IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Crabtree Street, LANARK, ML11 0QQ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Crabtree Street, ML11 0QQ by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (138 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Mausoleum of the Black Douglases
http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/places/propertyresults/propertydetail.htm?PropID=PL_254
Read more about the "Black Douglases" here Image
Image: © kim traynor
Taken: 24 Mar 2015
0.02 miles
4
Effigy of Archibald, 5th earl of Douglas and 2nd Duke of Touraine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Douglas,_5th_Earl_of_Douglas
Note the rare carved frieze representing members of his family.
Image: © kim traynor
Taken: 24 Mar 2015
0.02 miles
5
Effigy of Archibald, 7th earl of Douglas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas,_7th_Earl_of_Douglas
The figure of the earl obscures that of his wife, Beatrice de Sinclair, who shares the niche with him. The carved figures below represent their six sons and daughters.
Image: © kim traynor
Taken: 24 Mar 2015
0.02 miles
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Lady Home effigy, Mausoleum of the Black Douglases
The 7th Countess of Home was the grandmother of Sir Alec Douglas-Home who replaced Sir Harold Macmillan as Britain's prime minister in 1963. Her marble effigy dates from the 1870s.
Image: © kim traynor
Taken: 24 Mar 2015
0.02 miles
7
St Brides Church in Douglas
Viewed from the south-west.
Image: © Peter Wood
Taken: 15 Sep 2016
0.02 miles
8
Old St. Bride's Kirk
The clock, with its face dated 1565, is said to be the oldest working tower clock in Scotland. Local tradition has it that Mary, Queen of Scots gifted it after staying nearby. It strikes the hour three minutes early, in keeping with the Douglas family motto 'Jamais arrière' ('Never behind')
Image: © kim traynor
Taken: 24 Mar 2015
0.02 miles
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St. Bride's Kirk in Douglas
Burial place of the Black Douglas family including the Good Sir James who was entrusted with taking the heart of Robert Bruce to the Holy Land after the king had died in 1330AD/ Douglas, Symon Loccard and others reached Spain en route to their destination when they were encountered by host of Moors who blocked the way. A skirmish known as the Battle of Teba in which the Lord of Douglas perished after throwing the heart of his king in to the foreign host. Loccard was charged with returning the heart to Scotland but he also ensured James Douglas was returned too. The king's heart was interred at Melrose Abbey (his body is at Dunfermline Abbey) but the body of Sir James Douglas, Bruce's most loyal...and brave lieutenant was interred in St. Bride's Church at Douglas.
Image: © James Denham
Taken: 10 Oct 2013
0.03 miles
