Postcards from Scotland by Ogilvies
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Dundee, city, administrative center of Tayside Region, eastern Scotland,
on the Firth of Tay, near the North
Sea. Dundee is the second most important industrial center of Scotland. It is
also a seaport receiving a large inward traffic of petroleum products and
handling service vessels for North Sea oil fields. Among the many manufactures
are textiles, rope, carpet, plastic, light engineering products, and processed
foods; the printing and publishing industry is also important. A local landmark
is City Churches, which houses three separate churches under one roof. The city
has a municipal museum and art gallery and is the seat of the University of
Dundee (1881); colleges of art, technology, and commerce are also located here.
Dundee was made a royal burgh by the Scottish king William the Lion in 1190 and
quickly became a leading town of Scotland. It suffered greatly from English
raids, notably in 1296, 1385, 1547, and 1651. Whaling became an important
industry here in the late 1700s. After the 1830s Dundee developed as a major
jute-processing center. Population (1991 preliminary)
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Eilean Donan Castle. 
The
prettiest, and one of the best defensive situations for a castle you are likely to
find anywhere. Positioned, as it is, at the top of Loch Duich which
catches the rushing wind from the west makes it a very formidable site for
anyone wishing to dislodge the tenants by force. Which, of
course is just what castles are about - the discouraging of anyone who may wish
the current inmates any harm. Bring your camera and lots of
film! It's a bonnie place!!! Main More
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17)Arbroath. Home of the
Abbey
and a very picturesque harbour usually very busy with all the activities of a
productive fishing port. You will find the locals to be very
friendly and in the town's restaurants you'll be able to treat yourselves to
Arbroath smokies, an absolutely unique experience, leaving you hungry for more
of the same. Smoked herring that is!! Of course you can always take some with you when you go as the
many fishmongers will be able to supply you with choices from a fresh catch,
just in from the sea. The Abbey was the site of
the signing of the Home of the
Abbey
and a very picturesque harbour usually very busy with all the activities of a
productive fishing port. You will find the locals to be very
friendly and in the town's restaurants you'll be able to treat yourselves to
Arbroath smokies, an absolutely unique experience, leaving you hungry for more
of the same. Smoked herring that is!! Of course you can always take some with you when you go as the
many fishmongers will be able to supply you with choices from a fresh catch,
just in from the sea. The Abbey was the site of
the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath
in 1320 in which the famous lines "...... for, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any
conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom
-- for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."
This document was also influential in the writing of the American
Declaration of Independence 456 years later as Thomas Jefferson was to later
acknowledge.