Tour Scotland Video River Tay Friarton Perth Perthshire February 9th

Tour Scotland video shot this afternoon of Friarton Bridge and River Tay just outside Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Overcast and becoming misty this afternoon in Perthshire.

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Tour Scotland Video Unloading Cargo Ship Harbour Perth Perthshire February 9th

Tour Scotland video shot today of a cargo ship being unloaded at the harbour in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The cargo ship Fri Tide in the harbour this afternoon in Perth.

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Old Photograph Lanark Scotland

Old photograph of Lanark, Scotland. Lanark was the county town of the former county of Lanarkshire, though for many years Hamilton was the county town, before the formation of Strathclyde. Lanark railway station and coach station has frequent services to Glasgow. Lanark has served as an important market town since medieval times, and King David I made it a Royal Burgh in 1140, giving it certain mercantile privileges relating to government and taxation. King David I realised that greater prosperity could result from encouraging trade. He decided to create a chain of new towns across Scotland. These would be centres of Norman civilisation in a largely Celtic country, and would be established in such a way as to encourage the development of trade within their area. These new towns were to be known as Burghs.

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Old Photograph West Anstruther Church Fife Scotland

Old photograph of West Anstruther, Fife, Scotland. I was raised in this old Scottish fishing village.

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Old Photograph Leven Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Leven, Fife, Scotland. Leven is located on the coast of the Firth of Forth at the mouth of the River Leven, eight miles north-east of Kirkcaldy and six miles east of Glenrothes. I was born in Randolph Street, in nearby village of Buckhaven.

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Old Photographs Maidens Scotland

Old photograph of Maidens, Ayrshire, Scotland. An old Scottish fishing village located two miles north of Turnberry and five miles west of Maybole. It was at Maidens that Robert the Bruce landed when he sailed from Rathlin Island.

Old photograph of Maidens, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Old photograph of Maidens, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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This work is a chronological history of Ayrshire from prehistoric times to the 21st century, including maps of the region. Ayrshire has a rich and varied history and this book will enable the reader to discover the physical traces of all periods of that history. The region was inhabited from earliest times, and many duns, cairns and barrows remain, in some of which important Mesolithic and Iron Age artefacts have been found. In medieval times Ayrshire played a key role in the emergence and consolidation of a unified Scotland, and it was from one of Ayrshire's many powerful families that the Stewart line of kings emerged. From this period there remain many castles and tower-houses, some in ruins, some preserved, remodelled and extended over the years. Most of the great monastic foundations of Ayrshire suffered irreparable damage during the Reformation and at the hands of Cromwell's armies, but many important religious buildings still stand. In more recent times, great houses such as Culzean were rebuilt by the finest architects of their day, and there are a number of important sites dating from the Industrial Revolution. Ayrshire: A Historical Guide (Birlinn).

Old Photograph Irvine Scotland

Old photograph of Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. The town was once a haunt of Robert Burns, after whom two streets in the town are named; Burns Street and Burns Crescent. He is known to have worked in a flax mill on the Glasgow Vennel. Despite being classed as a new town, Irvine has had a long history stretching back many centuries and was classed as a Royal Burgh. There are also conflicting rumours that Mary, Queen of Scots stayed briefly at Seagate Castle. To this day there is still a yearly festival, called Marymass, held in the town.

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This work is a chronological history of Ayrshire from prehistoric times to the 21st century, including maps of the region. Ayrshire has a rich and varied history and this book will enable the reader to discover the physical traces of all periods of that history. The region was inhabited from earliest times, and many duns, cairns and barrows remain, in some of which important Mesolithic and Iron Age artefacts have been found. In medieval times Ayrshire played a key role in the emergence and consolidation of a unified Scotland, and it was from one of Ayrshire's many powerful families that the Stewart line of kings emerged. From this period there remain many castles and tower-houses, some in ruins, some preserved, remodelled and extended over the years. Most of the great monastic foundations of Ayrshire suffered irreparable damage during the Reformation and at the hands of Cromwell's armies, but many important religious buildings still stand. In more recent times, great houses such as Culzean were rebuilt by the finest architects of their day, and there are a number of important sites dating from the Industrial Revolution. Ayrshire: A Historical Guide (Birlinn).

Old Photographs Wemyss Bay Scotland

Old photograph of Wemyss Bay, Scotland. Wemyss Bay is a village on the coast of the Firth of Clyde. Wemyss Bay is the port for ferries to Rothesay on the Isle of Bute. Passengers from the island can connect to Glasgow by train, which terminate in the village at the Wemyss Bay railway station, noted for its architectural qualities and regarded as one of Scotland's finest railway buildings.

Old photograph of Wemyss Bay Railway Station, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Applecross Wester Ross Scotland

Old photograph of Applecross, Wester Ross, Scotland.

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Old Ways Through Wester Ross explores the dramatic mountain-studded and loch-indented scenery of the western part of the giant former county of Ross-shire (excluding Lewis). The first half of the book, 'Tomdoun to Sheildaig', begins with Tomdoun and continues via Cluanie Lodge and Inn, Glen Shiel, Letterfearn, Druidaig Lodge, Totaig, Loch Duich, Clachan Duich, Eilean Donan Castle, Dornie, Aird Ferry, Reraig, Balmacara, Erbusaig, Kyle of Lochalsh, Plockton, Strome Ferry, Strathcarron station, Lochcarron, Strome Ferry, Ardarroch, Applecross and Sheildaig. 'Garve to the Summer Isles' includes Garve, Gorstan, Loch Luichart, Achnasheen, Ledgowan, Loch Rosque, Kinlochewe, Torridon, Fassaig, Inveralligin, Diabaig, Loch Maree, Letterewe House, Badachro, Charleston, Flowerdale, Gairloch, Strath, Poolewe, Inverasdale, Inverewe House, Aultbea, Dundonnell, Braemore House, Ullapool, Ardmair, Badentarbet Bay and Achiltibuie. Old Ways Through Wester Ross.

Tour Scotland Video Sunrise Scone Perthshire Scotland February 8th

Tour Scotland video of sunrise from Scone, Perthshire, Scotland. Just had to pop out the door and shoot a quick video. Not quite as cold this morning, no frost, and a beautiful sunrise.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Moon Reflected In Duck Pond Scone Perthshire February 7th

Tour Scotland photograph shot this afternoon of the moon reflected in the duck pond in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland. Cloudy late this afternoon in Scone. Dropped by the local Duck pond to feed the ducks whose wee pond will surely freeze over again tonight.

Tour Scotland photograph shot this afternoon of moon reflected in the duck pond in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video River Tay Perth Perthshire February 7th

Tour Scotland photograph shot this morning of the River Tay in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video shot this morning of the River Tay in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. A tractor had just crossed the ford in the river here and was moving onto the island

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