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Scotland. 56°36′30″N 03°00′13″W. / 56.60833°N 3.00361°W / 56.60833; -3.00361. Glamis / ˈɡlɑːmz / is a small village in Angus, Scotland, located 5 miles (8 km) south of Kirriemuir and 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Forfar. It is the location of Glamis Castle, the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother .
Esquire. Gentleman, Gentlewoman. Ministerialis. Lord of the Manor. v. t. e. Thane ( / ˈθeɪn /; Scottish Gaelic: taidhn) [1] was the title given to a local royal official in medieval eastern Scotland, equivalent in rank to the son of an earl, [2] who was at the head of an administrative and socio-economic unit known as a thanedom or thanage.
Lochaber. Coordinates: 57°N 5°W. Loch Eil. The viaduct at Glenfinnan. Map of Scotland showing the historic province of Lochaber. Lochaber ( / lɒxˈɑːbər / lokh-AH-bər; Scottish Gaelic: Loch Abar) is a name applied to a part of the Scottish Highlands. Historically, it was a provincial lordship consisting of the parishes of Kilmallie and ...
Ardnamurchan ( / ˌɑːrdnəˈmɜːrxən /, Scottish Gaelic: Àird nam Murchan [aːrˠʃtʲ nə ˈmuɾuxan]: headland of the great seas) is a 50-square-mile (130-square-kilometre) peninsula in the ward management area of Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, noted for being very unspoiled and undisturbed. Its remoteness is accentuated by the main ...
Strathearn. Coordinates: 56°19′57″N 3°40′57″W. Map of Scotland showing the province of Strathearn. Strathearn or Strath Earn ( / stræθˈɜːrn /, from Scottish Gaelic: Srath Èireann) is the strath of the River Earn, in Scotland, extending from Loch Earn in the West to the River Tay in the east. [1] [dead link] Strathearn was one of ...
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Loch Tay ( Scottish Gaelic: Loch Tatha) is a freshwater loch in the central highlands of Scotland, in the Perth and Kinross and Stirling council areas, the largest body of fresh water in Perth and Kinross. [2] The watershed of Loch Tay traditionally formed the historic province of Breadalbane .
Google Maps' location tracking is regarded by some as a threat to users' privacy, with Dylan Tweney of VentureBeat writing in August 2014 that "Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps", and linked users to Google's location history map, which "lets you see the path you've traced for any given day that your ...
The Isle of Lewis (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Leòdhais) or simply Lewis (Scottish Gaelic: Leòdhas, pronounced [ˈʎɔːəs̪] ⓘ) is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides archipelago in Scotland.