IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Strait Path, BANFF, AB45 1AD
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Strait Path, AB45 1AD by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Notes
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Image Listing (205 Images Found)
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Strait Path, Banff
A very steep street leads down from the High Street.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 5 Aug 2011
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The Broken Fiddle
The name of this coffee shop recalls the tale of James Macpherson (1675-1700). An illegitimate son of Macpherson of Invereshie and a gypsy girl, he was a famous outlaw and robber. He was captured by his enemies and freed by his friends more than once, but eventually tried and condemned to death in 1700.
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Legend relates that he wrote the song 'Macpherson's Lament' (later rewritten by Robert Burns) in prison on the eve of his execution. He was a talented fiddler, and the story goes that he played his last tune on the steps of the gallows, then smashed his fiddle to ensure that no other hand would ever play it. It is also said that his foes heard a rumour that a pardon had been obtained by his supporters, so they put the clock forward a quarter of an hour, and executed him fifteen minutes before the appointed time, just as the messenger with the pardon arrived. The clock is supposed to be the one now in the clock tower in Dufftown.
Another view of the same Image
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 8 Apr 2014
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Plaque to James Macpherson
The plaque is on the wall of Image
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 8 Apr 2014
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4
Strait Path
A steep alleyway from Castle Street down to Carmelite Street, with a bank on the corner.
Image: © Peter Barr
Taken: 17 Sep 2011
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Looking down Strait Path, Banff
This extremely steep street with handrails to assist pedestrians connects High Street and Low Street.
Image: © Bill Harrison
Taken: 14 Apr 2018
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Strait Path
This doesn't look as steep in the photograph as it does in reality. It is a one-way street down from High Street to Low Street.
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 24 Feb 2011
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Shops at Strait Path, Banff
The ceiling of the bottom shop is below the floor level of the top shop.
Image: © Ian Paterson
Taken: 2 Oct 2011
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The "Broken Fiddle" and a corner of High St, Banff
Image: © Ulrich Hartmann
Taken: 21 Aug 2007
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The Biggar Fountain, Banff
Presented to the town of Banff in memory of Walter Biggar Esq & Mrs Anne Duff, his wife 1878. Restored Banff & Buchan Council 1995.
Image: © Leslie Barrie
Taken: 19 Jun 2013
0.02 miles
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RIP Tolbooth Hotel
The date on the façade is 1801, but it possible that some of the building is the remnants of the town jail, built in 1712 and supposedly demolished in 1801. The Venetian window is blind. The whole building is in need of some urgent care and attention.
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 25 Jul 2014
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