Scotsman Walking Wearing Kilt In Garden On Spring History Visit To Edzell Castle Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Spring travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a Kilt and Sporran and walking by daffodils, flowers and fountain in a walled garden on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Edzell Castle, Angus, Britain, United Kingdom. Sir David Lindsay, a scholar and traveller, designed the garden to be both a recreational retreat and a intellectual showcase of European Renaissance ideas, incorporating influences from German, French, and classical traditions. The red sandstone walls are embellished with carved panels representing the Seven Planetary Deities, the Seven Liberal Arts, and the Seven Cardinal Virtues. The walls feature 72 square niches designed to hold flowers creating a striking visual display. While the castle began as a 16th century tower house, the addition of the garden marked its evolution into a fashionable, comfortable country house rather than a purely defensive fortress. Following financial difficulties, the Lindsays sold the castle in 1715. The garden is considered a reflection of the intellectual, social, and political ambitions of the time, often associated with Neo-stoicism and a celebration of learning. 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. The date for astronomical Spring is 20th March, ending on 21st June All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Scotsman Walking Wearing Kilt In Woodland On Spring History Visit To Yester Castle Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Spring travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a Kilt and Sporran and walking in woodland on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Yester Castle near Gifford, East Lothian, Britain, United Kingdom. The castle was built by Sir Hugo de Gifford, a Norman immigrant descendant. Known as the " Wizard of Yester, " he was rumored to have created the Goblin Ha' chamber using magic and a pact with the devil. The fortress was significant during the Scottish Wars of Independence, captured by the English and later retaken by Scots in 1311. By the 15th century, the castle passed to the Hay family, later Marquesses of Tweeddale. In the middle of the 16th century, the castle was heavily involved in conflicts and eventually abandoned . In the late 17th century, the 1st Earl and 1st Marquess of Tweeddale planted over 6,000 acres of woodland. 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. The date for astronomical Spring is 20th March, ending on 21st June All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Scotsman Walking Wearing Kilt In Garden On Spring History Visit To Threave Castle Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Spring travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a Kilt and Sporran and walking by daffodils and flowers in a garden on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Threave Castle, Dunfries and Galloway, Britain, United Kingdom. Built around 1369 by Archibald ' the Grim ' the 3rd Earl of Douglas, the keep was the primary power base for the formidable Black Douglases. King James II launched a full scale artillery campaign to dismantle the power of the Black Douglases. The castle's innovative outer artillery wall famously held off royal forces for two months before the defenders finally surrendered, not due to military breach, but because they accepted a bribe. It later passed to the Maxwell family, who held it until 1640. During the Bishops' Wars, a royalist garrison was besieged by Covenanters for 13 weeks. Following their surrender, the castle was purposefully " slighted " partially dismantled to prevent it from being used as a fortification again. In 1867, a wealthy businessman named William Gordon purchased the 1,500 acre estate. He constructed the grand Scottish Baronial-style Threave House in 1872 and laid the groundwork for the formal lawns and the famous daffodil bank. 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. The date for astronomical Spring is 20th March, ending on 21st June 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 To The Parish Church On History Visit To Boarhills Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Spring travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive North on the A917 route to the church on ancestry visit to Boarhills, Fife, Britain United Kingdom. Boarhills Church lies south east of St Andrews, close to the A917. It is oriented east west and was built south west of the village of Boarhills by the local architect, George Rae between 1866 and 1868. The Reverend Robert Skinner, an Episcopal minister writing in 1870, describes the discovery of stone cists at the site of a new chapel at Chesterhill, which is almost certainly the church at Boarhills. The presence of the cists suggests that the graveyard is older than the present building and that there was probably an earlier building on the site. There are graveyards to the north and south, the latter still in use. All of the gravestones face East. 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. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March, ending on Tuesday 21st June All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Spring Road Trip Drive On History Visit To Church Upper Largo East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Spring travel video, with Scottish music, of a road trip drive to the parish church and graveyard on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Upper Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. The original cemetery was the graveyard that surrounds Largo Kirk. The new cemetery was opened in 1859 and, involved the architect George Birrell, son of Hugh Birrell a builder architect based in Drumeldrie. The Patron Saint of Largo, Largauch, is Saint Leonard who was born in 496 AD and died 559 AD. He was a Frankish saint closely associated with the town and abbey of Saint Leonard de Noblat in Haute Vienne in the Limousin region of France. Largo along with Kilconquhar, Maybole and Logie was given to the Monastery of the Cisterian Order of Nuns of St Mary at North Berwick by Earl Duncan II of Fife. This was confirmed by Bishop William Malvoisin of St Andrews between 1204 and 1228 with the stipulation that the nuns must preserve the vicarage at Largo to the south west of the church held by Master Hugh the physician, for his lifetime, thereafter present a suitable vicar to hold the vicarage for the service of the parish church. There is some evidence that the church had been established in Largo in the reign of King Angus of Scotland. The church was reconsecrated by David de Bernham, Bishop of St Andrews on Friday 17 th July 1243. The oldest existing part of the building is the Chancel which was built in 1623. It is possible that as the walls are thicker at the bottom this constituted part of the original building. The steeple dates from 1628 and the bell from 1636. It was possibly enlarged about 1688. The wall around the graveyard dates to 1657, as attested by a tablet set into the West wall just north of the steps leading up to the church. It has two early nineteenth century gatehouses set into the walls at the north east entrance. The Largo Stone is protected by a metal grille. In front of the west elevation is a grave of the Selkirk family, surrounded by seashells. Alexander Selkirk, whom Daniel Defoe immortalised as Robinson Crusoe, was formerly a member of this parish. The churchyard, which is no longer in use, has a number of eighteenth century gravestones with interesting mortality carvings. Sir Andrew Wood, who became Lord High Admiral of Scotland. Following a series of successful naval engagements was granted the lands of Largo in 1490 by King James IV. The Durham family owned the lands of Largo from the mid 17th Century to the middle of the 19th Century. The most famous members of the family, and true brothers in arms, were James, born in 1754 who served in the army for 70 years, being made a general in 1830. His younger brother Philip was born in 1763, and after a lifetime of naval service including captaining the Defiance at Trafalgar, was made an admiral in 1830. . 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. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March, ending on Tuesday 21st June All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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