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Fairhead from Torr Head

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:10:24 +0000

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We took a drive along the north coast when we were in Northern Ireland earlier this year, stopping at some places we had visited many times before as well as some new places. This was a place we had visited many times, a headland called Torr Head. The views here are magnificent. Further along the coast Fairhead is visible and on the right of the photo the Scottish coast is visible.

Bo'ness

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 07:00:06 +0000

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Sunset at the Bo'ness headquarters of the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway operated by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society.

West Wemyss

nobody@ipernity.com (David York) — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 17:02:03 +0000

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Kiln and cows

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 07:31:36 +0000

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This two pot limekiln at Boujang in Ayrshire was operating in the 1850s but abandoned by 1890. The shell remains in steadily deteriorating condition.

Scottish cement

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 08:57:52 +0000

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The Dunbar or Oxwellmains cement works was originally built by Blue Circle in 1963 with three kilns. It was rebuilt with a preheater tower and a single kiln which went into production in 1986. It became part of Lafarge Cement UK in 2001 and passed to Tarmac in 2013.

More details here: www.cementkilns.co.uk/cement_kiln_dunbar.html

Noss Light, Caithness

nobody@ipernity.com (JayOh (John Owles)) — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 22:26:40 +0000

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Up to NE Scotland for my contribution to this week's wall. A summer picture to offset the current cold and damp weather
HWW to you all. X

Savings Bank

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 06:21:42 +0000

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The former Airdrie Savings Bank, Main Street, Coatbridge was built in 1920 to the design of architects James Davidson and Son. Mainly red sandstone with granite base and pillars. The lettered panel high up states that the bank was instituted in 1835. It is now a solicitors and is listed Category B.

HWW Dunnet Head Across to the Pentland Firth Towards Orkney

nobody@ipernity.com (JayOh (John Owles)) — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 08:01:05 +0000

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Penthland Firth is the name of the treacherous strait between Caithness and the Orkney Islands. It was- and is - a very dangerous area for shipping because it has one of the most powerful tidal currents in the world. This can create tidal swell waves several metres in height. In the eastern part of the strait, currents up to 16 knots have been measured.

Areas where the current and the tidal swell are particularly pronounced have been given names such as The Merry Men of May and The Swilkie. The latter also sometimes creates a maelstrom or whirlpool. The name Swilkie has Nordic origins meaning something like “the swallower”. According to a legend, said to date back to Viking times and also known from the Younger Edda, the maelstrom is created by a sea witch rotating the quern that grinds salt for the sea – hence the word maelstrom (mael = grind; strom = current). The Swilkie originates from a point on the small island of Stroma, whose name also has Nordic origins: “Strøm Ø” (Current Island). The place names clearly speak of the dangers of the strait!

From the Viking Museum, Denmark
www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/professions/education/the-viking-age-geography/the-vikings-in-the-west/scotland/pentland-firth

The name, Pentland Firth, is presumed to be a corruption of the Old Norse "Petlandsfjörð", meaning "the fjord of Pictland"

Prior to the Norse occupation of Orkney the strait was known as the "Sea of Orcs" – a reference to the Pictish tribe who inhabited Orkney. Such was their marine prowess that there are also instances of this name referring to the sea lanes of the entire west coast of Scotland down to Kintyre. One version of the 9th-century Historia Brittonum states that "the Britons originally filled the whole island with their peoples from the English Channel to the Sea of Orcs.

From Wikipedia

Paper

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 07:02:07 +0000

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The UPM Caledonian Paper mill at Irvine in North Ayrshire produces up to 235,000 tonnes of coated magazine paper annually. It has been in operation since 1989.

Birkwood kiln

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 05:58:27 +0000

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Birkwood Limekiln, Thorntonhall, Lanarkshire. This is a big draw kiln with a 1790 datestone.

Biopower

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 06:52:46 +0000

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Power station at the UPM Caledonian Paper mill at Irvine. This biomass fired 99 MWth / 28 MWe CHP plant supplies half the mill's electricity needs and all of its process steam requirements.

The Orient

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 08:18:23 +0000

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The Orient cinema in Ayr was designed by Albert Gardner and opened in 1932. It was designed in the 'atmospheric' manner, with a moorish inspired tower as the focal point of the facade. After nightclub use it has been abandoned for many years.

Pulpwood

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:30:55 +0000

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Timber after debarking being stockpiled at the UPM Caledonian paper mill at Irvine. This mill specialises in the production of coated paper for printing magazines.

Gatehouse

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:30:29 +0000

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A bit of Scottish Baronial style in the gatehouse to Sorn Castle in Ayrshire which was remodelled in the 1860s to the design of David Bryce.

Refining

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 05:20:49 +0000

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The Ineos operated Grangemouth refinery was the largest industrial plant by volume in Scotland and supplied much of the oil based fuels used in Scotland and the North of England. Crude oil refining ended in April 2025 and the site is now transitioning to an import facilty for fuels.

Ballantine Castings Ltd

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 07:25:08 +0000

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Two Ballantine brothers started the foundry business at Bo'ness in the 1820s and when one bought out the other in 1856 Arthur Ballantine & Sons was established. The current New Grange Foundry was built in 1876 and continues in use today. Ballantines merged with the Bo’ness Iron Co in 1987, becoming Ballantine Bo’ness Iron Company which is now styled Ballantine Castings Ltd. The business continues to manufacture a wide range of cast iron products.

Baths

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 07:28:25 +0000

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In 1952 the Pithead Baths were built at Prestongrange Colliery. The architect was J.E.Webster and this was probably a standard National Coal Board design. It was the 100th pithead baths to be erected at a Scottish colliery. The cost was £63,578 and the building provided bathing and clothes storage accommodation for 969 men, including a well-equipped canteen and a cycle store which had space for 50 bicycles and six motorbikes. Sadly its working life was short as the colliery closed in 1962 and the now building stands empty as part of the Industrial Heritage site.

Dunbar cement

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 05:19:38 +0000

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Highlander

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan H) — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 15:34:10 +0000

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Edinburgh, Scotland.

Wojtek and the Bear

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan H) — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 15:34:07 +0000

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In memory of the Polish men and women who fought for Your Freedom and Ours.

Edinburgh, Scotland.