We visited the Isle of Bute in December
2008 to give a talk about the website and kite aerial photography to the
Buteshire Natural History Society at Bute Museum. We enjoyed our visit so
much that we thought we should share the snaps we took with visitors to our
website. We would also like to thank Jeff Worrall of Rothesay for allowing
us to display some of his aerial photos.
St
Colmac's Church, built and endowed in 1836 by John, 2nd Marquess of
Bute, as a Gaelic church for northern Bute; known as North Bute Parish
Church from 1844 and St Colmac's from 1929; closed 1980.
Bute Museum (right), HQ of Buteshire Natural History Society whose Island Trail
booklets are ideal companions for Bute exploration; Rothesay Castle wall
(left)
View towards Battery Place
View of the ferry from
The
Boat House at Battery Place (where a shore battery of cannon was placed
as a defence against Napoleon)
From the Ardscalpsie viewpoint towards Scalpsie Farm and Dun Scalpsie.
Also nearby: Thom's Cut, constructed c1824 to carry water from the west of
Bute to Loch Fad to power
Robert Thom's Rothesay cotton mills
