Scotland Photos

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 16:30:53

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Eilean Donan Castle

Photograph by Getty Images

Widely considered Scotland's most photographed site, Eilean Donan Castle perches on an island at the meeting of three lochs in western Scotland. The island’s first castle was an early 13th-century fortification against raiding Vikings, and it's been sacked and rebuilt several times. The most recent facelift was completed in 1932.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 16:31:05

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Scottish Sheep

Photograph by Marc Lanciaux, My Shot

Sheepherding in Scotland has a long history, not all of it pleasant. Many of the pastures in the Western Highlands—where these sheep peer through a fence—were created during the "clearances" of the late 1800s, when wealthy landowners seeking greater profits brutally evicted their tenants and converted their subsistence farmland to pasture.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 16:31:17

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Lonach Highlanders

Photograph by Jim Richardson

The mission of the Lonach Highland & Friendly Society includes preserving Highland dress and promoting "peaceable and manly conduct." Each summer since 1823, the group has held a "gathering," a march through the towns around Strathdon in eastern Scotland, culminating in an afternoon of traditional Scottish games.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 16:31:27

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Edinburgh Castle

Photograph by Jim Richardson

Castle Rock, whose vertical flanks rise above the Scottish city of Edinburgh, may have first served as a strategic stronghold around 850 B.C. For the past thousand years it’s been the site of Edinburgh Castle, the thick-walled fortress at the center of nearly every major conflict in Scotland's history.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 16:31:40

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Church of Saint Mungo, Glasgow

Photograph by Christopher Nyce, My Shot

This sculpture is in Glasgow’s Church of Saint Mungo, named for the city’s patron saint. The church is just down the road from the Gothic Glasgow Cathedral, nicknamed Saint Mungo's Cathedral because it's on the spot where the sixth-century bishop built his first church. It is also the site of his tomb.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 16:31:54

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Puffin

Photograph by Zhouyang Sun, My Shot

Each spring nearly a million puffins arrive at the cliffs of Scotland's west coast to lay their eggs. These birds, with their colorful beaks and doleful expressions, can be seen darting to and from the ocean, gathering mouthfuls of fish for their hatchlings.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 16:32:05

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Loch Ness

Photograph by Emory Kristof

More than a thousand people claim to have seen the bulbous back of an unidentified creature briefly break the glassy surface of Loch Ness, then disappear. This legendary body of water is the country's second largest loch, slightly smaller in surface area, though deeper, than Loch Lomond to its south

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 16:32:19

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Crathes Castle

Photograph by Brian Lawrence/Getty Images

Construction on Crathes Castle, near Aberdeen, began in 1553 and lasted 43 years. The estate's famed walled garden is divided into eight themed areas separated by Irish yew hedges, some of which are more than 300 years old.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 16:32:35

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Highland Dancer

Photograph by Romilly Lockyer/Getty Images

Traditionally performed by men, Scottish Highland dancing today is more often performed by women. Highland dancing involves vigorous exertion, precision positioning, and meticulous arm- and footwork. Bagpipers generally accompany the dancing, playing intricate tunes composed by a single family in the 16th century.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 16:32:48

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Whisky Distillery

Photograph by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images

Producing Scotch whisky is a proud national tradition. In fact, the word "whisky" comes from the Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha, an adaptation of the Latin phrase aqua vitae, meaning "water of life." Scotland has more than a hundred distilleries, and each strives to produce its own distinct flavor. Here, a taster draws a sample from a cask at the Bruichladdich distillery on the Isle of Islay.

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