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Birching in a women's prison, US (c. 1890) 1839 caricature by George Cruikshank of a school flogging Edmund Bonner punishing a heretic in Foxe's Book of Martyrs (1563) It was the most common school and judicial punishment in Europe up to the mid-19th century, when caning gained increasing popularity.
The secret portrait of Charles Edward Stuart Room 6. Jacobite portraits The Governor's Room, with birching table. The museum has eight rooms on three floors, with an extensive collection of exhibits relating to the Jacobites, including the 18th century "secret portrait" of Bonnie Prince Charlie which Victor Hodgson found in a London junk shop. [6]
Yellowcraig, looking west Fidra as seen from Yellowcraig beach. Yellowcraig, also known as Broad Sands Beach, [1] is a coastal area of forest, beach and grassland in East Lothian, south-east Scotland. Yellowcraig is partly within the Firth of Forth Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
Kilbride Bay, also known as Ostel Bay, Ostell Bay or Bàgh Osde, is a bay and beach in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is situated in the far south-west of the Cowal Peninsular, where Loch Fyne meets the Firth of Clyde. The nearest settlements are Kames, 4 miles (6.4 km) to the north, and Portavadie, 5 miles (8.0 km) to the west.
Scotland 58°35′39″N 3°26′37″W / 58.59429°N 3.44353°W / 58.59429; -3 Murkle (Murchill) is a small scattered hamlet, made up of East Murkle and West Murkle located one mile (1.6 km) east of Thurso , in Caithness , Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland .
The beach and estate command a strategic position at the mouth of the Firth of Forth, and control of the area has been contested through the ages.The beach and estate were used as a staging post for various raids on nearby Tantallon Castle from the 14th to the 17th century.
Sanna (Scottish Gaelic: Sanna) is a hamlet at the far western tip of the Scottish peninsula of Ardnamurchan, in Lochaber, Highland.It is one of the most westerly settlements on the mainland of Great Britain, and consists of a small collection of crofts and houses around a series of unspoilt sandy beaches.
Luskentyre (Scottish Gaelic: Losgaintir) is a sparse settlement on the west coast of Harris, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Luskentyre is situated within the parish of Harris. [ 1 ] The name Luskentyre derives from Lios-cinn-tir , meaning 'headland fort', although there is no trace or local knowledge of a fort at the headland. [ 2 ]