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Muiredach's High Cross, Monasterboice, 9th or 10th century A simpler example, Culdaff, County Donegal, Ireland. A high cross or standing cross (Irish: cros ard / ardchros, [1] Scottish Gaelic: crois àrd / àrd-chrois, Welsh: croes uchel / croes eglwysig) is a free-standing Christian cross made of stone and often richly decorated.
Scotland Administrative Map 1947.png: Author: Scottish_council_areas_2011.svg: Nilfanion, created using Ordnance Survey data; Scotland_Administrative_Map_1947.png: XrysD; derivative work: Dr Greg; Other versions: File:NUTS 3 regions of central and southern Scotland map.svg shows an enlargement of the southern part of this map.
The Police (Scotland) Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 72) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the Police (Scotland) Acts 1857 to 1890 . [ 2 ] The legislation made the establishment of a police force mandatory in the counties of Scotland , and also allowed existing burgh police forces to be consolidated with a county force.
Improved version: More accurate coastline, borders, etc. Added Gradient and Longitude and latitude lines. Zoom insert centred on UK. 14:57, 21 February 2014: 680 × 520 (2.48 MB) Rob984: White background so that the edge of the map is clear. Consistency with other European countries' maps also. 18:14, 19 January 2013: 680 × 520 (2.46 MB) Alphathon
The book commonly known as Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, the fifth volume of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Sive Atlas Novus, is the first known atlas of Scotland and Ireland. [1] It was compiled by Joan Blaeu , and contains 49 engraved maps and 154 pages of descriptive text written in Latin ; it was first published in 1654. [ 1 ]
The Senior Judiciary (Vacancies and Incapacity) (Scotland) Act 2006 was an Act of the Scottish Parliament passed in response to the incapacity due to ill health of Lord Hamilton, the Lord President of the Court of Session. The Bill was introduced on 13 June 2006 by Cathy Jamieson, then Minister for Justice, [1] and received Royal Assent on 27 ...
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The cross is now at the entrance to the gardens of the Stourhead estate. Bristol High Cross is a monumental market cross said to have been erected c.1373 in the centre of Bristol, England, to commemorate the granting of a charter by Edward III to make Bristol a county, separate from Somerset and Gloucestershire. [1]