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  • |picture=The Queen's Loch.jpg |picture caption=The Queen's Loch
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  • ...]] by [[Dunbartonshire]]. The south-eastern shore of Argyll is marked by [[Loch Long]] and the [[Firth of Clyde]], while the North Channel washes [[Kintyre ...ac.uk/ Records of the Parliament of Scotland] (online at the University of St Andrews):
    17 KB (2,597 words) - 17:13, 23 September 2022
  • ...d the group of lochs around [[Lochmaben]], are the principal lakes. Out of Loch Skene flows the [[Tail Burn]], which soon afterwards leaps from a height of *[[St Mungo]]
    12 KB (1,860 words) - 20:16, 24 July 2018
  • There are no natural lakes, but in the parish of Stenton is found Pressmennan Loch, an artificial sheet of water of somewhat serpentine shape, about two miles ...Charter of 1139 by King David to the church of St Andrews of the church of St Mary at Haddington</ref>
    13 KB (1,906 words) - 20:54, 6 December 2016
  • ...especially the [[South Gyle|Gyle Centre]]. Traffic on the main street, St John's Road, is often heavy, as it forms part of the A8 main road between Edinburg There are a number of local shops mostly located on St. Johns Road and also two supermarkets (Sainsbury's and Scotmid) located at
    12 KB (1,925 words) - 10:21, 3 November 2016
  • Loch Loirston, in the parish of Nigg, and Loch Lumgair, in Dunnottar parish, both small, are the only lakes in the shire. Excepting in the vicinity of St Cyrus, the coast from below Johnshaven to Girdle Ness presents a bold front
    11 KB (1,747 words) - 12:58, 4 November 2016
  • [[File:Loch Ken - geograph.org.uk - 447365.jpg|right|thumb|200px|By Loch Ken]] *The [[River Cree|Cree]]: which rises in Loch Moan and flows 30 miles to reach the sea near [[Creetown]]. It first forms
    17 KB (2,623 words) - 14:25, 19 January 2021
  • The only loch is that at Duddingston, but there are several large reservoirs connected wi <nowiki>*</nowiki>: Consists of the ancient parishes of St Cuthberts; Canongate; the Midlothian part of [[Cramond]]; [[Corstorphine]];
    16 KB (2,425 words) - 22:30, 21 March 2017
  • ...nd the world."<ref>[http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/stmagnus/magcath.htm "St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall"] Orkneyar. Retrieved 10 September 2009.</ref>|g [[File:Kirkwall cathedral.jpg|thumb|left|200px|St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall]]
    51 KB (7,781 words) - 21:39, 29 January 2016
  • *[[Loch Alsh]], almost closed by the [[Isle of Skye]] and leading in to Loch Duich *[[Loch Carron]], reaching deep inland to Strathcarron
    22 KB (3,583 words) - 09:40, 14 April 2018
  • ...ef name=Blackadder/> Examples of names related to them include Papil Ness, Loch of Papil and Papil Bay. However, it is unclear whether these names are all ...is a combination of ''gás'' (goose), ''á'' (river) and ''vatn'' (a lake/loch) anglicised as "water".<ref>[http://www.chooseshetland.com/shetland-introdu
    28 KB (4,634 words) - 16:54, 18 April 2019
  • ...ss]], a deep fjord, beyond which is [[Loch Eriboll]], a long and broad sea-loch. Around Whiten Head and Rubha Thormaid the delightful [[Kyle of Tongue]] cu ...ed islands and rocks. Finally Sutherland ends at the [[Summer Isles]] in [[Loch Broom]], which belong to [[Cromartyshire]].
    11 KB (1,780 words) - 11:03, 26 September 2017
  • |irish=Contae Loch Garman ...e sea on two sides—on the south by the Atlantic Ocean and on the east by St. George's Channel and the Irish Sea. The River Barrow forms its western bou
    27 KB (4,024 words) - 20:58, 25 June 2017
  • ...h is popular amongst locals as a walking venue. It is said that the Forfar Loch extended over much more of Forfar in the 1800s, going as far up as Orchardb ...en at Dunnichen House. The museum also has a canoe, excavated from Forfar Loch, that dates back to the 11th century.
    8 KB (1,252 words) - 17:38, 12 July 2018
  • ...town and royal burgh in [[Argyllshire]], located on the western shore of [[Loch Fyne]] near its head. It is Argyll's county town and ancestral home to the The town distinctive white buildings on the loch shore make it photogenic and it is a popular tourist destination, with a nu
    4 KB (650 words) - 17:52, 29 January 2016
  • ...and Loch Tofingall to the west of the estuary, and Loch Hempriggs and the Loch of Yarrows to the south-southwest. The library building also houses the North Highland Archive and the St Fergus Gallery exhibitions. The North Highland Archive is part of the Highl
    8 KB (1,356 words) - 22:05, 29 June 2020
  • [[File:Bell.Glasgow.jpg|thumb|upright|left|St Mungo's Bell]] St Mungo is also said to have preached a sermon containing the words ''Lord, L
    33 KB (5,163 words) - 10:45, 30 March 2016
  • ...cated further west, forming a saddle with Ben Nevis which contains a small loch, Lochan an t-Suidhe. The popular tourist path from Glen Nevis skirts the si ...om west.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ben Nevis and Fort William, seen from across Loch Linnhe]]
    30 KB (4,853 words) - 15:21, 12 March 2022
  • ...forms the western wall. Kintyre itself stretches some 30 miles from East Loch [[Tarbert, Kintyre|Tarbert]] in the north down to the Mull of Kintyre in th ...e-broad isthmus in the north of Kintyre between East Loch Tarbert and West Loch Tarbert while he sat at the helm with the tiller in his hand. Thus he coul
    9 KB (1,436 words) - 20:33, 13 December 2016
  • ...rn side of the crag gouged a large valley resulting in the now drained Nor Loch. This structure, along with a ravine to the south, formed an ideal natural ...own. The gardens were begun in 1816 on bogland which had once been the Nor Loch.
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