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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.
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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.
Map of Scotland (dark blue) within the United Kingdom. Date: 27 August 2012, 18:17 (UTC) Source: This file was derived from: United Kingdom in the British Isles.svg: Author: Peeperman: Other versions: Map of Scotland within the United Kingdom.png: SVG development
The high cross is made of granite and was constructed in three sections; an upper, middle and base. [5] The cross is heavily decorated and depicts scenes from both the Old Testament and New Testament of the Bible, including Daniel in the lions' den, the three children in the fiery furnace and the miracle of the loaves and fishes. [3]
Scottish Enterprise was created on 1 April 1991 under the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990. [6] That act dissolved the Scottish Development Agency (SDA), created in 1975 and the Highlands and Islands Development Board forming Scottish Enterprise alongside Highlands and Islands Enterprise .
For the 2007 local authority elections in Scotland, Houston was entered into a new four-councillor ward, Ward 9, alongside Crosslee and the town of Linwood . With the decline of the importance of civil parishes for local government in Scotland, Houston and Killellan has found itself replaced for this purpose by the Houston Community Council area.
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