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Generically such an alleyway is termed a close / ˈ k l oʊ s /, a Scots term for alleyway, although it may be individually named close, entry, court, or wynd. A close is private property, hence gated and closed to the public, whereas a wynd is an open thoroughfare, usually wide enough for a horse and cart [citation needed]. Most slope steeply ...
Balaclava Company, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Redford Cavalry and Infantry Barracks is a military installation located on Colinton Road, near the Edinburgh City Bypass , east of the suburb of Colinton in Edinburgh , Scotland .
Rutherglen (/ ˈ r ʌ ð ər ɡ l ɪ n /; Scots: Ruglen, Scottish Gaelic: An Ruadh-Ghleann) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, immediately south-east of the city of Glasgow, three miles (five kilometres) from its centre and directly south of the River Clyde.
Today only a handful of variants survive including Weatherspoon, Wetherspoon, Wedderspoon and Witherspoon. The first written record appeared in the 13th century during the reign of Queen Margaret of Norway , who ruled over Scotland from 1286 to 1290.
View south along the A83 road over Loch Fyne. From Tarbet the A83 runs west across the watershed between Loch Lomond and Loch Long to Arrochar near the head of Loch Long. It then goes round the head of the loch, and along the western shore for a short distance, before turning northwest through the Rest and be Thankful mountain pass through Glen Croe in the Arrochar Alps, from the shore of Loch ...
The closure of the Rothes Colliery almost halted the further development of Glenrothes. Soon afterwards however, central government modified the town's role by appointing it as an economic focal point for economic growth and development, one of several across Central Scotland to be developed as part of a Regional Plan. [ 45 ]
Scotch Corner is a junction of the A1(M) and A66 trunk roads near Richmond in North Yorkshire, England.It has been described as "the modern gateway to Cumbria, the North East and Scotland", [1] and is a primary destination signed from as far away as the M6 motorway, 50 miles (80 kilometres) away.
In Scottish mythology the hag goddess of winter, Cailleach Bheur, uses the gulf to wash her great plaid, and this ushers in the turn of the seasons from autumn to winter.As winter approaches, she uses the gulf as her washtub, and it is said the roar of the coming tempest can be heard from as far away as twenty miles (thirty kilometres), lasting for a period of three days.