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Victoria Bridge (Glasgow)

Die Victoria Bridge ist eine Straßenbrücke in der schottischen Stadt Glasgow. 1970 wurde das Bauwerk in die schottischen Denkmallisten in der höchsten Denkmalkategorie A aufgenommen. Des Weiteren ist sie zusammen mit verschiedenen umliegenden Brücken Teil eines Denkmalensembles der Kategorie A. Geschichte Im Spätmittelalter befand sich am Standort eine Holzbrücke. Nachdem diese baufällig geworden war, veranlasste Bischof William Rae um 1340 den Bau einer Steinbrücke, der Stockwell Bridge. Die 3,7 m breite Brücke überspannte den Clyde mit acht Bögen. Im Jahre 1777 wurde das Bauwerk um drei Meter erweitert und zwei zusätzliche Bögen an der Nordseite hinzugefügt. Bis 1845 war die Brücke auf eine Breite von 10,4 m bei einer Länge von 126 m angewachsen. Um 1850 entschied man sich für einen Brückenneubau. Die heutige Victoria Bridge wurde zwischen 1851 und 1854 nach einem Entwurf des Ingenieurs James Walker erbaut. Der lokale Unternehmer William Scott führte die Arbeiten aus. Die Gesamtkosten beliefen sich auf 46.206 £. Beschreibung Der Mauerwerksviadukt aus Sandstein ist mit grauem Granit verblendet. Er führt eine innerstädtische Straße am oberen Hafen am Südostrand der Innenstadt über den Clyde. Die Victoria Bridge überspannt den Fluss mit fünf flachen Segmentbögen. Mit 24,4 m weist der zentrale Bogen die größte Spanne auf. Nach außen werden die Bögen mit 23,2 m und 18,3 m paarweise sukzessive kürzer. An den Pfeilern treten spitze Eisbrecher hervor. Einzelnachweise Weblinks Eintrag zu Victoria Bridge auf trove.scot, der Datenbank von Historic Environment Scotland (englisch)
Victoria Bridge, Glasgow

Victoria Bridge is a category A listed road bridge spanning the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Victoria Bridge is the oldest surviving bridge in Glasgow, lying at the foot of Stockwell Street in the city centre. History Victoria Bridge is built on the site of the first recorded bridge over the Clyde; a timber bridge believed to exist in 1285 and described as "Glaskow bryg, that byggt was of tre" in Henry the Minstrel's epic poem on Sir William Wallace. In 1345 Bishop William Rae replaced the timber bridge with the Bishop's Bridge, located on the same site. Bishop's Bridge was originally 12 feet (3.7 m) wide, but was widened by 10 feet (3.0 m) in 1777. By 1851 Glasgow's population had risen to 329,000 having doubled in the previous 25 years and the old bridge couldn't cope with current demands, and needed to be replaced. Construction A new masonry arch bridge was designed by James Walker and constructed by William Scott, although some references name William York, Esquire as the builder. The bridge has five segmental arches which vary in span from 20.4 metres to the widest in the center, which measures 24.4 m wide. The construction replaced Bishop's bridge, with foundations six metres below those of the old bridge, and timber piles which were steam-driven a further four metres below that. Named after Queen Victoria, when the bridge opened in 1854, Glasgow had one of the two widest bridges in Britain – London's widest at that time was only 54 feet (16 m). The bridge is one way city-bound with two lanes. However, it also has a contraflow bus, cycle and taxi lane. It is complemented by the Albert Bridge on the other side of the railway bridge, which is also two-way. As a numbered route, the bridge forms one arm of the A8, which then passes through the Bridgegate north of the river and meets the other arm from Albert Bridge at Saltmarket. The A814 (Clyde Street) begins at Saltmarket going west only, but becomes two-way after passing the north end of Victoria Bridge. Most traffic crossing the river here either feeds west onto the A814 or carries on north-easterly on the Bridgegate, as the road straight on (Stockwell Street) soon becomes a bus gate, with private vehicles only able to access a few local premises and car parks. South of the bridge, the designation becomes the A730 (Gorbals Street) which runs through the Gorbals district and on to Rutherglen (as mentioned above, it is a bus lane only at this point, with other southbound traffic using the nearby A728 Laurieston Road). See also List of bridges in Scotland References External links Media related to Victoria Bridge, Glasgow at Wikimedia Commons
Knockderry Castle

Knockderry Castle bezeichnet ein Schloss in der schottischen Ortschaft Cove auf der Halbinsel Rosneath in der Council Area Argyll and Bute. Das Gebäude befindet sich am Nordrand des Küstenortes oberhalb von Cove Bay, einer weiten Nebenbucht des Meeresarmes Loch Long. 1980 wurde Knockderry Castle in die schottischen Denkmallisten in der höchsten Kategorie A aufgenommen. Beschreibung Knockderry Castle entstand in den Jahren zwischen 1851 und 1854. Als Architekt war Alexander Thomson für die Planung verantwortlich. Das asymmetrische, dreistöckige Schloss besitzt einen rechteckigen Grundriss und weist stilistische Merkmale des Scottish Baronials auf. Im Jahre 1869 wurden mehrere Anbauten unter der Planung von John Honeyman hinzugefügt. Seine architektonische Bedeutung erhielt Knockderry Castle aber durch die umfassende Umgestaltung und Erweiterung durch den Architekten William Leiper in den Jahren 1896 und 1897, der insbesondere auch den Innenausbau prägte. Das Schloss besteht aus Bruchstein vom Sandstein. Zierbänder, Verzierungen und Faschen sind aus poliertem Sandstein gearbeitet und abgesetzt. Das Gebäude schließt mit schiefergedeckten Satteldächern ab, deren Giebel als Staffelgiebel gearbeitet sind. Die Ecktürme besitzen Kegeldächer, die von Wetterfahnen bekrönt sind. Einzelnachweise Weblinks Eintrag zu Cove And Kilcreggan, Knockderry Castle auf trove.scot, der Datenbank von Historic Environment Scotland (englisch)
Knockderry Castle

Knockderry Castle, is a house on the Shore Road in Cove on the Rosneath Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. Designed by Alexander "Greek" Thomson in the 1850s. Baronial additions by William Leiper were added in 1897. It is category A listed with Historic Environment Scotland. The house was built for James Templeton, a manufacturer of textiles. When alterations and expansion started in 1896, the property was owned by John Templeton, a manufacturer of carpets. Knockderry Castle was offered for sale in summer 2022 following a 22-year-long legal battle that started with business debts allegedly not paid by the owner, Marian Van Overwaele. She became sequestrated (declared bankrupt) in 2000; in March 2022 her brother, George Amil, in whose name the property had been placed, was evicted with his family. The building had by that time deteriorated. In February 2023, American couple David and Chelom Leavitt bought the property for £1.15M. David is a lawyer and ex state prosecutor who was involved in the Nicholas Alahverdian (aka Nicholas Rossi) case, and Chelom an assistant professor at Brigham Young University in Utah. References External links Media related to Knockderry Castle at Wikimedia Commons
Tap O' Noth

Tap O' Noth és un castro situat a la localitat escocesa de Rhynie al comtat d'Aberdeenshire a uns 22 quilòmetres al nord-oest d'Alford. És el segon castro situat a major altitud d'Escòcia (563 m.), comprèn una àrea aproximada de 21 hectàrees envoltades d'un mur perimetral de pedra. En el jaciment s'han localitzat diverses restes de cases de planta circular encara que les estructures més excel·lents són els murs que delimiten l'espai interior. Aquests murs es troben a diverses zones vitrificats, és a dir, les seves roques han estat fusionades per l'acció d'altes temperatures en una tècnica constructiva parcialment desconeguda que buscava augmentar la solidesa de la construcció. Les excavacions realitzades a l'interior del castro han ofert diversos utensilis de notable interès, un d'ells, un destral de pedra datada entre el 2.000 i el 800 aC i una altra un anell de bronze amb decoració datat entre els segles iii a I aC. pertanyent probablement a un carro de combat. Referències
Tap o’ Noth

Tap o’ Noth ist ein Hillfort auf dem Hill of Noth, westlich von Rhynie in Aberdeenshire in Schottland. Auf der Spitze des 563 Meter hohen Hügels gelegen, ist dieses Fort nicht nur eines der höchsten, sondern auch eines der ältesten in Schottland. Es besteht aus zwei Mauerringen, einer Außenmauer, die ungefähr 21 Hektar einschließt, und einer massiven inneren Mauer, die auf der Kuppe des Hügels eine rechteckige Zitadelle von 105 Meter × 40 Meter bildet. Die innere Wand wurde mit einem Gerüst aus Holzfachwerk gebaut, das durch einen Brand vernichtet wurde. Die wissenschaftliche Datierung der geschmolzenen Steine weist darauf hin, dass das Feuer am Anfang des 2. Jahrtausends v. Chr. die Bauwerke zerstörte. Es wird als Teil einer Gruppe eingestuft zu der auch Craig Phadrig, Dunnideer, der Knock of Alves und Knock Farril gehören. Die Ausgrabung Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts offenbarte eine acht Meter breite Mauer, die bis zu einer Höhe von 3,5 Meter erhalten war. Innerhalb der äußeren Umwallung liegen mehr als 100 Hausgrundrisse. Am Südende der Zitadelle lag eine große Zisterne. Trotz seiner Lage war dieses Fort zu einer Zeit, als das Klima warm und trocken war, das Domizil einer großen Stammesgruppe oder eines Königreiches der Pikten, auf das die Gräber von Rhynie verweisen. In der Nähe befinden/fanden sich der Craw Stane ein Piktischer Symbolstein, der Rhynie Man und die Menhire von Mill of Noth. Literatur D. Alexander: An oblong fort at Finavon, Angus: an example of the over-reliance on the appliance of science In: B. Ballin Smith, I. Banks: In the shadow of the brochs: the Iron Age in Scotland, A celebration of the work of Dr. Euan MacKie on the Iron Age of Scotland. Stroud 2002. S. 49 Graham Ritchie, Anna Ritchie: Scotland. Archaeology and Early History. 2. paperback edition. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 1992, ISBN 0-748-60291-7, S. 149 Weblinks Eintrag zu Tap o’ Noth auf trove.scot, der Datenbank von Historic Environment Scotland (englisch)
Tap o' Noth

The Tap o' Noth is a hill and the name of a hillfort on its summit, 8 miles south of Huntly in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at grid reference NJ485293. It is the second highest fort in Scotland and its main feature is its well-preserved vitrified wall which encloses an area of approximately 100 m by 30 m, 0.3 hectares. Archaeological finds from the site include a stone axe head dated to between c. 2000 BC– c.800 BC, and a decorated bronze rein-ring dated to the 1st–3rd century AD. The site has been designated a scheduled monument. The vitrified fort is the centre of a settlement within another rampart which encloses a much larger area of some 7 hectares. This outer rampart was constructed in the fifth to sixth centuries AD; large scale settlement within the area may date back as far as the third century AD, contemporary with the Pictish culture. The antiquarian James Macdonald led an archaeological excavation of the vitrified fort on the summit of Tap o' Noth in the 1880s. An archaeological investigation of the summit fort, the rampart of the larger later fort and some of the Pictish period house platforms within it was undertaken by the University of Aberdeen's Northern Picts: Rhynie Environs Project between 2017 and 2022. Drone photographs and lidar surveys suggest that there may have been as many as 800 huts, many in groups with a larger hut at the centre of the group. It has been described as the largest known settlement in early-Medieval (post-Roman) Britain. In the nearby valley, the Pictish image of Rhynie Man on a standing stone has been found on Barflat farm. A post-Roman settlement has been discovered in the valley, with evidence for the consumption of wine from the Mediterranean, the use of glass vessels from western France, and intensive metalwork production. This is interpreted as signs of high social status, possibly with royal connections. it has been suggested that the decline of the settlement on Tap o' Noth and the high status centre at Rhynie may have been associated with a subsistence crisis precipitated by the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALA) and the Justinian plague epidemics of the mid sixth century. See also History portal Scotland portal References Further reading Noble, Gordon (ed.) (2026), Rhynie: A Powerful Place of Pictland, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, ISBN 9781908332387 External links "Aberdeenshire Council - Tap O'Noth Promontory Fort". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2008. "Tap O'Noth - National Monuments Record of Scotland". www.rcahms.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2008.
Tap O' Noth

Tap O' Noth es un castro situado en la localidad escocesa de Rhynie en el condado de Aberdeenshire a unos 22 kilómetros al noroeste de Alford. Es el segundo castro situado a mayor altitud de Escocia (563 m.), comprende un área aproximada de 21 hectáreas rodeadas de un muro perimetral de piedra.​ En el yacimiento se han localizado varios restos de casas de planta circular aunque las estructuras más sobresalientes son los muros que delimitan el espacio interior. Estos muros se encuentran en varias zonas vitrificados, esto es sus rocas han sido fusionadas por la acción de altas temperaturas en una técnica constructiva parcialmente desconocida que buscaba aumentar la solidez de la construcción.​ Las excavaciones realizadas en el interior del castro han deparado varios utensilios de notable interés, uno de ellos, un hacha de piedra datada entre el 2000 y el 800 a. C. y otra un anillo de bronce con decoración datado entre el siglo III y el siglo I a. C. perteneciente probablemente a un carro de combate.​ Referencias
Tap o' Noth

Tap o' Noth är ett berg i Storbritannien. Det ligger i kommunen Aberdeenshire och riksdelen Skottland, i den norra delen av landet, 700 km norr om huvudstaden London. Toppen på Tap o' Noth är 266 meter över havet. Terrängen runt Tap o' Noth är huvudsakligen kuperad, men österut är den platt. Närmaste större samhälle är Huntly, 13,0 km norr om Tap o' Noth. Trakten runt Tap o' Noth består i huvudsak av gräsmarker. Kommentarer Källor
Synagogue d'Édimbourg

La synagogue d'Édimbourg est une synagogue juive orthodoxe, située dans le quartier de Newington à Édimbourg, en Écosse. Créée en 1816 sous le nom de Congrégation hébraïque d'Édimbourg, la congrégation pratique le rite ashkénaze. Le bâtiment actuel de la synagogue a été ouvert en 1932 et a remplacé une chapelle reconvertie sur Graham Street qui lui servait de synagogue depuis 1898. La Congrégation hébraïque d'Édimbourg est une congrégation orthodoxe traditionnelle placée sous les auspices du grand rabbin de United Synagogue. David Rose en est le rabbin depuis 2003. Histoire La Congrégation hébraïque d'Édimbourg, la première synagogue de la ville, a été fondée en 1817 à Richmond Court pour une congrégation de 20 familles. En 1868, la congrégation s'était agrandie et ils déménagèrent donc la synagogue dans un logement plus grand à Park Place. Ils déménagèrent de nouveau en 1898 sur la rue Graham. Entre 1881 et 1914, les immigrants arrivèrent en grand nombre à Édimbourg. Ils ont apporté avec eux différentes traditions religieuses. En conséquence, d’autres congrégations ont commencé à se former. Certains de ces Juifs venaient de Grande-Bretagne. En 1879, des Juifs hassidiques de Manchester venus travailler dans les Caledonian Rubber Works de Fountainbridge fondèrent une synagogue dans le quartier de Dalry, elle desservait environ 35 familles. Cependant, la majorité de la population migrante venait d'Europe de l'Est. En 1890, les migrants d'Europe de l'Est fondèrent la nouvelle congrégation hébraïque d'Édimbourg à Richmond Court, déplacée ensuite à Roxburgh Place en 1916. Bâtiment actuel La construction a commencé le 3 mai 1931 lorsque Walter Samuel, 2e vicomte Bearsted, a posé la première pierre. La synagogue a été ouverte le 11 septembre 1932 par le grand rabbin Joseph Hertz. Elle a été conçue par le célèbre architecte de Glasgow James Miller, surtout connu pour ses bâtiments commerciaux dans les gares de Glasgow et d'Écosse ; la synagogue est l'un des deux seuls bâtiments qu'il a conçus à Édimbourg. On lui a demandé de construire un bâtiment prestigieux qui contribuerait à l'architecture d'Édimbourg et constituerait un point central de la vie juive locale. La synagogue construite à cet effet pouvait accueillir 1 000 personnes et disposait également d'un mikvé sur place. Revêtu de briques rouges, il est construit dans un style néo-byzantin simplifié avec un grand dôme central. L'Arche contenant les rouleaux de la Torah est en noyer français et porte une inscription du Livre des Proverbes : (3:6) « Dans toutes tes voies, reconnais-le, et il dirigera tes sentiers ». La synagogue est depuis 1996 un monument classé de catégorie B. Célébrités Salis Daiches Voir également Histoire des Juifs en Écosse Références (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Edinburgh Synagogue » (voir la liste des auteurs). Liens externes Site officiel Edinburgh Jewish history Edinburgh Synagogue: Jewish Small Communities Network Portail du judaïsme Portail de l’architecture et de l’urbanisme Portail de l’Écosse Portail du XIXe siècle Portail des monuments classés au Royaume-Uni
Glen Urquhart High School

Glen Urquhart High School is a six-year comprehensive secondary school situated in Drumnadrochit. The school's primary catchment area ranges from Abriachan in the north to Invermoriston in the south, and as far west as Cannich and Tomich. Its associated Primary schools are Glenurquhart, Balnain and Cannich Bridge. History Glenurquhart Public School was established in 1877 in the Culanloan area of Drumnadrochit. A secondary department was later added in 1893 with Benjamin Skinner given responsibility for organising the secondary curriculum. A new building was constructed for the primary department in 1975, and since 1980 Glenurquhart Primary School has existed as a separate entity. After over a century in the Culanloan building, the school moved into a new building in 2002. The design of the new building is nearly identical to that of Ardnamurchan High School as they were built at a similar time. Notable former students and staff A.C. MacKell, O.B.E. (Head Teacher) Peter English, scientist, shinty player and social historian Michael Fraser, footballer and shinty player Fraser MacKenzie, journalist and shinty player Eddie Tembo, shinty player Stuart MacKintosh, shinty player and musician Anna Nelson, athletics Paul Milton, former head teacher Joan Nelson, former head teacher Donald MacRae, former head teacher Tjeerd van Loon, former head teacher and pupil Graham Russell, long-serving history teacher References
Eilean Mòr, MacCormaig Isles

Eilean Mòr ("Big Isle") is one of the MacCormaig Isles situated near the entrance to Loch Sween in the Sound of Jura, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Eilean Mòr is uninhabited. Eilean Mòr is the largest of the MacCormaig Islands, and is a breeding ground for seabirds. The island is the legendary retreat of the 7th-century Saint Cormac. It has three ancient monuments on it in the care of Historic Environment Scotland: a cave, a chapel and a cross. The island was bequeathed to the Scottish National Party in 1978, and it has been managed since 2000 by a charitable trust. St Cormac's Cave St Cormac's Cave is on the south end of the island. The cave is around 3 metres long, 1 metre wide and 2 metres high, and contains two incised crosses on its east wall, dated by their style to around 700 AD. Saint Cormac (or Cormaic, Carmaig, Charmaig) is an obscure figure; he lived at the beginning of the 7th century and he may have been a son of Cormac, King of Leinster. He is the legendary founder of Keills Chapel 3.5 miles to the north on the Scottish mainland, and he is reputed to have used this cave as his hermitage. The rough stone wall in front of the cave may have been a medieval structure to control pilgrim access to the cave. St Cormac's Chapel The chapel is a rectangular building measuring 11.5 x 6 m externally. It was built in the 13th century, and was altered in the 14th century, when John MacDonald, 1st Lord of the Isles had the chancel upgraded. It was converted into a dwelling house around 1700, and used by a tenant of Macneil of Gillchoille, the island's owner. The chapel was surrounded by a burial ground, now mostly obliterated, but the headless effigy of a medieval cleric can still be seen on the south side of the chancel. St Cormac's Cross Beside the chapel stands St Cormac's Cross, believed to date from the 10th-century. Legend claims that it stands at the west end of the grave of Saint Cormac. Only the shaft and the lower part of the ringed cross survive. It stands 1.75 metres in visible height, but was originally at least 2.8 metres tall. The east face shows two wrestling beak-headed monsters with tails and prominent genitals, above which is a hooded rider astride an oversized horse, and then a large monster gripping a snake in its jaws and linked by its tail and crest to a cruciform group of four animals at the top of the shaft. The decoration on the west face is damaged, but two squatting beasts can be seen with interpenetrating necks and large heads. Another cross can be seen on the island's highest point, and is a replica of the late 14th-century cross erected by Mariota de Ros, wife of Donald MacDonald, 2nd Lord of the Isles. The original was removed to the National Museum of Scotland in 1937. References External links Historic Environment Scotland: Visitor guide Eilean Mor MacCormick - Official website run by the island trustees
Oldmachar Academy

Oldmachar Academy is situated in Bridge of Don in the north of Aberdeen in an area of private housing. It is a six-year comprehensive, non-denominational school which opened to pupils in August 1982 (April 1983 on its present site). In 2004 it was ranked in the top 50 Secondary Schools in Scotland. Overview The school consists of seven blocks built to form an irregular quadrangle, with playing fields to the north of the school. The school buildings have often been a target for vandals, with 140 incidents recorded between 2016 and 2019. The school receives Primary 7 pupils from the 5 associated Primary schools in its 'Associate Schools Group'. These schools are: Danestone Primary School Forehill Primary School Glashieburn Primary School Greenbrae Primary School Middleton Park School The current head teacher is Joanne Hesford, who took over in 2022 from Judith Mohammed. The school has a capacity of 1,104 pupils. The school roll has gradually fallen over the years, with figures from Aberdeen City Council listing a roll of 852 in 2012, dropping to 656 in 2018, before being forecast to rise slightly in 2020. The school has a tradition of promoting healthy eating among its pupils, including limiting the amount of fried food available in the canteen. The then-Rector Joseph Leiper took part in a Scotland-wide inquiry into healthy eating in schools in 2004. He was made an OBE for services to education in that year's New Year's Honours list. Houses As of 2009, there are seven classes in each year group (A to G) except S1 which has six classes. There are four school houses, each named after a local Scottish castle beginning with the letter of the six corresponding classes. "G" does not have its own house due to there not being enough pupils and the absence of a first year "G" class, so they are split into the other houses by year. The houses are: Auchindoun (1A–6A) Crathes (1C–6C) Esslemont (1E–6E) Fyvie (1F–6F) Head teachers Notable former pupils Scott Booth, footballer Neil Fachie, cyclist Norman Macleod, journalist and news presenter (attended Oldmachar for two years) Scott Michie, footballer Gavin Rae, footballer Dennis Wyness, footballer Michael Rose, footballer References External links Oldmachar Academy website Oldmachar Academy at Scottish Schools Online