Summer Road Trip Drive North Over Queensferry Crossing On History Visit To Firth Of Forth Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive North to visit and cross the Queensferry Crossing Road Bridge which spans the Firth of Forth, Britain, United Kingdom. The Queensferry Crossing is a road bridge built alongside the existing Forth Road Bridge which carries the M90 motorway across the Firth of Forth between Lothian, at South Queensferry, into Fife and onwards to Perthshire, at North Queensferry. The bridge is 683 feet high above high tide, equivalent to approximately 48 London buses stacked on top of each other and 25% higher than existing Forth Road Bridge. It is estimated the construction involved approximately 10 million man hours. The Queensferry Crossing is 33 miles from Perth, Perthshire 14 miles from Edinburgh and 47 miles from Glasgow. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip. Summer in Scotland officially runs from June through August All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Scotsman Walking Wearing Kilt By Unstan Chambered Cairn On History Visit To Orkney Scotland

Tour Scotland very short 4K travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a Kilt and and Sporran and walking by Unstan Chambered Cairn on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to mainland Orkney Islands, Britain, United Kingdom. It is a 5,000 year old Neolithic burial monument built roughly between 3400 BC and 2800 BC, and the tomb is famous in the archaeological world for its unique hybrid architecture and for giving its name to a distinctive style of Stone Age pottery known as Unstan WaF Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Scotsman Walking Wearing Kilt On Sutor Headland On Summer History Visit To Cromarty Firth Scotland

Tour Scotland very short Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a Kilt and and Sporran and walking on Sutor headland on the coast on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the coast of Cromarty Firth, Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. The name " Sutor " derives from the Scots word for " shoemaker. " Local folklore claims the headlands were used as workbenches by two giant cobblers who tossed their tools to each other across the firth. The Cromarty Firth is an inlet of the Moray Firth. It was formed at the same time as Loch Ness and is a deep natural harbor. In 1912, it became a naval base. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. Summer in Scotland officially runs from June through August All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Scotsman Walking Wearing Kilt On Eshaness On Summer History Visit To Shetland Islands Scotland

Tour Scotland very short 4K Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a Kilt and and Sporran and walking by cliffs and lighthouse at Eshaness on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to coast of Shetland Islands, Britain, United Kingdom. Lighthouse was built by David Alan Stevenson and Charles Stevenson. Esha Ness, also spelled Eshaness, is a peninsula on the west coast of Northmavine, on the island of Mainland, Shetland. It is located to the north west of St Magnus Bay, and to the north of Papa Stour. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. Summer in Scotland officially runs from June through August All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Road Trip Drive With Music On History Visit To Errol Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, East on St Madoes Road on ancestry, genealogy, history visit Errol in Carse and Gowrie, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The Errol family name was first used by descendants of the Pictish people of ancient Scotland. It is a name for someone who lived in the lands of Errol in Perthshire. The family is not directly related to the Lords of Errol, who are in fact a part of the Scottish Hay clan. Errol Parish can be dated back to the creation of a barony by William the Lion granted to the Hay family in the twelfth century. A descendant, in James II's reign, was created Earl of Errol. A local landowner and farmer was the biological scientist Patrick Matthew, born 1790, died 1874, who planted a large orchard at Gourdiehill, Grange, Errol. A former student of Edinburgh University, he made scientific observations of his orchards and wrote On Naval Timber and Arboriculture in 1831 which included early descriptions of a process of natural selection. He is credited with being the first person to bring Giant Redwood seeds to the UK. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. Summer in Scotland officially runs from June through August All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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