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Silicon Glen is the nickname given to the high tech sector of Scotland, the name inspired by Silicon Valley in California. It is applied to the Central Belt triangle [ 1 ] between Dundee , Inverclyde and Edinburgh , which includes Fife , Glasgow and Stirling ; although electronics facilities outside this area may also be included in the term.
Cleghorn is a village in Lanark in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. [1] Cleghorn Village is around 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (3.6 km) north-east of Lanark town, [2] and is a small close community with about 250–300 residents and under 50 houses. The village is in the catchment area of Lanark Grammar School.
Centre of Scotland stone just north of Dalwhinnie Northbound Carriageway of the A9 close to the centre of Scotland including islands by OS centre of gravity method. There is some debate as to the location of the geographical centre of Scotland. This is due to different methods of calculating the centre, and whether surrounding islands are included.
Version 2.0 of Google Maps Mobile was announced at the end of 2007, with a stand out My Location feature to find the user's location using the cell towers, without needing GPS. [ 198 ] [ 199 ] [ 200 ] In September 2008, Google Maps was released for and preloaded on Google's own new platform Android.
In total, the country has over 40 glens with rich history, with some of the glens in Scotland historically being ruled by warlike clans who defended the territory from invasion. The majority of the Scotland's glens are located in the Highland area of the country, with areas such as Glen Trool , Glencoe , "The Great Glen ", Glen Etive and Glen ...
The A82 is a major road in Scotland that runs from Glasgow to Inverness via Fort William.It is one of the principal north-south routes in Scotland and is mostly a trunk road managed by Transport Scotland, who view it as an important link from the Central Belt to the Scottish Highlands and beyond.
Glasgow is Scotland's main locus of Gaelic language use outside the Highlands and Islands. In 2011, 5,878 residents of the city over age 3 spoke Gaelic, amounting to 1.0% of the population. Of Scotland's 25 largest cities and towns, only Inverness, the unofficial capital of the Highlands, has a higher percentage of Gaelic speakers. [192]
The Glen, also known as Glen House, is an estate and country house in the parish of Traquair, [1] southern Scotland. It is located in the glen of the Quair Water, around 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-west of Innerleithen, and 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south-east of Peebles, in the Scottish Borders. The estate is recorded from the 13th century, but the ...