Old Photograph Ardtreck Point Lighthouse Scotland

Old photograph of Ardtreck Point lighthouse by Loch Bracadale, a sea loch on the West coast of Isle Of Skye, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Small Group Ancestry Tour Of Isle Of Skye




Tour Scotland wee video of photographs from a small group ancestry tour of Isle of Skye, Scotland. Includes visit to Armadale Castle and Gardens, Elgol, Loch Scavaig, Loch Slapin, Loch Harport, Broadford, Kyleakin, Cuillins, Staffin, Lochalsh, Castle Moil, Uig, Trotternish Ridge, Quiraing, Talisker, Old Man Of Storr and much more

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Small Group Ancestry Tour Of Scotland 1




Tour Scotland wee video of photographs from a small group ancestry tour of Scotland. Includes visit to Anstruther, Applecross, Blair Castle, Broadford, Castle Campbell, Castle Moil, Holyrood Church Stirling, Kyleakin, Commando Monument, Crail, Dunkeld, Dunning, Edradour Whisky Distillery, East Neuk of Fife, Eilean Donan Castle, Elgol, Fort Augustus, Glencoe, Invermoriston, Isle of Skye, Kyleakin, Leuchars, Loch Ness, Loch Tay, Loch Tummel, Perthshire, Plockton, Portree, Scottish Highlands, St Andrews, St Monans, Stirling and more

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Old Photographs Pirniehall House Scotland

Old photograph of Pirniehall House, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Pirniehall was built originally in 1896 as a mansion house for , on an estate purchased from the Duke of Montrose. The architects were John Archibald Campbell & Andrew Edwin Martin. It was altered during the 1970s and 80s for use as a residential education facility.




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Old Photograph Panmure House Scotland

Old photograph of Panmure House North of Carnoustie, Scotland. This was a Scottish 17th century country house in the Parish of Panbride, Angus. It was the seat of the Earl of Panmure. It was rebuilt in the 19th century, and demolished in 1955. The Panmure estate was inherited by the Maule family in 1224, and the remains of Panmure Castle are located close to the site of the house. Panmure House was designed by the king's master mason John Mylne, although he died in 1667, before it was completed. The client was George Maule, 2nd Earl of Panmure. born 1619, died 1671. On Mylne's death, the work was continued by Alexander Nisbet, an Edinburgh mason, and the interior was fitted out by James Bain, the king's wright. Sir William Bruce was sometimes credited with the design in the past, and he did apparently advise the Earl after Mylne's death, but he only designed the gates and gate piers. After the death of the 3rd Earl, his son James, now 4th Earl, added the wings. The 4th Earl was deprived of his titles and estates after taking part in the Jacobite Rising of 1715, although Panmure passed to his relatives, the Earls of Dalhousie. Between 1852 and 1855, the house was extended on the instigation of Fox Maule, by the architect David Bryce in the Scottish Baronial style.



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Old Photograph Calderwood Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Calderwood Castle, East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle was situated near the banks of the Rotten Calder Water, in what is now Calderglen Country Park. Constructed in the fifteenth century by the Maxwell family, the original building collapsed in 1773. A new castle was later rebuilt on the same site, but it eventually fell into disrepair, with the final vestiges of the castle being demolished with explosives in 1951. The Maxwell Baronetcy of Calderwood was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1627 for Sir James Maxwell, died 1670. The 2nd baronet died without issue, and was succeeded by a son of Colonel John Maxwell who died in Dunbar in 1650. The 6th baronet also died without issue, and was succeeded by the son of Alexander Maxwell of Leith, third son of 4th baronet. This line too were failed, when his grandson, the tenth Baronet died in 1885. The next holder was the afromentioned 9th Baron, who succeeded as eleventh Baronet. The title passed to the 10th Baron and continued to his descendant.



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Tour Scotland Video Andrew Baird Leif Erikson Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire


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Tour Scotland video of Andrew Baird singing a cover version of Leif Erikson by Interpol in a pub on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

She says it helps with the lights out
Her rabid glow is like braille to the night.
She swears I'm a slave to the details
But if your life is such a big joke, why should I care?

The clock is set for nine but you know you're gonna make it eight.
So that you two can take some time, teach each other to reciprocate.

She feels that my sentimental side should be held with kid gloves
But she doesn't know that I left my urge in the icebox
She swears I'm just prey for the female,
Well then hook me up and throw me, baby cakes, cuz I like to get hooked.

The clock is set for nine but you know you're gonna make it eight.
All the people that you've loved they're all bound to leave some keepsakes.
I've been swinging all the time, think it's time to learn your way.
I picture you and me together in the jungle it would be ok.

I'll bring you when my lifeboat sails through the night
That is supposing that you don't sleep tonight

It's like learning a new a language
Helps me catch up on my mime
If you don't bring up those lonely parts
This could be a good time
It's like learning a new language

You come here to me
We'll collect those lonely parts and set them down
You come here to me

She says brief things, her love's a pony
My love's subliminal

She says brief things, her love's a pony
My love's subliminal

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Tour Scotland Video Louis Davidson In the Ghetto Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire


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Tour Scotland video of Louis Davidson singing a cover version of In The Ghetto by Elvis Presley in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
A poor little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries
'cause if there's one thing that she don't need
it's another hungry mouth to feed
In the ghetto

People, don't you understand
the child needs a helping hand
or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
Take a look at you and me,
are we too blind to see,
do we simply turn our heads
and look the other way

Well the world turns
and a hungry little boy with a runny nose
plays in the street as the cold wind blows
In the ghetto

And his hunger burns
so he starts to roam the streets at night
and he learns how to steal
and he learns how to fight
In the ghetto

Then one night in desperation
a young man breaks away
He buys a gun, steals a car,
tries to run, but he don't get far
And his mama cries

As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
face down on the street with a gun in his hand
In the ghetto

As her young man dies,
on a cold and gray Chicago mornin',
another little baby child is born
In the ghetto

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Old Photograph Glen Caladh Castle Scotland

Old photographs of Glen Caladh Castle located North of the Isle of Bute, Scotland. During World War II, the castle was requisitioned for use as a training establishment by Combined Operations, becoming the Beach Pilotage School from 1942 until 1945, and as a military headquarters for units stationed in the area. The property was designated HMS James Cook, a reference to the advances in navigation skills that the founder of Australia introduced into the Royal Navy, and reflected the task of training the operators of troop landing craft to land their cargoes safely. Located just to the east, below the castle, Glen Caladh Harbour provided a convenient location to carry out training practice. The property was demolished in 1960, having been rendered unsafe by dry rot.



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Old Photograph Carraig Fhada Lighthouse Scotland

Old photograph of Carraig Fhada Lighthouse by Port Ellen, Islay, Scotland. This Scottish lighthouse was built in 1832 by Walter Frederick Campbell in memory of Lady Ellenor Campbell, his wife. There is a plaque above the door with the following inscription:

Ye who mid storms and tempests stray in
dangers midnight hour.
Behold where shines this friendly ray and
hail its guardian tower.

Tis but faint emblem of her light my fond
and faithful guide.
Whose sweet example meekin bright led
through this worlds eventful tide my happy course aright.

And still my guiding star she lives in realms
of bliss above.
Still to my heart blest influence gives and
prompts to deeds of love.

Tis she that bids me on the steep kindle this
beacons flame.
To light the wanderer o`er the deep who safe
shall bless her name.

So may sweet virtue lead your way that
when life`s voyage is o`er.
Secure like her with her you may attain the
heavenly shore.



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Old Photograph Inglismaldie Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Inglismaldie Castle near Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Inglismaldie was a fine old 16th and 17th century Scottish castle on the L-plan with angle-turrets and crow-stepped gables to which a long plain building was added at a later date. It has now been restored and converted into a modern mansion.



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Old Photograph Knock Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Knock Castle by Largs in Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built by the boat building Steele family in 1851, with a further wing added in the early twentieth century. The ruins of the seventeenth century Knock Old Castle are within the grounds. It was designed by J. T. Rochead and built in 1851 in a castellated Tudor revival style. it was extended in 1908. It was built for Robert Steele, a Greenock merchant, and his initials and crest are carved on the parapets.



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Old Photograph Tarbert Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Tarbert Castle, located on the southern shore of East Loch Tarbert, in Argyll, Scotland. This Scottish castle was a strategic royal stronghold during the Middle Ages and one of three castles at Tarbert. The castle overlooks the harbour and although pre 14th century in construction, the tower dates back to 1494 and the visit of James IV to the Western Highlands. In 712, Tarbert was burned by King Selbach mac Ferchair of Cenél Loairn and of Dál Riata and in 731 by his son, Dúngal mac Selbaig. King Edward II of England handed control of the castle to the Scottish King John II de Balliol in 1292. A fortified structure was built in Tarbert during the 13th century. It was reinforced with the addition of an outer bailey and towers in the 1320s by Robert the Bruce, to protect it against the Lords of the Isles. A towerhouse was added in the 16th century, which is the most noticeable part of the remains. The castle occupies high land above the village, providing views up Loch Fyne and beyond to the Firth of Clyde. This castle was captured from John MacDonald of Islay, Lord of the Isles by James IV of Scotland as part of his campaign to destroy the power of the Lords of the Isles in 1494. In 1687 the castle was involved in another skirmish when Walter Campbell of Skipness Castle seized it as a stronghold for Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll as part of actions in support of the Monmouth Rebellion in England.



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Tour Scotland Video Tunna Music Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire


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Tour Scotland wee compilation video of Tunna playing traditional music in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Karys Watt playing the fiddle and David Macfarlane playing guitar from the folk band Tunna. Stringed instruments have been known in Scotland from at least the Iron Age; the first evidence of lyres outwith the Greco-Roman world were found on the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, dating from 2300 BC, making it Europe's oldest surviving stringed instrument. Bards, who acted as musicians, but also as poets, story tellers, historians, genealogists and lawyers, relying on an oral tradition that stretched back generations, were found in Scotland as well as Wales and Ireland.

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Old Photograph Railway Station Dollar Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. This Scottish train station was part of the Devon Valley Railway, which closed to passengers in 1964.



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Tour Scotland Video Blues Music And Songs Pitcairngreen Perthshire


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Tour Scotland wee compilation video of Blues music and songs by the Boos Bros on visit to the Pitcairngreen Inn near Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Carlowie Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Carlowie Castle by Kirkliston village located ten miles from Edinburgh in West Lothian, Scotland. Kirkliston was the location of the first recorded Parliament in Scottish history; the Estates of Scotland met there in 1235, during the reign of Alexander II of Scotland. Carlowrie Castle, with its Italianate front façade, high balustraded turreted tower and heavy rows of corbals was completed in 1852.



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Old Photographs Barochan House Scotland

Old photograph of Barochan House near Houston village which is located six miles north-west of Paisley, Scotland. Barochan is a small village and rural area to the north-east of Houston. The surrounding country contains Barochan House, a former tower house dating back to the 16th century, and Barochan Hill which was the site of a Roman fort and used for light anti-aircraft defences during the Second World War. The hamlet surrounds the former Mill of Barochan on the Barochan Burn. Nearby was the original site of the Barochan Cross, a Celtic Christian cross possibly carved in the 8th century. It was moved a short distance in the late 19th century before being taken to Paisley Abbey for preservation.




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Tour Scotland Video Lunchtime Music And Songs Cathedral Perth Perthshire


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Tour Scotland compilation video of lunchtime music and songs on visit to the Cathedral in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Crofters Orphir Scotland

Old photograph of crofters digging for potatoes near Orphir on mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Graemeshall Mansion House Scotland

Old photograph of a Graemeshall Mansion House in Holm, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Dating back to 1626, Graemeshall Mansion House is the former home of the Lairds of Graemeshall. The lairds of eighteenth century Orkney were a local elite, whose more enterprising members showed some capacity to initiate or obstruct changes in accordance with their own interests. At first they were usually merchant lairds of Scottish descent and connections, episcopalian and Jacobitein outlook, still feuding among themselves and restive under the lordship of the Earl of Morton who held the Earldom estates of Orkney and Shetland.



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Tour Scotland March Video Coast And Cottages Pittenweem East Neuk Of Fife




Tour Scotland March video of the coast and cottages on ancestry visit to Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland March Video Walk Old Golf Course St Andrews Fife




Tour Scotland March video of a wee walk on the old golf course on visit to St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Forgue Scotland

Old photograph of the village of Forgue, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Forgue Parish Church is a rural church set high on a knoll, overlooking the small hamlet of Forgue. It sits within a rectangular graveyard, on the site of an earlier church. The former manse is a short distance to the north-west and a narrow path from the manse to the church gave access for the minister. There is open farmland around the church and it overlooks a wide valley dotted with farms and cottages. The church was built in the early 19th century to replace an older church known as St Margaret's.



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Tour Scotland Video North Aisle Stained Glass Windows Cathedral Glasgow



Tour Scotland travel video of stained glass windows in the North Aisle on ancestry visit to the Cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland. The history of the cathedral is linked with that of the city, and is allegedly located where the patron saint of Glasgow, Saint Mungo, built his church. The current congregation is part of the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Glasgow. Glasgow Cathedral is located north of High Street and east of Cathedral Street, beside the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

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Tour Scotland Video Cross And Stained Glass Windows Blacader Aisle Cathedral Glasgow




Tour Scotland video of a Cross and stained glass windows in the Blacader Aisle on ancestry visit to the Cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Blackadder, born 1445, died 1508. was Glasgow's first Archbishop and was University Chancellor from 1483 until his death. Previously Bishop of Aberdeen, Blackadder became Bishop of Glasgow in 1483. He sided with the future King James IV and rebel nobles who defeated and killed King James III at the Battle of Sauchieburn in 1488, and a grateful James IV petitioned the Pope for the see of Glasgow to be elevated to the status of archbishopric. In spite of opposition from the Archbishop of St Andrews, Blackadder became Archbishop of Glasgow in 1491. Archbishop Blackadder was responsible for the building of the Rood Screen at the entrance to the choir of Glasgow Cathedral, and the Fergus Aisle, which became known as Blackadder's Aisle. He died on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1508.

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Old Photograph Cluny Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Cluny Castle located South of Monymusk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle has been owned by three separate branches of Gordon families over the centuries, it was used to shelter Jacobite rebels in the mid 18th century. Extensive additions were made in 1820 to the design of architect John Smith when it was in the ownership of Colonel John Gordon. Two wings of the castle and the adjoining private chapel were destroyed by fire in 1926 but the damage was restored.



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Old Photograph Blackhall Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Blackhall Castle by Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built in 1771, and demolished in 1946. It was held by the Clan Russell and then by the Clan Hay. The surname Russell appears to be derived from rous which means red. The name was commonly found amongst the Normans and French people as the personal name of Rufus. Between 1164 and 1177 Walter Russel witnessed a charter in favour of Paisley Abbey near Glasgow. Mentioned in a charter of about 1180 is John, son of Robert Russel of Duncanlaw. In 1259 Robert Russel witnessed a deed relating to the lands of Threipland. In 1296 Robert Russel appears on the Ragman Rolls giving homage to Edward I of England. The name of Russel came to Aberdeenshire with one Rozel who was an English baron who fought at the siege of Berwick and the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333. Rozel subsequently settled in Scotland and obtained the estate of Aden. His family was styled Russel of that Ilk.



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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Waterfall Highlands




Tour Scotland video of Scottish waterfall not far from Loch Ness on visit to the Scottish Highlands, Scotland. The Scottish Highlands are a historic region of Scotland. The region became culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands. The term is also used for the area north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east. The Great Glen divides the Grampian Mountains to the South East from the Northwest Highlands. The Scottish Gaelic name of A' GhĂ idhealtachd literally means " the place of the Gaels " and traditionally, from a Gaelic speaking point of view, includes both the Western Isles and the Highlands.

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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Eagle Loch Ness Scottish Highlands




Tour Scotland video of Scottish Eagle by Loch Ness on visit to the Scottish Highlands, Scotland.

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