Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Tree Dusk Strathmore November 12th

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot today of a tree at dusk in Strathmore, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photographs High Keillour Pictish Stone November 12th

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot today of the High Keillor Pictish Stone, Strathmore, Scotland. A wonderful Pictish standing stone, dramatically located on the slopes of the Sidlaw Hills overlooking Strathmore.

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot today of the High Keillor Pictish Stone, Strathmore, Scotland.

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Of all the early historic peoples of Scotland, the Picts capture the popular imagination like no other. Although archaeology is gradually uncovering more information about how they lived, they are still best known for their carved monuments, which offer remarkable testimony to their artistic skills. The symbol stones of the Picts are among the most fascinating and enigmatic groups of early medieval sculpture. The purpose and meaning of the stones and carvings still remain something of a mystery - theories range from their use as personal memorials and testaments of clan membership to records of ancient ceremonies and rituals. Pictish sculpture has been the focus of in-depth study for over 200 years, yet the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland's approach of taking photographic records using oblique peripheral flash and producing measured drawings on site, has led to many exciting advances in the field.This highly illustrated volume is the definitive guide to the arcane history of Scotland's Pictish stones, for the first time featuring every symbol stone in Scotland, including a large number of previously unseen discoveries. Over 100 new drawings by John Borland, plus photographs and archive sketches, will feature alongside the details and locations of all the Scottish stones recorded so far. Combining expert research and photography with unique artwork, The Pictish Symbol Stones of Scotland is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the history of one of our nation's most mysterious and captivating ancestors. The Pictish Symbol Stones of Scotland (Rcahms).

Tour Scotland Autumn Photographs West Gate Glamis Castle November 12th

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot today of the West Gate at Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland.

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot today of the West Gate at Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland.

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot today of the West Gate at Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photographs Glamis Castle November 12th

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot today of Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland. Glamis Castle is situated beside the village of Glamis in Angus, Scotland. It is the home of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and is open to the public. Glamis Castle was the childhood home of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother the widow of king George VI. Her second daughter, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, was born there.

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot today of Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland.

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot today of Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photographs Rural Perthshire November 12th

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot today of a rural road in Perthshire, Scotland. Sunny and mild this morning in Eastern Perthshire.

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot today of a rural road in Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot today of a rural road in Perthshire, Scotland.

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Perthshire is at the very heart of Scotland and one of the most popular regions for visitors, offering a variety of Highland and Lowland landscapes with some of the most scenic and accessible countryside for shorter walks as well as evidence of its rich history at every turn. Perthshire 40 Town and Country Walks features traditional tourist hubs, such as Pitlochry, Dunkeld and Killin, with its historical connections to the county, as well as countryside around Blairgowrie, Crieff and Aberfeldy, finishing up at the Fair City of Perth and nearby Kinross. Perthshire: 40 Town and Country Walks (Pocket Mountains).

Tour Scotland Video Remembrance Day Commemoration Perth Perthshire November 11th

Tour Scotland video shot this morning of the Remembrance Day Commemoration in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. A windy and overcast morning in Perth for the Garden of Remembrance Ceremony which was held at the Mercat Cross in the centre of Perth. There is, of course, the sounding of the Last Post, followed by a 2 minute silence, followed by the sounding of The Rouse. The Scottish Poppy Appeal is just one of the ways you can support our heroes. " They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them. "

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Tour Scotland Photographs Remembrance Day Commemoration Perth Perthshire November 11th

Tour Scotland photograph shot this morning of the Remembrance Day Commemoration in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. A windy and overcast morning in Perth for the Garden of Remembrance Ceremony which was held at the Mercat Cross. The Scottish Poppy Appeal is just one of the ways you can support our heroes.

Tour Scotland photograph shot this morning of the Remembrance Day Commemoration in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot this morning of the Remembrance Day Commemoration in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot this morning of the Remembrance Day Commemoration in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Mist In The Hills Of Perthshire November 10th

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of mist in the hills today in Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Long Shadows Perthshire November 10th

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot this afternoon of long shadows outside Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Long shadows late this afternoon, Winter soon, and shorter days of daylight in Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Friarton Bridge Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot this afternoon of Friarton Bridge just South Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Rainbow Scone Perthshire November 10th

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of a rainbow this afternoon at Scone Airport by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Perthshire is at the very heart of Scotland and one of the most popular regions for visitors, offering a variety of Highland and Lowland landscapes with some of the most scenic and accessible countryside for shorter walks as well as evidence of its rich history at every turn. Perthshire 40 Town and Country Walks features traditional tourist hubs, such as Pitlochry, Dunkeld and Killin, with its historical connections to the county, as well as countryside around Blairgowrie, Crieff and Aberfeldy, finishing up at the Fair City of Perth and nearby Kinross. Perthshire: 40 Town and Country Walks (Pocket Mountains).

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Tour Scotland Photographs Morning Mist November 10th

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of mist clearing this morning on the River Tay not far from Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of mist clearing this morning on the River Tay not far from Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Perthshire is at the very heart of Scotland and one of the most popular regions for visitors, offering a variety of Highland and Lowland landscapes with some of the most scenic and accessible countryside for shorter walks as well as evidence of its rich history at every turn. Perthshire 40 Town and Country Walks features traditional tourist hubs, such as Pitlochry, Dunkeld and Killin, with its historical connections to the county, as well as countryside around Blairgowrie, Crieff and Aberfeldy, finishing up at the Fair City of Perth and nearby Kinross. Perthshire: 40 Town and Country Walks (Pocket Mountains).

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Tree River Tay November 10th

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of a tree by the River Tay not far from Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photographs Outside Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of Kinnoull Hill from the Perth to Dundee road in Scotland. The stunningly beautiful South facing slopes of Kinnoull Hill photographed this morning from the main road from Perth to Dundee.


Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of Kinnoull Hill from the Perth to Dundee road in Scotland.


Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of Kinnoull Hill from the Perth to Dundee road in Scotland.


Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of Kinnoull Hill from the Perth to Dundee road in Scotland.


Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of Kinnoull Hill from the Perth to Dundee road in Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Clydebuilt Folk Festival Dunfermline

Tour Scotland video of Clydebuilt singing Windmills, Red Balloons and Dreams at the Folk Festival in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Two members of the folk band Clydebuilt singing at the Saturday afternoon Open Stage Session in the Glen Pavilion in Dunfermline.

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Tour Scotland Video Wind Ensemble Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Wind Ensemble in St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Members of the Perth Symphony Orchestra in concert in the Cathedral in Perth. Perth Symphony Orchestra is an amateur orchestra based in Perth, Scotland. It was founded in 1951, gave its first annual concert on 26th April 1953 and since then has given two regular concerts per year.

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Old Photographs Lochgelly Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland. From the 1830s until the 1960s Lochgelly was a mining town. With the industry now dead the town has slipped into economic and social deprivation as with other former mining towns.



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Old Photographs Trongate Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Trongate, Glasgow, Scotland. It was around the 1560s that the name Trongate first began to be used. The name comes by virtue of a weighbeam erected in the mid 16th century. The weigh beam was where all goods that were brought in from the Clyde were weighed and taxed. 'Tron' was the Norman French derived Scots term for weighing scales, the region became known as Trongate. The Tron church, built in the 17th century, with its distinctive steeple and clock is the street's best known landmark, and was substantially redeveloped in the 1980s as the Tron Theatre. Historically, in line with the rest of Glasgow's medieval area, Trongate fell into decline following the Industrial Revolution as the city expanded westwards.





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Old Photographs Aboyne Aberdeenshire Scotland

Old photograph of Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In 1715 Aboyne was the scene of a tinchal, or great hunt, organised by John Erskine, sixth Earl of Mar, on 3 September, as a cover for the gathering of Jacobite nobles and lairds to discuss a planned Jacobite uprising. The uprising began three days later in Braemar.



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Old Photograph St Andrews Scotland

Old photograph of people walking on the path by the old golf course in St Andrews, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Crofters Grinding Corn Shetland Scotland

Old photograph of Crofters grinding corn outside a thatched cottage on the Shetland Islands, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Kinfauns Castle Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph Kinfauns Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. Kinfauns Castle was designed by Robert Smirke and built between 1822 and 1826 by Lord Gray on the site of a medieval stronghold, founded by the Charteris family. Kinfauns was the family seat from the 14th century.

Old photograph Kinfauns Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Pass Of Glencoe Scotland

Old photograph of the Pass Of Glencoe, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Whitehall Street Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of Whitehall Street, Dundee, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Leith Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. Leith has played a long and prominent role in Scottish history. As the major port serving Edinburgh, it has been the stage on which many significant events in Scottish history have taken place. Mary of Guise ruled Scotland from Leith in 1560 as Regent while her daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots remained in France. Mary of Guise moved the Scottish Court to Leith, to a site that is now Parliament Street.



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Old Photograph Island Of Barra Scotland

Old photograph of Island of Barra, Scotland. An old photograph of herring fishing boats at Castlebay.



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Old Photograph Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders Scotland

Old photograph of the Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders at Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until amalgamation into the Royal Regiment of Scotland in March 2006.



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Old Photograph Of Grassmarket And Edinburgh Castle

Old photograph of the Grassmarket And Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland. The Grassmarket is located directly south-east of Edinburgh Castle with the castle dominating views northwards from the space. The Grassmarket was, from 1477 to 1911, one of Edinburgh's main markets for horse and cattle. It was also a setting for public executions. A popular story in Edinburgh is that of Maggie Dickson, a fishwife from Musselburgh who was hanged in the Grassmarket in 1728 for murdering her own baby. After the hanging, her body was taken back to Musselburgh in a coffin. However, on the way there she awoke. Under Scots Law she had served her punishment. Only later were the words "until dead" added to the sentence of hanging. It was also to some extent seen as divine intervention, and so she was allowed to go free. In later life, and legend, she was thereafter referred to as Half-Hangit Maggie.



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Funeral John Watt Singer Songwriter Dunfermline Fife Scotland

John Watt Born 1933, Died, Sunday 30th October, 2011.



A Scottish Piper at the Crematorium today in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

Attended the funeral today of John Watt which took place at 11.30am on Tuesday 8th November, 2011, at the Crematorium at Masterton Road, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. John was a fine singer, songwriter who I had known for 40 years and the service today was truly a celebration of his life. The service, like John, was truly unique, with lots of laughter, music, singing and applause. The opening Eulogy was given by Jimmy Hutchison, followed by The Kielder Hunt, sung by Tommy Bonar. A Tribute to John was then spoken by David Watt, John's brother, followed by Memories of John spoken by Mary Stewart. Tich Frier then sang Owt for Nowt, followed by Rab Noakes, who sang Eden's Flow. Pete Clark and the Lomond ceilidh Band ended the service by playing a selection of John's songs and music.

John was one of the best singer, songwriters Scotland has ever produced, and his songs will be remembered and sung long into the future. My own favourite is Pittenweem Jo, though his most famous song is probably the Kelty Clippie. John was a good man who brought laughter and friendship into the lives of many people. R.I.P

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Dusk Scottish Highlands

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot at dusk in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. Shot this photograph on November 6th, 2011. In the distance you can see mist forming over the River Tummel just south of Pitlochry.

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Tour Scotland Video Red Biplane Landing At Perth Airport Scone Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of a Red Biplane landing at Scone Airport, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This airport is ideally positioned in the heart of Scotland, located 4 miles north east of Perth giving good access to the motorway network providing a quick route to the business centres of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee. I live very close to this airport and often shoot photographs and videos on a walk near here.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photographs Moulin Kirk Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of Moulin Kirk, near Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. Moulin Kirk is dedicated to St Colm or St Colman, who first brought Christianity to the area, a firm stronghold of the Picts. I shot these photographs late afternoon on Sunday, November 6th, 2011.

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of Moulin Kirk, near Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of Moulin Kirk, near Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.

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