Tour Scotland Video Scottish Clydesdale Horses Ploughing Crieff Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Horse Drawn Ploughing in Crieff, Scotland. A ploughing demonstration at Duchlage Farm in Broich Road, Crieff, with Clydesdale horse drawn ploughs.

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Tour Scotland Video Dupplin Pictish Cross St Serf's Dunning Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Dupplin Pictish Cross in Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. The Dupplin Cross is a carved, monumental Pictish stone, which dates from around 800A.D. It was first recorded by Thomas Pennant in 1769, on a hillside in Strathearn, near Forteviot and Dunning. It can be viewed in St Serf's church in Dunning. The Dupplin Cross is a high cross, that is a free standing, stone cross. While relatively common in Ireland, Northumbria and in Dál Riata, such crosses are not known earlier in the lands of the Picts. Early records report that a second cross stood on a hill above Invermay, also overlooking Forteviot, but this is now lost, and the records do not provide any detail of its exact form. The cross is carved from Old Red Sandstone, the cross stands about 2.5 metres tall, 1 metre broad over the arms of the cross. It is carved with various scenes, religious, martial and traditional Pictish animal carvings. The cross contains a partially legible inscription, of which only the name CUSTANTIN FILIUS FIRCUS can be read. This name is taken as the Latin form of the early 9th century Pictish king Caustantín son of Fergus (circa. 793–820).

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Tour Scotland Video Stained Glass Window St Serf's Dunning Perthshire April

Tour Scotland April video of a stained glass window in Dunnning, Perthshire, Scotland. Dunning is situated at the south east of Strathearn in Perthshire. St Serf's church in the centre of the village was rebuilt in the 19th century but the tower is early medieval, 12th century, with two light arched Anglo-Saxon windows like Muthill Church.


Tour Scotland photograph shot today of a stained glass window in Dunnning, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Car On Summit Of Ben Nevis Scotland

Old photograph of a car on the summit of Ben Nevis near Fort William, Scotland. This was first done in May 1911 by Edinburgh Ford agent Henry Alexander who drove to the top of Ben Nevis to prove the ruggedness of the Model T.

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Old Photograph Crofter Foot Plough Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofter with a Foot Plough on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. A cas chrom, or crooked foot, was a farming tool that was particularly suitable to certain areas of the Isle of Skye because of the broken and rocky ground. The tool consisted of a strong piece of wood, about 6ft long, which was bent near to the lower end. It had a flat wooden head and a sharp piece of iron at the cutting edge. A piece of wood protruded from the shaft on the right hand side. This was so that the person using the cas chrom could use the foot to force the blade into the ground.



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Old Photograph Car Ferry Kyle Of Lochalsh To Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of the car ferry from Kyle of Lochalsh, to Isle of Skye, Scotland. Kyle of Lochalsh, a village on the North West coast of the Scottish Highlands. It is located on the Lochalsh peninsula, at the entrance to Loch Alsh, opposite the village of Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye. A ferry used to connect the two villages until it was replaced by the Skye Bridge, about a mile to the west, in 1995. Kyle of Lochalsh railway station is connected to Inverness by the Kyle of Lochalsh railway line, built in 1897 to improve public transport to the north west of Scotland. The line ends on the water's edge, near where the ferry connection used to run. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Highland Cows Glamis Castle April 6th

Tour Scotland video shot today of Highland Cows at Glamis Castle, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of Highland Cows at Glamis Castle, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of a black Highland Cow at Glamis Castle, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of Highland Cows at Glamis Castle, Scotland.

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The main function of the castle was defensive, to protect the laird and his family from their enemies, in as comfortable surroundings as possible; but the castle also served as the centre of administration of the laird's lands, where tenure, economy and trade were controlled. The Castles of Scotland is the most complete and comprehensive guide available to the nation's wealth of castles. This new edition is the culmination of 10 years' research, and covers more than 2700 castles as well as mansions and historic houses, all alphabetically organised, with detailed maps, visiting information, illustrations, and anecdotes of hauntings and family histories. This is the 'bible of Scottish castles', an absolute must for all castle enthusiasts and anyone interested in Scottish history. The Castles of Scotland.

Tour Scotland Video Photograph Macbeth Pictish Stone Meigle

Tour Scotland video of the Macbeth Pictish Stone by Meigle, Perthshire, Scotland. The Macbeth Stone at Meigle, on the grounds of Belmont Castle. The standing stone known as the Macbeth stone, inside the wall of Belmont Castle is believed to be of religious significance to people who lived in the area more than 4000 years ago.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Macbeth Pictish Stone by Meigle, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Glamis Castle April 6th

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of Glamis Castle, Scotland. Overcast and rainy today at Glamis Castle.



Tour Scotland video shot today of Glamis Castle, Scotland.

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The main function of the castle was defensive, to protect the laird and his family from their enemies, in as comfortable surroundings as possible; but the castle also served as the centre of administration of the laird's lands, where tenure, economy and trade were controlled. The Castles of Scotland is the most complete and comprehensive guide available to the nation's wealth of castles. This new edition is the culmination of 10 years' research, and covers more than 2700 castles as well as mansions and historic houses, all alphabetically organised, with detailed maps, visiting information, illustrations, and anecdotes of hauntings and family histories. This is the 'bible of Scottish castles', an absolute must for all castle enthusiasts and anyone interested in Scottish history. The Castles of Scotland.

Tour Scotland Photographs Birds In Flight River Tay Dundee April 5th

Tour Scotland photograph shot today a bird in flight above the River Tay near the Tay Railway Bridge, Dundee, Scotland. Shot these photographs this afternoon from Riverside Drive in Dundee.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today a bird in flight above the River Tay near the Tay Railway Bridge, Dundee, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today a bird in flight above the River Tay near the Tay Railway Bridge, Dundee, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today a bird in flight above the River Tay near the Tay Railway Bridge, Dundee, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today a bird in flight above the River Tay near the Tay Railway Bridge, Dundee, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today a bird in flight above the River Tay near the Tay Railway Bridge, Dundee, Scotland.

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Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay. Reinvestigating the Tay Bridge Disaster of 1879. The Tay Bridge disaster of December 28th 1879 shocked and horrified Victorian society. It came at the end of a terrible year for the British Empire. They had lost a whole army brigade in the Zulu War in January, and the Consul in Afghanistan had been butchered in September. The country was suffering a severe economic depression, partly because the rail network had opened up the country to products from abroad, such as cheap grain from the American prairies. And then the longest bridge in the world (approved by the Government) collapsed in a storm. This book describes the reinvestigation of the disaster from the original witness evidence and the set of photographs of the remains now held in Dundee City Library. It confirms everything concluded at the time: the bridge was badly designed, built and maintained. However, it is likely that metal fatigue helped bring the structure down that fateful night. Enlargements of the court pictures shows all the terrible design!
defects in the high girders section of the bridge, which brought it down. Warnings of the deteriorating state of the structure were ignored or concealed, and a whole train with at least 75 passengers and crew were lost that night. Never before (or since) has such an event occurred. The forensic re-investigation also shows why engineers had to convince the travelling public that they could build safely, the new bridge being the first result. However, it was the Firth of Forth bridge which came to symbolise that effort, a bridge which has become an icon to structural integrity. The book reveals that other engineers could build safe brisges from iron, especially Gustave Eiffel, whose iron pipe bridges still survive and carry trains in the Massif Centrale in France. His bridges predate the old Tay bridge by 10 years. And it his methods which have resulted in the brand new Millau road bridge in the same region. Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay: Reinvestigating the Tay Bridge Disaster of 1879 (Revealing History).

Tour Scotland Photographs HMS Unicorn Dundee

Tour Scotland photograph of HMS Unicorn in Victoria Docks, Dundee, Scotland. HMS Unicorn was built in peacetime at Chatham Dockyard, Kent and launched in 1824. A superstructure was built over her main deck and she was laid up serving as a hulk and a depot ship for most of the next 140 years. Her lack of active duty left her timbers well preserved, and in the 1960s she was to a museum ship.

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Tour Scotland Photographs North Carr Lightship Dundee

Tour Scotland photograph of North Carr Lightship in Victoria Docks, Dundee, Scotland. North Carr is the last remaining Scottish lightship. The purpose of the vessel was to warn mariners by sight, light or sound of the dangers of the North Carr rocks which are situated 1.7 miles off Fife Ness at the turning point for vessels entering the Forth from the North and bound for the Tay. The North Carr is currently berthed in the Victoria Dock, Dundee, awaiting restoration as an exhibition space. On 8th December 1959, the lightship was the subject of a tragic rescue mission. After the lightship broke her moorings and began to drift in heavy seas, the Broughty Ferry lifeboat, The Mona, was launched. Her crew of eight was lost when the Lifeboat capsized. The Lightship and its crew survived and after repair was towed back to its station.

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Old Photograph Cottages Glencoe Scottish Highlands Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Glencoe, Scotland. " You are hereby ordered to fall upon the rebels, the MacDonalds of Glencoe, and to put all to the sword under seventy. " This was the treacherous and cold-blooded order ruthlessly carried out on 13 February 1692, when the Campbells slaughtered their hosts the MacDonalds at the Massacre of Glencoe. It was a bloody incident which had deep repercussions and was the beginning of the destruction of the Highlanders. John Prebble’s masterly description of the terrible events at Glencoe is described as evocative and powerful.



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Old Photograph Dunstaffnage Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Dunstaffnage Castle three miles North of Oban, Scotland. This Scottish castle is located at the south-west of the entrance to Loch Etive, and is surrounded on three sides by the sea. It was built by the MacDougall lords of Lorn, and has been held since the 15th century by the Clan Campbell.

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Old Photograph Inveraray Castle Scotland

Old photograph of the castle at Inveraray, Scotland. A beautiful Scottish castle in a Royal Burgh and a hereditary seat and headquarters for centuries of the most consistently powerful, if by no means popular clan in Scotland, the Clan Campbell, Dukes of Argyll.



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Old Photographs Dunollie Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Dunollie Castle near Oban, Scotland. The ruined Dunollie Castle crowns a promontory to the north of the town of Oban and is surrounded on three sides by the sea. It is the ancient stronghold of the MacDougalls, the Lords of Lorn, barons so powerful that they once owned a third of Scotland. Their descendant MacDougall of MacDougall, Chief of the Clan MacDougall is still in possession of the castle and some surrounding lands, though on a slightly smaller scale.

Old photograph of Dunollie Castle near Oban, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Dunoon Scotland

Old photograph of Dunoon, Scotland.



Old photographs of Dunoon, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Kilchattan Bay Isle Of Bute Scotland

Old photograph of Kilchattan Bay, Isle of Bute, Scotland. This Scottish village is named after the sixth century bishop, Saint Cathan, who established a hermitage at this location in AD 539. His nephew was Saint Blane and a chapel was established in his honour in the 12th century. St. Blane's Chapel still exists as a ruin, two miles to the North West. The village developed as a row of fisherman's houses. Further developments included a quarry, stone pier and a lime kiln which can still be seen behind St. Blane's Villa. A new pier was constructed when the village became a regular port-of-call for steamers which carried trippers from the city of Glasgow.


Old photograph of Kilchattan, Isle of Bute, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Lochranza Castle Isle Of Arran Scotland

Old photograph of Lochranza Castle, Island of Arran, Scotland. This Scottish castle is an L-plan tower house situated on a promontory in the middle of Lochranza, on the North of the Isle of Arran in Scotland. Most of the present castle today was built in the sixteenth century. The original building dates to the thirteenth century when it was owned by the MacSweens. In 1262, King Alexander III granted the castle and its lands to Walter Stewart, the Earl of Menteith. It is believed that Robert the Bruce landed at Lochranza in 1306 on his return form Ireland to claim the Scottish throne. By 1371, the castle has become the property of Robert II. It is thought that at this time it was used as a royal hunting lodge. The castle has seen many varied uses over time. During the 1490s, James IV used the castle in his campaign against the Lord of the Isles and his Clan MacDonald. In 1614 it was occupied by James VI and in the 1650s it was used by Cromwell. By 1705, Lochranza Castle had become the property of the Hamilton family, when it was purchased by the Duchess of Hamilton. The Hamilton family had owned other estates on the Isle of Arran. During the eighteenth century, the castle fell into disuse and disrepair and was abandoned.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Robinson Crusoe Statue Lower Largo East Neuk Of Fife April

Tour Scotland photograph of the Robinson Crusoe Andrew Selkirk Statue in Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Alexander Selkirk (1676 to 1721) was a Scottish sailor who spent four years as a castaway after being marooned on an uninhabited island. His travels provided the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's famous novel Robinson Crusoe. The son of a shoemaker and tanner in Lower Largo, Fife, Scotland, Selkirk was born in 1676.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Robinson Crusoe Andrew Selkirk Statue in Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Robinson Crusoe Andrew Selkirk Statue in Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Robinson Crusoe Andrew Selkirk Statue in Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Video Totem Pole Lower Largo East Neuk Of Fife April

Tour Scotland photograph of the Totem Pole in Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Malagan totem pole sculpture created by local artist Alan Faulds.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Totem Pole in Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Totem Pole in Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Totem Pole in Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of the Totem Pole in Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Cemetery Upper Lower Largo East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of the cemetery at Upper Largo by Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of the cemetery at Upper Largo by Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Church Upper Lower Largo East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of St David's Church at Upper Largo by Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. This Scottish church was dedicated to St Serf and belonged prior to the Reformation to the Abbey of Dunfermline. Between the years 1522-1539 the old church was rebuilt by the Archbishop of St Andrews and this building was later replaced in 1815 by the present day.

Tour Scotland photograph of St David's Church at Upper Largo by Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of St David's Church at Upper Largo by Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Pitkerie Doocot Anstruther East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of Pitkerie Doocot near Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. A dovecote or dovecot, or in Scots: Doocot, is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves. Doocots may be square or circular free standing structures or built into the end of a house or barn. They generally contain pigeonholes for the birds to nest. Pigeons and doves were an important food source historically in scotland, and were kept for their eggs, flesh, and dung.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Newly Born Calf Scone Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of a newly born Highland Calf at Scone Palace, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Bitterly cold today in Perthshire, but got lucky enough to get a photograph of this calf on the grounds of Scone Palace.



Tour Scotland video of a Highland Cows and newly born Highland Calf at Scone Palace, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Kinkell Braes Caravan Site St Andrews Scotland

Old photograph of Kinkell Braes Caravan Site by St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.





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Old Photograph Dollarbeg Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Dollarbeg Castle, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built in the Scots baronial style and it was originally built in the 19th century for a Victorian railway tycoon.

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Old Photographs The Standing Stones of Stenness Orkney Scotland

Old photograph of The Standing Stones of Stenness, Orkney, Scotland. Even in the 18th century this site was associated with traditions and rituals, by then relating to Norse gods. It was visited by Sir Walter Scott in 1814. Other antiquarians documented the stones and recorded local traditions and beliefs about them. One stone, known as the " Odin Stone " was pierced with a circular hole, and was used by local couples for plighting engagements by holding hands through the gap. It was also associated with other ceremonies and believed to have magical power.

Old photograph of The Standing Stones of Stenness, Orkney, Scotland.



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