Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Overview of Scotland


Houses in Scotland
A street in a town in Scotland

The Highlands

The remains of a castle

The thistle plant is the national symbol of Scotland

Much of Scotland's coastline

A Scottish Robin 

One of MANY castles

The hills are alive with sheep

A Scottish piper

Highland cattle

Views of Lochs


We found Nessy

A monument to Queen Victoria's birthday

A town clocktower

Beautiful churches--empty


Historic places in Scotland


Lord Sutherland's Dunrobin Castle

Lord Sutherland's Dunrobin Castle
Lord Sutherland's Library
Lord Sutherland's dinning hall
                                           
Coats of Arms in Lord Sutherland's entry
                                                               Castle on a Loch
Urquhart Castle
                                           Trebechet-a engine of war used to attack castles



                                              Ruins of a Stonehenge on the Orkney Islands

Stone age underground village on the Orkney Islands

Inside the underground house
                                            
The ceiling of an underground house

The entrance to an underground house

An overview of the underground village

The inside of an underground house with the roof removed


Edinburgh Castle 


Sunday, September 22, 2019

Birds seen in Scotland



Wagtail

                                                               Scotish Robin

                                                                         Blue Tit


                                                                  Brambling


                                                              Northern Grannet


                                                                          Falcon


                                                                     Golden Eagle


                                                                         Eagle Owl