Cairn Was Erected To
Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of
The XIIth Submarine Flotilla
10th April 1993
The Security of These Top Secret Operations Was
Guarded by the Local People of This District Who
Knew So Much and Talked So Little . . . — — Map (db m127907) HM
Erected in
Loving Memory
of
George William Mackay
Glaickbea
Son of
William and Christina Mackay,
Who Was Lost in the Titanic
Disaster, 15th April 1912
Aged 20 Years
“Blessed are the pure in heart
for they shall see . . . — — Map (db m128345) HM
The lighthouse here at Duncansby Head is one of over 200 that are located around Scotland’s wild coastline. Operated and maintained by the Northern Lighthouse Board they warn ships of dangerous waters and provide safe passage.
Standing only . . . — — Map (db m122846) HM
The Harvest Reaper was a 45 foot long, Fyfie design fishing boat built of larch on oak at Wilson (Cockie) Noble's yard in Fraserburgh in 1931. She was powered by a Kelvin Recardo diesel engjine. She fished from Frasertburgh (the other Broch!) . . . — — Map (db m128159) HM
Recovered from the Moray
Firth between Covesea and
Tablet Ness on or about
The year 1882 by the fishing
Smack “Isabella & Janes” INS 2868
Wm. Reid (BO) Skipper
Lossiemouth — — Map (db m128075) HM
Fitzroy Fisheries Barometer
Vice Admiral Robert Fitzroy RN
(5 July 1805 — 20 April 1865)
In 1857 Admiral Robert Fitzroy, designed the robust and simple 'Fishery Barometer' and devised a system whereby such instruments would be placed . . . — — Map (db m127614) HM
Login’s Well
There Watered Here
The Hudson’s Bay Coy’s Ships
1670 – 1891
Capt. Cook’s Vessels
Resolution and Discovery
1780
Sir John Franklin’s Ships
Erebus and Terror
On Arctic Exploration
1845
Also the Merchant Vessels . . . — — Map (db m127623) HM
Shipwrecks of Scapa Flow
Scuttle!
On 21 June 1919 the entire German High Seas Fleet of 74 warships was scuttled in the great natural harbour of Scapa Flow in the Orkney Isles on the orders of Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter. The sinking . . . — — Map (db m127661) HM
( panel 1 )
Violet, Dorothy and Kathleen ON-1236 (17-16)
Severn class lifeboat
The Severn class all-weather lifeboat is the largest in the RNU fleet. Severn class lifeboats are allocated to stations where they can lie afloat . . . — — Map (db m127565) HM
The Cannon
Reputed to have been salvaged from
the American privateer ‘Liberty’ in
1813. It was used to fire a
salute to the Hudson’s
Bay Company ships. — — Map (db m122732) HM
