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May 20, 2024 · 1787. Thomas Smith. Northern Lighthouse Board (from 1787 until 1991), Museum of Scottish Lighthouses (from 1991) 22. Lady Isle Lighthouse. South Ayrshire. 55°31′38″N 4°44′2″W [51] Lady Isle.
3 days ago · Fail Loch – drained in the late 1840s. Loch Brand – a loch of only around 2 ha (4.9 acres), drained in 1780 and found to contain a crannog. Loch Brown – a loch of 60 acres (24 ha) near Mauchline, mostly drained in the 19th century. Knockewart Loch – also known as Jargon Loch, now drained.
2 days ago · The Scottish Parliament ( Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba [ˈpʰaːrˠl̪ˠəmɪtʲ nə ˈhal̪ˠapə]; Scots: Scots Pairlament) [1] [2] [3] is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland. Located in the Holyrood area of the capital city, Edinburgh, it is frequently referred to by the metonym Holyrood. [4]
2 days ago · SM90130 [3] Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633.
May 22, 2024 · For at least 1,000 years the name Celt was not used at all, and nobody called themselves Celts or Celtic, until from about 1700, after the word 'Celtic' was rediscovered in classical texts, it was applied for the first time to the distinctive culture, history, traditions, language of the modern Celtic nations – Ireland, Scotland, Wales ...
5 days ago · The Scotland national rugby union team ( Scots: Scotland naitional rugby union team, Scottish Gaelic: sgioba nàiseanta rugbaidh na h-Alba) represents the Scottish Rugby Union in men's international rugby union. The team takes part in the annual Six Nations Championship, where they are the current Calcutta Cup and Doddie Weir Cup holders.
5 days ago · Opinion polling on Scottish independence is continually being carried out by various organisations. This article concerns well over 240 polls carried out since the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. Polling conducted before the referendum can be found here. Polls listed here, except as noted, are by members of the British Polling Council ...
