Settlement Association

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Ray Reardon MBE (1932-2004) was born in Tredegar and lived in Market Drayton until 1980. He won two of his six World Professional Snooker titles whilst living there.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tobermory in the Inner Hebrides also has a clock tower.

 

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Tobermory (no "a") gained prominence as the location for the 2000s BBC children's programme Balamory which made the coloured houses of the main street famous, although they are not unique to there. Another location used for filming was Kingston, a small hamlet near North Berwick, which provided Fenton Tower as the location for Archie's castle.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Fort Augustus in the Scottish Highlands is another settlement where ancient long-cist burial sites have been discovered.

 

[DerekC]

From Fort Augustus you can travel westwards on the Caledonian Canal until the sea lock at Corpach takes you out into the head of Loch Linnhe.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lochgilphead in Argyll & Bute also has a marina.

 

[D6130]

Lochgilphead is the current administrative centre for the modern unitary authority of Argyll & Bute....whereas the historic county town of the former county of Argyll was Inveraray.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Brechin in Angus was also created a Royal Burgh in the 17th century.

 

[D6130]

Abernethy is Perth & Kinross is another Scottish location for an Irish-style medieval round tower.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Guisbororough in North Yorkshire is also a settlement where the religious order of Augustinian Canons was established.