Latest Images by A Duncan http://www.geograph.org.uk/ 2009-12-16T17:43:44GMT text/html 2007-07-15T22:25:36GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/14453 A Duncan 56.090073 -6.189445 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/495888 text/html 2007-07-15T22:21:24GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/14453 A Duncan 56.090073 -6.189445 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/495877 The gardens were planted in the 1930s and cover 20 acres. They are noted for their rhododendrons but there is a wide variety of plants including sub-tropicals as the climate is mild. text/html 2007-07-15T21:44:11GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/14453 A Duncan 56.928251 -3.176359 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/495813 The path from the Spital to Black Burn is a good walking path but it becomes a bit more rocky beyond this point. text/html 2007-06-26T22:20:35GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/14453 A Duncan 57.190897 -2.471375 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/478177 text/html 2007-06-23T17:18:23GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/14453 A Duncan 56.057912 -3.230815 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/474949 In 1601 in St Columba's there was a meeting of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. King James VI was in attendance and at this meeting it was decided to pursue a new authorised bible, later know as the King James Bible. The Parsonage with its stepped gables was built in 1854 by George Hay Forbes, an Episcopalian minister in the town. It was built as a school and a home. George Hay Forbes was a remarkable preacher, linguist and scholar text/html 2007-06-23T16:52:47GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/14453 A Duncan 56.064993 -3.241481 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/474930 The red patch on the shore line is the "red mud" left from the extraction of alumina from bauxite. The "aluminium works" as it was know was built in 1917 and closed in 2002. The site of the factory, the lighter patch to the right has been cleared and a large housing development is being built. The Binn in the background is a volcanic plug. text/html 2007-06-23T16:14:37GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/14453 A Duncan 57.177982 -3.452924 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/474896 Slopes of Carn na Ruabraich to right text/html 2007-06-23T16:09:55GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/14453 A Duncan 57.177984 -3.452758 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/474893 text/html 2007-05-16T12:31:47GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/14453 A Duncan 57.188208 -2.515516 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/434996