Tour Scotland Video Tigh Na Ruaich Standing Stone Circle Ballinluig Highland Perthshire



Tour Scotland video of Tigh Na Ruaich Standing Stone Circle at Ballinluig, Perthshire, Scotland. These stones ranging from 3ft to 6ft in height and are believed to date back to 2500BC. They formed a Bronze Age ceremonial area for a local settlement which believed the underwater stream below the site would carry souls to the afterlife. In Great Britain, the Bronze Age is considered to have been the period from around 2100 to 700 BC.

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Tour Scotland White Water Rafting River Tay Grandtully Highland Perthshire




Tour Scotland video of White Water Rafting on visit to Grandtully near Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland.
These rafters in two rafts had just rafted down the river from Aberfeldy to Grandtully.

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Tour Scotland Photographs MG Midget Pitlochry Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of an MG Midget in Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. Two 1934 MG Midgets at a rally in Pitlochry.

Tour Scotland photograph of an MG Midget in Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Cyclists Telford Bridge Dunkeld Highland Perthshire



Tour Scotland video of cyclists crossing the River Tay on Telford Bridge on visit to Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of a cyclist crossing the River Tay on Telford Bridge on visit to Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Craignure Scotland

Old photograph of Craignure, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Craignure, Scottish Gaelic: Creag an Iubhair, is a village and the main ferry port on the Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute. The village is within the parish of Torosay. The village is served by buses to Fionnphort and Tobermory. Ferries run every two hours, 3 to 5 times per day during the winter, and up to 10 times per day during the summer, between Craignure and Oban, on the mainland, by Caledonian MacBrayne.



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Old Photographs Kinlochleven Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses, hotel and people in Kinlochleven, Scotland. This Scottish village was formed from two previously separate small communities, Kinlochmore to the north of the River Leven in Inverness-shire and Kinlochbeg to the south of the Leven in Argyll, following the construction of an aluminium smelter and associated housing for its employees.





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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Smirisary near Glenuig Moidart



Tour Scotland video of photographs of Smirisary near Glenuig, Moidart, Scotland. This was a Scottish crofting village until its abandonment after the second world war. The area has been inhabited for thousands of years and the traces of these earlier residents are everywhere around. The coastal regions here are wild and rocky, but because of the warmer climate within the last two thousand years the inland areas were productive and heavily populated. In the last two hundred years, the population declined through enforced clearances of the glens for sheep and voluntary emigration from the harsher coastal regions to the new colonies, particularly Cape Breton, Canada, and America.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Soldier's Leap Killiecrankie Highland Perthshire




Tour Scotland video of photographs of the Soldier's Leap at the Pass of Killiecrankie on ancestry visit to Highland Perthshire, Scotland. The Battle of Killiecrankie, 27th of July 1689, was the first and most significant of the battles of the first Jacobite rebellion. Although it was an important victory for the Jacobites, it also resulted in the death of the rebel leader, Viscount Dundee, a major factor in the subsequent collapse of the uprising. Donald MacBean, one of William III of England's supporters, on seeing the battle was lost, is said to have cleared the gorge, from one bank to the other, at The Soldier's Leap. The battlefield has been included in the Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland and protected by Historic Scotland under the Scottish Historical Environment Policy.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Braeriach Cairngorms

Tour Scotland photograph of Braeriach in the Cairngorms of Scotland. This is the third highest mountain in the British Isles, surpassed only by Ben Nevis and Ben Macdui.



Tour Scotland photograph of Braeriach in the Cairngorms of Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Sgòr an Lochain Uaine Cairngorms

Tour Scotland photograph of Sgòr an Lochan Uaine in the Cairngorms of Scotland. This Scottish mountain takes its named from An Lochan Uaine the Lochan lying in the corrie on the north east side of the peak.



Tour Scotland photograph of Sgòr an Lochan Uaine in the Cairngorms of Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of An Lochan Uaine in the Cairngorms of Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of An Lochan Uaine in the Cairngorms of Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Lochan Uaine Cairngorms

Tour Scotland photograph of Lochan Uaine in the Cairngorms of Scotland.



Tour Scotland photograph of Lochan Uaine in the Cairngorms of Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Ben Macdui Cairngorms

Tour Scotland photograph of Ben Macdui in the Cairngorms of Scotland. This is the second highest mountain in the United Kingdom after Ben Nevis, and the highest in the Cairngorms. After the defeat of Domnall mac Uilliam in 1187, Donnchad II, Earl of Fife, acquired Strathavon, territory stretching from Ballindalloch to Ben Macdui; because the mountain marked the western boundary of Donnchad's territory, historian and place-name scholar Professor G. W. S. Barrow suggested that the mountain took its name from Donnchad's family, the Mac Duibh.



Tour Scotland photograph of Ben Macdui in the Cairngorms of Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Carn a' Mhaim Cairngorms

Tour Scotland photograph of Carn a' Mhaim in the Cairngorms of Scotland. This Scottish mountain is notable in that it has the only ridge walk of any significance in the Cairngorms range. Its name translates from the Gaelic as Cairn of the large rounded hill, when viewed from the south it does appear as rounded, although in reality the mountain is a north-south oriented ridge. Another possible meaning of the name is Hill of the Pass derived from mam or mhaim, meaning pass. The mountain stands at the entrance of the Lairig Ghru pass, so this meaning is a possibility.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Lurcher's Crag Cairngorms

Tour Scotland photograph of Lurcher's Crag in the Cairngorms of Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Beinn Mheadhoin Cairngorms

Tour Scotland photograph of Beinn Mheadhoin in the Cairngorms of Scotland. By some counts this is the tenth highest mountain in Great Britain.



Tour Scotland photograph of Beinn Mheadhoin in the Cairngorms of Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Rainbow Cairngorms

Tour Scotland photograph of a rainbow in the Cairngorms of Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of a rainbow in the Cairngorms of Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of a rainbow in the Cairngorms of Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Beinn Bharrain Isle Of Arran

Tour Scotland photograph of Beinn Bharrain mountain on the Island of Arran, Scotland. Beinn Bharrain is the highest summit of the Pirnmill Hills.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Rainbow Glenfinnan

Tour Scotland photograph of a rainbow in Glenfinnan, Lochaber, Scotland.



Tour Scotland photograph of a rainbow in Glenfinnan, Lochaber, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Steall Waterfall Glen Nevis

Tour Scotland photograph of Steall waterfall in Glen Nevis, Scotland. Several films have been shot in Glen Nevis, including some scenes from the Harry Potter movies, Highlander, Highlander III, Braveheart and Rob Roy.



Tour Scotland video of Steall waterfall in Glen Nevis, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Red Deer Stag Glencoe

Tour Scotland photograph of a Red Deer Stag in Glencoe, Scotland. Red deer are the largest deer living in Britain. Red deer get their name from their foxy red fur but in winter they grow a thicker grey brown coat for extra warmth. They live on high, open moorland. In winter though they move to lower ground, often into woods and forests.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Baleshare Beach South Uist

Tour Scotland photograph of Baleshare Beach, South Uist, Scotland.



Tour Scotland photograph of Baleshare Beach, South Uist, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of Baleshare Beach, South Uist, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Blar Chairinis Battle Site North Uist

Tour Scotland photograph of Blar Chairinis Battle Site on North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Blar Chairinis or the Battle of Cairinis took place in 1601 on North Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is said to be the last battle fought in Scotland using conventional weapons.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Of Bridge Of Oich

Tour Scotland photograph of Bridge of Oich, South of Fort Augustus, Highland, Scotland. The Bridge of Oich, an early suspension bridge, was constructed over the River Oich, close to Loch Oich, which is part of the Caledonian Canal. Opened in 1854, it was built by James Dredge using a sophisticated patented design of double cantilevered chain construction with massive granite pylon arches at either end. It is a wooden decked bridge and has not been used by traffic since 1932.



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Tour Scotland Photographs of Bunavoneader Whaling Station Isle Of Harris

Tour Scotland photograph of Bunavoneader Whaling Station on Island Of Harris, Scotland. Bunavoneader Whaling Station is best preserved example of a shore-based whaling station in the UK and is a designated Scheduled Ancient Monument.



Tour Scotland photograph of Bunavoneader Whaling Station on Island Of Harris, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of Bunavoneader Whaling Station on Island Of Harris, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Berneray Causeway South UIst

Tour Scotland photograph of Berneray Causeway, South Uist, Scotland. The causeway between Berneray and Otternish on North Uist.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Tower Uig Isle Of Skye

Tour Scotland photograph of the Tower at Uig, Isle Of Skye, Scotland. Scottish tower built around 1860. This folly guarding the bay from its southern headland opposite Rubha Idrigil was built for Major William Fraser, owner of Kilmuir estate from 1855. His house, Uig Lodge, was washed away in the great flood of 1877 just after he had organised the last clearances on the Isle of Skye.



Tour Scotland photograph of the Tower at Uig, Isle Of Skye, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Tower at Uig, Isle Of Skye, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Gelston Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Gelston village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The town stands on the Ayrshire Road from New Cumnock to Glasgow by the Mearns Moor. John Goldie, miscellaneous writer, was born in the parish of Galston in 1717 ; he moved to Kilmarnock, where he carried on the business of cabinetmaker, subsequently of wine merchant. He is author of a volume entitled Essays on Various Subjects, humorously known as Goldie’s Bible, and is held in grateful memory as a friend of Robert Burns. He died in 1809. The 17th century Presbyterians were against burials taking place within churches. In 1609 John Schaw of Sornbeg decided to bury his recently-deceased wife within Galston Church. He entered the kirk with a party of armed men and proceeded to break up flagstones and dig a grave where he interred his wife's body. He was fined £20 for this action and promised never to attempt this act again. Handball was popular in these parts during the 19th century and Galston was the site of the most important competition, held on the Saturday of the Glasgow Fair. Cessnock castle by Galston, dates from around the 15th Century. The Duke of Portland had it restored by 1900 and is now a private house. After her defeat at the battle of Langside, Mary Queen of Scots is reputed to have taken refuge there. Other visitors of note include the reformist preacher John Knox and the poet Robert Burns. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photographs Bonar Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of Bonar Bridge, Sutherland, Scotland. A Scottish village on the north bank of the Kyle of Sutherland which is a river estuary of the Rivers Oykel, Cassley, Shin and Carron that all enter the Kyle above the bridge at Bonar. The Battles of Invercarron and Carbisdale took place in 1650 during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms close to the village of Culrain, which lies to the West of Bonar Bridge. The battles were fought between the forces of the Scottish Covenantor Government and royalist forces loyal to the King, led by James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose. The royalists were defeated. In 1746 the Earl of Cromartie and his forces returning South were attacked by Clan Sutherland near Bonar Bridge, in what became known as the Battle of Bonar Bridge. Most of the Jacobite officers were captured, many of the men were killed and the rest were driven onto the shore where several were drowned trying to swim the Kyle of Sutherland. Thus Clan MacKenzie were prevented from joining the Jacobite army at the Battle of Culloden. John Murray was born on 14 October 1898, in the croft of Badbea, near Bonar Bridge, in Sutherland county. He was a Scottish Calvinist theologian who taught at Princeton Seminary and then left to help found Westminster Theological Seminary, in London, England, where he taught for many years. Joe Strummer was born John Graham Mellor in Ankara, Turkey, on 21 August 1952. His mother, Anna Mackenzie, a crofter's daughter born and raised in Bonar Bridge in the Scottish Highlands, she was a nurse. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photographs Yoker Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Yoker, Glasgow, Scotland. The name Yoker is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic Eochair meaning a river bank.




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Old Photograph Mouswald Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Mouswald in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Mouswald is a parish and village 7 miles South East of Dumfries, and 10 miles West by North of Annan. It is situated in that district formerly called the Stewartry of Annandale, midway between the rivers Nith and Annan, and was anciently covered with wood, as its name implies, " The Wood near the Moss. " It is bounded by the parishes of Lochmaben, Dalton, Rothwell, and Torthorwald, and contains the village of its own name, and the hamlets of Old Brocklehurst and Cleughbrae. The parish was traversed by the old Glasgow and South Western railway, and by the coach roads from Dumfries to Annan and Ruthwell. The parish is in the presbytery of Lochmaben and synod of Dumfries.



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Old Photograph Lighthouse Chanonry Point Scotland

Old photograph of the lighthouse at Chanonry Point South of Rosemarkie, Scotland. This Scottish lighthouse was designed by Alan Stevenson and was first lit on the 15th of May 1846. Alan, born in 1807 in Edinburgh, died 1865 in Portobello, Edinburgh, was a Scottish lighthouse engineer who was Engineer to the Board of Northern Lighthouses. Among his notable works is the Skerryvore Lighthouse. A member of the famous Stevenson family of engineers, eldest son of Robert Stevenson, and brother of David and Thomas Stevenson, between 1843 and 1853 he built thirteen lighthouses in and around Scotland. The writer Robert Louis Stevenson was the son of Thomas and thus the nephew of Alan Stevenson.



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Tour Scotland Video St Cuthbert's Kirk And Graveyard Dalmeny



Tour Scotland video of St Cuthbert's Kirk and graveyard on visit to Dalmeny by South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland. The present church building is recognised as the finest Romanesque parish church still in use in Scotland, and one of the most complete in the United Kingdom, lacking only its original western tower which was rebuilt in a sympathetic style in the early 20th century.

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Old Photographs Rosyth Castle Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Castle Rosyth, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish tower house originally stood on a small island in the Firth of Forth accessible only at low tide, and dates from around 1450, built as a secure residence by Sir David Stewart, who had been granted the Barony of Rosyth in 1428. The tower house was enlarged and extended in the 16th and early 17th centuries. In 1572 it was attacked by men from Blackness Castle on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth and it was occupied in 1651 by Oliver Cromwell's army after the Battle of Inverkeithing. It remained a Stewart residence until it was sold in the late seventeenth century to David Drummond of Invermay. It ultimately ended up in the possession of the Earl of Hopetoun and from the eighteenth century onward remained unoccupied. It became Admiralty property in 1903 and as the result of land reclamation lost its waterfront position, becoming marooned within the dockyard.





Old photograph of Castle Rosyth, Fife, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Dressing Shawls Scotland

Old photograph of Crofters dressing shawls on the Shetland Islands, Scotland.



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