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  • ...sterly direction for several miles, and then flowing due east falls into [[Loch Ness]], just beyond [[Drumnadrochit]], close to the ruined keep of Castle U ...Ness]] (seven miles) is a fine stream for its length, which emerges from [[Loch Dochfour]] and enters the sea to the north of Inverness.
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  • There are eight lochs in the county, all small. The Loch of Clans is of particular interest because of its examples of crannogs, or ...: [[Nairn]], the county town. It is a town with blossomed as a Victorian resort before quietening down somewhat. Today though Nairn is undergoing growth un
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  • ...[[Port Glasgow]] and [[Greenock]], and at the westernmost the more modest resort and passenger ferry port at [[Gourock]]. [[File:Castle Semple Loch.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Castle Semple Loch]]
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  • ...county town, Linlithgow is a small town three miles inland, on Linlithgow Loch where there stand the remains of [[Linlithgow Palace]], birthplace of Mary ...02 acres), immediately adjoining the county town on the north, a favourite resort of curlers and skaters. It is 10 feet deep at the east end and 48 feet at t
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  • ...la in [[Argyll]]. It sits on the [[Firth of Clyde]] to the south of [[Holy Loch]] and to the west of [[Gourock]].
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  • ...enced by the presence of the Clyde Naval Base at [[Faslane]] on the [[Gare Loch]]. Helensburgh is also a popular destination for day trippers. ...ing south out over the town to the Clyde, and to the north across nearby [[Loch Lomond]] to the [[Trossachs]] hills.<ref>[http://helensburghgolfclub.co.uk/
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  • The town is largely Victorian. Its prosperity as a tourist resort was due to Queen Victoria's visiting the area in 1842, and the arrival of t The town remains a popular tourist resort today and is particularly known as a centre for hillwalking, surrounded by
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  • ...o the [[River Spey]] far beyond. The Avon begins in a burn just above the loch. On the other side of the loch and its glen, [[Ben Macdhui]] rises up, the highest mountain in both [[Banf
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  • ...eid=3309992 living.scotsman.com.] ''Living Scotsman'' article referring to Loch Etchachan</ref> It has trout living in it. ...hich make walking in the summit area difficult, the walker often having to resort to hopping between boulders. This large expanse of boulders is formed by th
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  • ...as, Loch Promenade, Isle of Man, 1890s.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Photochrom of Loch Promenade, 1890s]] [[File:Loch Promenade - Douglas - Isle of Man - kingsley - 20-APR-09.jpg|right|thumb|20
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  • ...and Edwardian tourism boom Onchan made a bid to become the island's second resort, encouraging the building of hotels and guest houses. The Manx Electric Rai .... Originally named Bemahague House, the house was leased to Henry Brougham Loch in 1865, and purchased by the Isle of Man Government in 1903 as the officia
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  • ...er between them, running from [[Loch Seaforth]] in the east over to [[Loch Resort]] in the west. *Loch Resort and Loch Seaforth which form part of the border with Harris;
    31 KB (5,015 words) - 10:09, 7 April 2017
  • ...er between them, running from [[Loch Seaforth]] in the east over to [[Loch Resort]] in the west. ...outhern parts which are separated by [[West Loch Tarbert|West]] and [[East Loch Tarbert]]. These halves are joined by a narrow isthmus at the main village
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  • ...er between them, running from [[Loch Seaforth]] in the east over to [[Loch Resort]] in the west.
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  • |picture=Dun Caan from Loch na Mna.jpg |picture caption=Dùn Caan from Loch na Mna
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  • ...ere is conjecture that the base of the cross is a bullán which men would resort to in cases of childless marriages.<ref>{{cite book |author=Wood-Martin, Wi ...) which is in the townland of [[Clogherbog]] and Lough Acrottan ({{lang|ga|Loch an Chrotáin}}) in [[Glenkeel]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lough Nacloyduff |pu
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  • ..., Monmouthshire]]; and, to the west, the city of Cardiff together with the resort of [[Penarth]], both in [[Glamorgan]]. On the southern side, are [[Avonmou ...ts and its wild beauty, imposing in their place a giant, manmade, tideless loch with concrete sluices and walls.
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  • ...John, but the settlement did not develop until around 1770; first as a spa resort to accommodate visitors to the Pananich Mineral Well, then later upon the a ...om the village. About 7½ miles south-west of Ballater is the impressive [[Loch Muick]]. From there experienced walkers can head up the prominent mountain,
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  • '''Kinghorn''' is a seaside resort town and royal burgh in [[Fife]]. It has two beaches, Kinghorn Beach and P A burn fed from the freshwater Kinghorn Loch above the town once provided the town with its water and subsequently provi
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  • The name "Leven" comes from the Pictish word for "flood". The nearby Loch Leven, being the flood lake, was the name given to both the river and town. ...ishop Tuadal of St Andrews gifted the church of "scoyne" to the Culdees of Loch Leven. By the end of the 11th century, the village along with the church we
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