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  • ..., entering by a natural arch, boils up violently in stormy weather. Buchan Ness is the most easterly point of Scotland. In the 12th and 13th centuries some of the great Aberdeenshire families arose, including the earl of Mar (c. 1122), the Lesl
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  • ...lar [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] at the north-eastern tip of [[Great Britain]], bounded to the north and the east by the sea and to the west by ...ile nearby John o' Groats at the north-easterly corner of the shire and of Great Britain is the end of the traditional measure of the length of Britain: [[L
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  • ...aratively small and fertile tracts in the north on both sides of the river Ness, in several of the glens and on the shores of some of the sea lochs, the co Through the midst of the county runs the [[Great Glen]], in a straight line from coast to coast in which is a series of loch
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  • ...ing in the vicinity of St Cyrus, the coast from below Johnshaven to Girdle Ness presents a bold front of rugged cliffs, with an average height of from 100 ...he Old Red Sandstone consists of flags, red sandstones and purple clays in great thickness; these are followed by coarse conglomerates, well seen in the cli
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  • The Lincolnshire Fens are a part of the Great Fen which spreads over the lands around [[the Wash]] in Lincolnshire and No ...into the nineteenth century when its port began to prove ill-suited to the great ships of the age.
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  • ...ch had grown to become the second largest city in England, but in 1665 the Great Plague again killed around one third of the population.<ref>Anon, 2002. [ht ...s. The draft report of their research was leaked to the press, who created great anxiety by reporting that Natural England plan to abandon a large section o
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  • ...ake Mound near the Ring of Brodgar and various islands sites such as Tofts Ness on Sanday, Orkney|Sanday and the remains of two houses on Holm of Faray.<re ...own in 1603, and united in 1707, bringing Orkney within the one Kingdom of Great Britain and opening new opportunities for Orcadians. In the 17th and 18th
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  • ...ly be separated by the watershed between the eastern and western coasts of Great Britain. The Isle of [[Lewis]] is part of the [[Outer Hebrides]], and cont ...h]]. This coast is nearly 311 miles long. The chief capes include Tarbat Ness on the east coast, and Coigach, Greenstone Point, Rubha Reidh, [[Redpoint]]
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  • ...of Britain" and has a diverse bird life including breeding populations of Great and Arctic Skuas.<ref>Gooders, J. (1994) ''Field Guide to the Birds of Brit [[File:Nessofsound.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Ness of Sound]]
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  • ...ternmost point of the United Kingdom; [[Lowestoft#Lowestoft Ness|Lowestoft Ness]], beyond which lies only the sea, empty of any further islands. The county is low-lying with few hills; the highest point of the county is Great Wood Hill, the highest point of the Newmarket Ridge in the very west of the
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  • ...an belt of the Central Lowlands, heavily affected by its being between the great cities of [[Edinburgh]] to the east and [[Glasgow]] to the west and by the ...an industrial town. The [[Antonine Wall]] ended here, at [[Kinneil]] by Bo'ness.
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  • ...ing George IV Intituled "An Act for taking an Account of the Population of Great Britain and of the Increase or Diminution thereof" Enumeration Abstract Vol ...="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Norwich]]''', [[Cromer]], [[East Dereham]], [[Great Yarmouth]] (part), [[Hunstanton]], [[King's Lynn]]
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  • ...n in Norway to the east and [[Aberdeen]] to the south on the mainland of [[Great Britain]]. The town's name comes from Old Norse ''Leirvík'', meaning 'mudd Lerwick scarcely existed until the early 17th century. The ness on which it stands belonged to the proprietors of the large township of [[S
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  • ...h]], its name coming from the Gaelic ''Inbhir Nis'' meaning ''mouth of the Ness''). Its position makes it a meeting place of trade routes by sea and by la ...uth of the [[River Ness]], which flows out from nearby [[Loch Ness]]. The Ness empties into the Inverness Firth, the south-western extremity of the [[Mora
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  • ...or near the mouth of the [[River Avon, West Lothian|River Avon]] near [[Bo'ness]]. ...he Marches maintains the tradition of an occasion that was, in its day, of great importance.
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  • *[[Great Sutton]] *[[Ness, Cheshire|Ness]]
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  • ...f>{{cite book|author=Daniel Defoe|title=A Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain|year=1726}} "I must not forget Winander Mere, which makes the utmos ...ssie”, a creature described as similar to that alleged to inhabit [[Loch Ness]] in [[Inverness-shire]]. Recently mobile 'phone pictures show an undulatin
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  • ...Ayre of Cara, by Churchill Barrier no. 4 (north), Grim Ness (east), Brough Ness, (south) and Hoxa Head, (west). The highest elevation is Ward Hill, which r ...of the known men and earls of that name. The island plays its role in the great tales of the Orkneyinga Saga, in particular whenever warriors or farmers sa
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  • ...hlands]] from coast to coast in a straight line for over sixty miles. The Great Glen has its whole length in [[Inverness-shire]] apart from at the extreme ...head of [[Loch Linnhe]]. It follows a large geological fault known as the Great Glen Fault. It bisects the [[Highlands]] into the [[Grampian Mountains]] to
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  • ...ween [[Dunbartonshire]] and [[Stirlingshire]]. It is the largest lake in [[Great Britain]] by surface area,<ref>{{cite book |title=The Guinness Book of Reco ...t Britain, it is the largest by surface area, and the largest after [[Loch Ness]] by water volume.<ref>[http://www.sepa.org.uk/publications/waterenv/html/5
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  • ...lege in this regard and each year a boat sails the from the wee harbour of Ness out to Sula Sgeir, where the men encamp for a week to a fortnight, catching ...he islands in 1549. His description of Sula Sgeir mentions that the men of Ness sailed in their small craft to "fetche hame thair boatful of dry wild fowls
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  • The great fame of the parish is the towering headland of [[Cape Wrath]], to the west ...nd" or "deer headland", or from the name of the chief township, so "Durine-ness". However other suggestions would derive the name from Gaelic, which until
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  • ...ituent part of the [[United Kingdom]] consisting of the northern part of [[Great Britain]] and its appurtenant islands. To the south lies [[England]]. In a ...King James VI acceded to the throne of England also and effectively united Great Britain, though the legal union occurred only in 1707.
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  • ...he Howie family. During the 19th century, Falkirk became the first town in Great Britain to have a fully automated system of street lighting, designed and i ...wide surrounding area, stretching from [[Cumbernauld]] in the west to [[Bo'ness]] in the east.<ref name="Smith">Smith, R (2001) p345</ref>
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  • ...n is the [[Extreme points of the United Kingdom|most easterly point]] of [[Great Britain]] and indeed of the whole of the [[United Kingdom]]. ...64,358 at the 2001 census. To the north is its [[Norfolk]] counterpart, [[Great Yarmouth]].
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  • ...Inverness-shire. They are a large group, spread out to the south of the [[Great Glen]], north of the upper glen of the [[River Spey]]. ...e mountains to flow northeast, others drain north to [[Loch Ness]] and the Great Glen.
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  • ...'North Sea''' is a marginal sea of the [[Atlantic Ocean]], lying between [[Great Britain]] as its western edge, and Europe to the south and east; Scandinavi ...ea is conventionally bounded by the [[Orkney]] islands and east coast of [[Great Britain]] to the west and the northern and central European mainland to the
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  • ...e islands of [[Orkney]] from [[Caithness]] in the very north of mainland [[Great Britain]]. ...Head]] in the east, while the northern shore, with [[Orkney]], is from Tor Ness on [[Hoy]] in the west to Old Head on [[South Ronaldsay]] in the east.
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  • ...uments of Scotland was created in 1908: the first of three such bodies in Great Britain, recording ancient monuments requiring for protection. Historic Sc *Urquhart Castle (on [[Loch Ness]])
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  • A number of rivers flow into the Moray Firth, including the [[River Ness]], the [[River Findhorn]] and the [[River Spey]]. Various smaller firths an ...irn, an observer with binoculars can see the two red bands on the [[Tarbat Ness]], 20 miles away.
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  • ...rd Marshes and Crayford Marshes. The Darent joins the Thames near Crayford Ness.<ref name=Canals>{{cite book | first=Charles| last=Hadfield| authorlink=| c ...arlier mill burnt in 1879. Milling ceased in 1905. Severely damaged in the Great Storm of 1987.
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  • During the First World War troops were billeted at the Great Hall, and it suffered considerable damage as a result. There has been no re ...down, converting the land into an airfield for members of the Aero Club of Great Britain.
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  • The '''Highlands''' are a region of northern [[Great Britain]], wholly within [[Scotland]], of distinctive cultural heritage bor The Highlands are hard to define tightly. The include a great part of many counties but only [[Sutherland]], [[Ross-shire]], [[Inverness-
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  • ...h; London; and Dublin }}</ref><ref>{{Cite document | title=The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland |pages=pages 79–82 |location=London| publisher=John W ...ank of the [[Firth of Tay]], on land immediately to the west of the Buddon Ness, 6 miles east of Dundee, 10 miles WSW of [[Arbroath]], and 11 miles south o
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  • '''East Anglia''' is a region of eastern [[Great Britain]], named after an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom, the Kingdom of the E ...as, until the draining of the [[Great Fen]], separated physically, for the Great Fen marked its western edge, allowing entry to East Anglia only from the so
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  • ...ograph.org.uk - 999996.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Caledonian Canal and Loch Ness]] ...[[Fort William]] with the [[North Sea]] coast at [[Inverness]] through the Great Glen. Except for the southernmost 4½ miles in [[Argyllshire]], it is wholl
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  • ...ial Scientific Interest" on Lewis - Glen Valtos, Cnoc a' Chapuill, Port of Ness and Tolsta Head.<ref>[http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/pro *Loch Roag surrounding the island of [[Great Bernera]] and
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  • ...ed Kingdom, the name ''ParalympicsGB'' has been adopted, as an echo of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team in the Olympic Games, which is kn ...egate || Swimming || {{Medal|G}} || [[Great Yarmouth]] || [[Norfolk]] || [[Great Yarmouth]] || [[Norfolk]]
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  • <blockquote>"here lies Sir Robert de Lawedre, great laird of The Bass, who died May 1311".</blockquote> ...be erected on the Bass Rock in July 1897 along with another light at Barns Ness near [[Dunbar]]. The cost of constructing the Bass Rock light was £8,087,
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  • [[File:TeignmSWCP.JPG|left|thumb|Teignmouth from above the Ness]] ...ificant trade at this time, though cod fishing in Newfoundland was also of great importance.<ref>Trump 1986, p.3</ref>
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  • [[File:RiverNess2012.JPG|right|thumb|300px|The River Ness in Inverness]] [[File:Inverness in summer 2012 (6).JPG|right|thumb|250px|The Ness in Inverness]]
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  • ...a of [[Cheshire]]. The villages of [[Little Neston]] and [[Ness, Cheshire|Ness]] are found to the south of the town. ...', '''Hinderton''', '''Moorside''' and part of Parkgate. The population of Great Neston was 1,486 in 1801 and 1,524 in 1851.
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  • ...ely marsh or tidal wetland, giving the hill much more the appearance of a "ness" than today. The great majority of the shops in Totnes are local shops to serve the townsfolk and
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  • ...tered islands and all things in between and the traditional measurement of Great Britain "from [[Land's End to John o' Groats]]" is not the full measure of *Easternmost point &ndash; [[Lowestoft|Lowestoft Ness]], [[Suffolk]] at {{wmap|52.48117|1.76283|zoom=14|name=Easternmost point of
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  • ...o mean 'village of the Britons'. "Naze" is Old English ''næss'', meaning "ness, promontory or headland". In 1722 Daniel Defoe mentions the town calling it * {{cite book |title=A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain, divided into circuits or journies |last=Defoe |first=Daniel |autho
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  • Holland is a flat land, part of the [[Great Fen]], and very similar to its namesake in the Netherlands across the sea. ...Bolingbroke, and Horncastle, and on the west by the Kesteven wapentakes of Ness, Aveland, and Aswardhurn. It has some 299,647 acres and a population of {{
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  • [[File:LochNessUrquhart.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Loch Ness with Urquhart Castle]] ...pest freshwater loch in the [[British Isles]], and the most capacious in [[Great Britain]].
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  • ...e an island chain in the [[Atlantic Ocean]], off the northwest coast of [[Great Britain]]. They are also known as '''the Long Island'''. ...ewis with Harris]], is the largest island of the [[British Isles]] after [[Great Britain]] and [[Ireland]] themselves.
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  • '''Loch Lochy''' is a large freshwater loch in the [[Great Glen]] which slices though the midst of [[Inverness-shire]]. With a mean de Lying in the [[Great Glen]], 10 miles south-west of [[Loch Ness]], Loch Lochy is over 10 miles long with an average width of about three-qu
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  • ...o Glen Garry to find its way to the sea at the east coast by way of [[Loch Ness]]. Sròn a’ Choire Ghairbh is actually on the main watershed of the Highl The two Loch Lochy Munros are sometimes climbed by travellers on the [[Great Glen Way]] between [[Fort William]] and [[Inverness]], the two hills offeri
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  • ...fourth largest freshwater loch in Scotland, and the largest north of the [[Great Glen]]. Its surface area is 7,067 acres. ...loch's islands are conservation areas. The largest is the only island in [[Great Britain]] to contain a loch that itself contains an island.
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  • ...rff]] in [[Inverness-shire]]. It is found at the south west end of [[Loch Ness]]. The village had a population of around 646 in 2001, and its economy is h ...the Jacobite Rising of 1715, when a new fort was built here to secure the Great Glen.
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  • ...ed by a deep ditch on the northern side. The barrier was the second of two great walls created by the Romans in Northern Britain, the other being the better ...] in [[Dunbartonshire]] on the [[Firth of Clyde]] to [[Kinneil]] near [[Bo'ness]] on the [[Firth of Forth]]. The wall was intended to extend Roman control
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  • ...ls eastwards, the River Roach is tidal and becomes a wide river. It passes Great Stambridge Hall, Mucking Hall, Barton Hall and Roper's Farm. Barlinghall Cr ...most 650 yards until it joins the [[River Crouch]] at Wallasea Ness on the Ness Hole. The combined rivers then flow eastwards past Holliwell Point and disc
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  • ...burnt down the fort at [[Sheerness]]. The chain was in place between [[Hoo Ness]] and [[Gillingham, Kent|Gillingham]].<ref name="Saunders"/> On 12 June 166 ...r.<ref name="Saunders"/> Modifications were made to the Castle to take the great weight.
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  • [[File:Tarbet ness.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Tarbat Ness and its lighthouse]] ...and is from the Gaelic ''tairbeart'' meaning "isthmus" and the Old Norse ''ness'', meaning "headland".<ref>Mac an Tailier (2003) p. 111</ref>
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  • ...ahomack''' is a small fishing village on the Tarbat Peninsula, by [[Tarbat Ness]], within a part of [[Cromartyshire]] on the [[Moray Firth]]. Portmahomack Tarbat Ness Lighthouse is about three miles from the village at the end of the headland
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  • '''Scarfskerry''' is the most northerly settlement on mainland Great Britain. It is located in the parish of Dunnet in the county of [[Caithness ...g directions for the north and east coasts of Scotland: Cape Wrath to Fife Ness and including the Orkney, Shetland and Faeroe Islands|url=http://books.goog
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  • ...It is thought to have been built by the Sinclairs of Freswick, who owned a great deal of the village historically. It was later owned by Admiral North, then ...st and white witch Aleister Crowley, near Foyers on the south bank of Loch Ness, and was a frequent visitor to Caithness.
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  • ...''' is a village in [[Inverness-shire]], lying on the west shore of [[Loch Ness]], at the foot of [[Glen Urquhart]]. The local shops include the Great Glen Pharmacy, the Post Office and shop, a ScotMid Cooperative Supermarket
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  • The '''Roman roads''' of Great Britain were highways of the Roman Empire during the four centuries that Br |[[York]] (''Eboracum'') to [[Antonine Wall]] at [[Bo'ness|Carriden]] (''Veluniate'')
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  • ...und widely – even the great [[Loch Ness]] is described as the “Lake of Ness” on a Herman Mioll map (17th century). As to Menteith, the name ''Loch o
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  • ...nd, Surrey|Richmond]] (28 miles): along the edge of a portion of [[Windsor Great Park]]; past [[Runnymede]]; through [[Hampton Court]] Park. The path leaves *Thames Barrier to Crayford Ness, just beyond [[Erith]] (10 miles), connecting with the [[London Outer Orbit
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  • ...a shapely cone that it is instantly recognisable from anywhere around the Great Glen or along the Garry. Its isolated situation makes it one of Scotland’ [[File:Great Glen from Ben Tee.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Looking SW from the summit of Ben Te
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  • ...''' is a mountain in [[Inverness-shire]], in the high ground between the [[Great Glen]] and Glen Garry, 14 miles north of [[Fort William]]. ...to reach the Great Glen at [[Loch Oich]] and then goes eastward via [[Loch Ness]] to reach the sea at [[Inverness]].<ref name="sub3000">[http://www.sub3000
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  • ...an Forest track split - geograph.org.uk - 222269.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Great Glen Way on forest tracks near Loch Laggan]] [[File:Great Glen Way map-en.svg|right|thumb|200px|Map of the Great Glen Way]]
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  • ...saw mill and close to where the lade to the mill started,<ref name="Ness">Ness, J. A. (1969-70). ''Landmarks of Kilwynnyng''. p. 61.</ref> was Saint Ninia ...bed as being like steam escaping from a safety valve. For about five hours great volumes of water and sand were thrown up into the air like fountains and th
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  • ...ring of long lochs along the glen, the narrowest of the three, with [[Loch Ness]] to the north-east and [[Loch Lochy]] to the south-west. ...m the west, and feeds the [[River Oich]] from its north end. The [[Laggan, Great Glen|Laggan]] locks separate it from Loch Lochy.
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  • ...Glen]] in [[Inverness-shire]], joining [[Loch Oich]] upstream with [[Loch Ness]] downstream. ...through the glen north-eastwards to discharge its waters at last into Loch Ness at [[Fort Augustus]].
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  • ...moor"), is a mountain rising dramatically above the north shore of [[Loch Ness]] in [[Inverness-shire]] , southwest of [[Drumnadrochit]] and [[Urquhart Ca ...Drumnadrochit and [[Fort Augustus]], this great mountain rising above Loch Ness and between the two centres was a draw, and guidebooks gave directions on t
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  • ...th-eastwards, and might today be considered simply the lower end of [[Loch Ness]]. From the foot of Loch Dochfour the [[River Ness]] and the [[Caledonian Canal]] emerge heading northwest to [[Inverness]], w
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  • ...ss]] along its southwest and the [[Loch of Harray]] to its northwest. The Ness carries a road, but its fame is from the wealth of archaeological sites her ...le:The excavations at Ness of Brodgar.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Excavations at Ness of Brodgar]]
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  • ...the [[Loch of Stenness]] and the [[Loch of Harray]], which landneck, the [[Ness of Brodgar]], also contains the [[Standing Stones of Stenness]] and a wealt ...his was, therefore, the last of the great Neolithic monuments built on the Ness.<ref name="orkneyjar">[http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/brodgar/ The Herita
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  • ...feet above sea-level. The southern Nairnshire section is drained to [[Loch Ness]] by the Farigaig, formed by two head-streams near Dunmaglass Lodge, and ru ...e area, and by a fosse with a drawbridge, it seems to have been a place of great strength, but is now represented by only fragmentary ruins. Dun-Daviot Hill
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  • ...large fortress capable of housing 400 troops on a hill beside the [[River Ness]], on the site of (and incorporating portions of) the mediæval castle whic *{{cite book |title=The Fortress in the Age of Vauban and Frederick the Great, 1660-1789 |series=Siege Warfare, Volume II |last=Duffy |first=Christopher
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  • ...is the [[Nesscliffe Hill]] Country Park. The village is within the [[Great Ness]] parish. ...boarding school Adcote is in the parish, in the nearby village of [[Little Ness]].
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  • ...rand country house at [[Kinneil]] in [[West Lothian]], to the west of [[Bo'ness]]. It was once the principal seat of the Hamilton family in these counties. ...ns which added to the estate income.<ref>HMC (1887), 19: ''Register of the Great Seal'', vol. ii (1882), no. 1177</ref> The Castle of Lyon was nearer the se
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  • ...s been built over the Portlethen Moss Nature Reserve, formerly home to the Great Crested Newt and the Red-spotted newt. The remainder of Portlethen Moss is ...rg.uk - 955123.jpg|Looking towards to Portlethen from the coasts of Findon Ness
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  • *Millport Golf Club - [[Great Cumbrae]] *Torrington Golf Club - [[Great Torrington]]
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  • ...| title=Lorn | encyclopedia= Britannia or a Chorographical Description of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, Together with the Adjacent Islands | location=South Au ...he Land out of the Western Sea, that it would meet [[Loch Ness|the Lake of Ness]], did not the hills, which lie between, separate them....”
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  • ...h lies that county's great lochs, the largest and most famous being [[Loch Ness]]; it continues south-westwards across the sea though to [[Ireland]], its p [[Category:Great Glen Fault]]
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  • ...found to the west of [[Drumnadrochit]], close to the north shore of [[Loch Ness]]. The name is pronounded 'Jeevach'. ...umnadrochit its waters plunge 100 feet in a single fall as it enters the [[Great Glen]].
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  • '''Inverness Castle''' stands on a cliff overlooking the [[River Ness]], in [[Inverness]], the county town of [[Inverness-shire]]. ...le shut against her; "as soon as they heard of their sovereign's danger, a great number of the most eminent Scots poured in around her, especially the Frase
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  • |picture=Urquhart Castle from Loch Ness Scotland.jpg |picture caption=The Grant Tower viewed from Loch Ness
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  • ...[[Extreme points of the United Kingdom|most westerly point]] of mainland [[Great Britain]]. It is about half a degree further west than [[Land's End]] in [[ The name ''Corrachadh Mòr'' means 'great, tapering field' in Gaelic, and refers both to the headland and to the smal
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  • ...int Lowestoft - geograph.org.uk - 1089557.jpg|right|thumb|270px|Euroscope, Ness Point]] ...ntent/articles/2008/09/01/ness_point_murphy_feature.shtml The mess that is Ness], BBC Suffolk, 2008. Retrieved 2011-04-21.</ref>
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  • |LG district=Great Yarmouth |constituency=Great Yarmouth
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  • ...ides and Inver Bay, a tidal creek, to the south-east. Beyond lies [[Tarbat Ness]] and then the open [[North Sea]]. ...Morrich More| author=J.D. Hansom| volume=28| work=Coastal Geomorphology of Great Britain| chapter=10: Saltmarshes| publisher=JNCC| accessdate=23 November 20
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  • ==Buchan Ness lighthouse== |name = Buchan Ness Lighthouse
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  • |name=Tarbat Ness Lighthouse |picture caption=Tarbat Ness Lighthouse
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  • *[[Great Ness]]
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  • ...of [[Bourne, Lincolnshire|Bourne]], and on the edge of the Lincolnshire [[Great Fen|Fens]]. ...siastical parish, with a single parish church of St Firmin, is part of the Ness group of parishes.
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  • ...to the site as Robson's Spring, but is it actually three woods named Ness Great Wood, Green Sykes and Robson's Spring.<ref>{{cite web|title=Robson [sic] Sp
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  • ...efore the latter reaches the [[North Sea]] between Craig Hartle and Babbet Ness on the east [[Fife]] coast. The lands on the east side of the Pitmilly Burn ...antiquary, Mr. Maule", as believing that these were the monuments of some great men killed in battle with the Danes. This conclusion may be valid because t
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  • |name=Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway |picture=14.08.21 Bo'ness 60163 (51399824038).jpg
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  • ...from the summit of Meall na Teanga.jpg|right|thumb|380px|Loch Lochy in the Great Glen]] [[File:Great Glen Fault map.png|right|thumb|300px|Map of the Great Glen Fault and other late Caledonian strike-slip faults]]
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  • A 'Famine Pot' from a local workhouse that was used during the Great Famine is now located on the shores of the lake as a testament to all local ...rrent to Scotland’, trying to make a link with the much more famous Loch Ness Monster. Some people suggested that the Lough Eske Monster was a publicity
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  • ...upland freshwater loch in [[Inverness-shire]] lying to the north of the [[Great Glen]], some two miles north of the east end of [[Loch Garry]] and three an ...rical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of the Ness Basin]: NLS</ref> in 1903 by James Murray<ref>[http://maps.nls.uk/view/7442
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