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Productive Landscapes and Seascapes

Scotland’s most iconic feature is the beautiful landscape that we all cherish. The west coast hoards the lush beaches and colourful homes and communities. The landscape and seascape are not only beautiful for some, but they also provide the resources needed to make their living, fishing and farming, as well as traditional crafts, enrich the islands and the culture to be personable and unique in their own way.

Productive Landscapes and Seascapes

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A dram for the herring buyers

One Arran fishing vessel avoids trouble by claiming that carrying whisky was essential for selling their catch

A snapshot of Southend

Southend from the perspective of a local

A soft drinks company for Lewis

Ness Lemonade rivalled any manufactured elsewhere in Europe

Ach’ a’ Choirce

This once productive township was cleared in the early nineteenth century

Bull of Craro

How this distinctive stone saved a boy from walking the plank

Bunavoneader whaling station

This operated intermittently between 1904 and the early 1950s

Cairidh fish traps

A historic fishing practise that has left an archaeological trace

Caught in the act

It was not always plain sailing for those engaged in smuggling whisky to Arran

Cheese making at Breachacha

Early 20th century cheese making saw Breachacha farm becoming a centre for this industry which produced 60 tons of cheese in the 1900s

Colintraive Ferry

The vital crossing for Cowal and Bute