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Photographs taken in the mid 90's mainly for the AA Publishing & Ordnance Survey Highland and Islands Guide book using transparency film covering the Highlands of Scotland from Inverness, northwards through Easter Ross to Wick and Thurso, along the Northern Coast, down the West Coast, including the Islands of Skye and Mull. Other material included was gathered for other AA Publishing Guides including Shetland, Pitlochry and Tayside. New photographs are now included from 2012 book commission travels in Angus, Perth, Kinross, Trossachs and Tayside.
Clickimin Broch Shetland 15494JHP Clickimin Broch Iron Age Stone Built Lerwick Scottish Island Shetland lies about 1m SW of the town and is situated on what is now a peninsular of land into a small loch although originally the location would have been an island reached by a causeway. This dry stone walled building possibly from the Iron Age sited on an earlier Bronze Age structure may have been a fort or fortified farmhouse with walled ring fortifications surrounding a tower and is an example of a style of construction unique to Scotland. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Islands, Shetland, Lerwick, town, Clickimin, Broch, dry, stone, walled, building, fort, farmhouse, blockhouse, island, loch, peninsular, causeway, entrance, landscape, preserved, transparency, scanned
Clickimin Broch Shetland 154812JHP Clickimin Broch Tower Fortifications Stone Walls Lerwick Shetland Island Scotland lies about 1m SW of the town and is situated on what is now a peninsular of land into a small loch although originally the location would have been an island reached by a causeway. This dry stone walled building possibly from the Iron Age sited on an earlier Bronze Age structure may have been a fort or fortified farmhouse with walled ring fortifications surrounding a tower and is an example of a style of construction unique to Scotland. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Islands, Shetland, Lerwick, town, Clickimin, Broch, dry, stone, walled, building, fort, farmhouse, blockhouse, island, loch, peninsular, causeway, entrance, landscape, preserved, transparency, scanned

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