Autumn Sunset Behind Friarton Bridge On History To River Tay Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Autumn travel video, with beautiful Scottish music, of sunset behind the Friarton Bridge on history visit and trip to the River Tay, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. This Scottish bridge is a light weight concrete road bridge located on outskirts of Perth, Scotland, approximately 20 miles upstream of the Tay Road Bridge. The bridge was constructed by the Miller Group and engineered by Andrew Stevenson, and is the first light weight concrete bridge built in Europe. It is part of the important east coast road corridor from Edinburgh through to Dundee and Aberdeen. Scottish Gaelic: Tatha, it is the longest river in Scotland and the seventh longest in the United Kingdom. The Tay originates in western Scotland on the slopes of Ben Lui mountain, Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Laoigh, then flows easterly across the Highlands, through Loch Dochart, Loch Iubhair and Loch Tay, then continues east through Strathtay, in the centre of Scotland, then south east through Perth, where it becomes tidal, to its mouth at the Firth of Tay, south of Dundee in Tayside. 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. Meteorological Autumn or Fall is different from standard and astronomical Autumn and begins September 1 and ends November 30 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 Bridge On History Visit To Glen Beg Aberdeenshire Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Autumn travel video of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and Sporran and walking by trees and on the iron bridge in Glen Beg on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Ballochbuie Forest, Aberdeenshire, Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. The spans the spectacular waterfall of Garbh Allt, historically spelled Garravalt. Queen Victoria was exceptionally fond of the pristine pine forest and the dramatic waterfalls. She regularly visited the area to sketch, record thoughts in her journal, and enjoy the scenery. To facilitate easier access and capture the best panoramic perspectives of the rushing cascades, Queen Victoria commissioned a permanent, elegant footbridge in 1878. The bridge is a decorative, cast iron segmental arch structure featuring intricate railings. It was manufactured and cast by the renowned Blaikie Brothers of Aberdeen, and it still bears its original 1878 maker’s nameplate today. Locally, the iron bridge earned the whimsical nickname Queen Victoria's Bridge to Nowhere. While an established, clear walking path leads visitors through the woods directly up to the bridge, there is no formal path continuing on the opposite side of the water. It was designed purely as a scenic viewing platform to overlook the roaring falls. Glen Beg often anglicised or referred to in documents as Glen Beag, meaning small glen in Scottish Gaelic is a scenic valley tucked within the the Balmoral Estate in Aberdeenshire. It forms an integral part of the royal estate’s landscape, steeped in rich Highland heritage, clan conflicts, and royal patronage. Before becoming a royal sanctuary, the area surrounding Glen Beg and the broader Deeside region was home to early Pictish tribes. By the medieval period, it fell under the control of powerful local Scottish clans, most notably Clan Farquharson and Clan Gordon. The land encompassing Glen Beg was part of the Ballochbuie Forest, historically owned by the Farquharsons of Invercauld. Local legend holds that in the 17th century, the Farquharson laird sold the entirety of Ballochbuie Forest to the Earl of Mar in exchange for a plaid, a traditional tartan garment or kilt or to clear a minor debt. This led to the famous local saying that Ballochbuie was the bonniest plaid in Scotland because of the vast, invaluable pine forest given away for so little. 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. Meteorological Autumn or Fall is different from standard and astronomical Autumn and begins September 1 and ends November 30 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 Torwoodlee Tower On History Visit To Borders Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Autumn travel video of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and Sporran and walking by trees and Torwoodlee Tower on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Scottish Borders, Britain, United Kingdom. The Pringle family first established a stronghold at Torwoodlee in the early 1500s. However, life in the lawless Scottish Borders was incredibly volatile. In 1568, a devastating force of roughly 300 Border Reivers, composed of the Elliot and Armstrong clans viciously attacked the estate. They plundered over £1,000 in silver, money, and horses, brutally murdered the Laird, George Pringle, and burned the original tower to the ground. In 1601, George Pringle, the 4th Laird, built the Torwoodlee Tower whose ruins still stand today. Crucially, its design reflected changing political times. Anticipating that King James VI of Scotland would soon inherit the English throne, which occurred in 1603, and bring peace to the border country, Pringle designed a building focused more on luxury and prestige than heavy warfare. George Pringle, the 6th Laird, was a staunch Protestant. When in 1663 the Earl of Argyll escaped imprisonment from Edinburgh Castle following the Test Act, George sheltered him at Torwoodlee, providing food, money, and a guide to flee south. This act made Pringle a wanted man. In 1684 implicated in further anti popery plotting against the Stuart monarchy, George Pringle was forced to flee to Holland, and the Crown temporarily confiscated the Torwoodlee lands. He returned after the Revolution of 1688 to reclaim his estate. As the need for defensive fortresses entirely faded, the family abandoned the tower in 1783 to move into the newly constructed, grand Georgian property nearby, known as Torwoodlee House. Left to the elements, the tower gradually fell into a romantic ruin. Clan Pringle is an ancient and historic Lowland Scottish family deeply rooted in the Scottish Borders, particularly within the Tweed Valley and Gala Water areas. Unlike the typical Highland clans structured around remote mountain territories and fierce clan chiefs, the Pringles were a prominent Border kindred, a family of landed gentry, royal servants, and defenders of the volatile Anglo Scottish frontier. The surname Pringle did not originate from the word pilgrim, despite a popular historical theory linked to their heraldry. Instead, it is a habitational name derived from Hoppringle or Hoppringill, an old landholding in the parish of Stow, located north of Galashiels. The name comes from the Middle English hop, meaning a small, enclosed valley, paired with an Old Norse personal name. 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. Meteorological Autumn or Fall is different from standard and astronomical Autumn and begins September 1 and ends November 30 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 Whytbank Tower On History Visit To Borders Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Autumn travel video of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and Sporran and walking by trees and Whytbank Tower on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Scottish Borders, Britain, United Kingdom. A classic 16th century Scottish Borders peel tower located near the village of Clovenfords in Selkirkshire, Scotland. Historically serving as a fortified residence for the powerful Pringle family, the tower sits on the remote eastern slopes of Knowes Hill, an elevated position that naturally enhanced its defensive capabilities. The land surrounding Whytbank originally formed part of the Forest of Ettrick, a vast royal hunting ground managed under early medieval forest laws. Settlements in this area began as forest steads, parcels of land leased out annually by the Crown. In 1510, the prominent Pringle family acquired heritable heritable rights feud to the Whytbank estate. This permanent possession allowed James Pringle, son of David Pringle of Smailholm and Galashiels, to build the stone tower house later in the 16th century to fortify and secure his family's new estate. The Pringle family held the estate for generations, moving their primary seat to the nearby classical Georgian classical mansion, Yair House, in 1788. Following their move, Whytbank Tower was abandoned to the elements and fell into a highly dilapidated, ruined state. Clan Pringle is an ancient and historic Lowland Scottish family deeply rooted in the Scottish Borders, particularly within the Tweed Valley and Gala Water areas. Unlike the typical Highland clans structured around remote mountain territories and fierce clan chiefs, the Pringles were a prominent Border kindred, a family of landed gentry, royal servants, and defenders of the volatile Anglo Scottish frontier. The surname Pringle did not originate from the word pilgrim, despite a popular historical theory linked to their heraldry. Instead, it is a habitational name derived from Hoppringle or Hoppringill, an old landholding in the parish of Stow, located north of Galashiels. The name comes from the Middle English hop, meaning a small, enclosed valley, paired with an Old Norse personal name. 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. Meteorological Autumn or Fall is different from standard and astronomical Autumn and begins September 1 and ends November 30 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 Elibank Castle On History Visit To Borders Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Autumn travel video of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and Sporran and walking by trees and a Elibank Castle on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Scottish Borders, Britain, United Kingdom. The ruins overlooking the River Tweed Valley in Selkirkshire was originally known as Eliburn and in 1511 King James IV granted a charter of the lands and forests of Aleburne to Catherine Douglas, the widow of John Liddale, and their son, also John. The charter obliged them to build upon their property an adequate house of stone and lime, with a hall, chamber, barn, cattle-shed, stable, dovecot, garden, orchards and beehive. In 1514 the property passed to Sir Gideon Murray of Glenpoit. He drastically remodeled and expanded the original structures, completing a substantial four-storey L-plan tower house by 1595 and renaming the estate Elibank. Built during the waning years of the violent Border Reivers era, Elibank's thick walls, vaulted basements, and commanding valley views were designed to protect against local cattle raiding and territorial feuds. In the early 1600s, following the Union of the Crowns, Elibank Castle served as a vital link in a defensive signaling chain along the Tweed Valley. If English raiders were spotted, the tower would light a warning beacon to alert neighbouring fortresses. Sir Gideon Murray's daughter, Agnes, nicknamed Muckle Mouthed Meg due to her large mouth, was considered difficult to marry off. When a handsome young rival neighbor, William Scott of Harden, was caught red handed stealing Murray's cattle, Sir Gideon threw him into the castle dungeon and threatened to hang him. Sir Gideon's wife intervened, suggesting that instead of hanging the young reiver, they should force him to marry Meg. Given the choice between the gallows or marriage, Scott chose Meg, and the couple reportedly went on to have a long, very happy marriage. Sir Gideon’s son, Patrick Murray, was elevated to become the first Lord Elibank in 1643. However, the family later shifted their primary residency elsewhere. Deprived of upkeep, the castle was abandoned and recorded as completely derelict and ruinous by 1722. 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. Meteorological Autumn or Fall is different from standard and astronomical Autumn and begins September 1 and ends November 30 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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