Autumn Road Trip Drive With Bagpipes Music East On A94 On History Visit To Strathmore Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Autumn travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, East on the A94 route, between Coupar Angus and Meigle, on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Strathmore, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The road passes through the wide, flat agricultural valley of Strathmore and East Perthshire. It serves as a quieter, scenic tourist alternative to the busier A90 trunk road via Dundee. The name Strathmore refers to a major lowland valley skirting the Highland boundary in Angus and Perthshire. This is Clan Lyon country a family of Norman origin, descending from the French family de Leon, who arrived in England during the 1066 Conquest. Around 1105, Roger de Leonne moved north to Scotland and was granted lands in Perthshire. Sir John Lyon was famously known as the White Lyon due to his remarkably fair complexion. Sir John later became the Chamberlain of Scotland and married the King's daughter, Princess Jean, firmly embedding the family into Scottish royalty. He was later killed in a feud with Sir James Lindsay of Crawford. John, the 4th Earl of Lyon, strongly opposed the 1707 Treaty of Union between Scotland and England. His son fought as a Jacobite during the 1715 Rising and died at the Battle of Sheriffmuir defending his regiment's colours. 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. 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 Church On History Visit To Kettleholm Galloway Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Autumn travel video of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and Sporran and walking by trees and church on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Kettleholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Britain, United Kingdom. The original parish church was founded around 1120 and sat north of the River Annan. The area was historically known as Abermilk, signifying the convergence of the Water of Milk and the River Annan and later Castlemilk. In 1174, Robert de Bruce confirmed the church to the Bishop of Glasgow. In the 17th century, the parish officially adopted the name of Saint Mungo, also known as Kentigern, the 6th-century patron saint of Glasgow. In the 1840s, a new parish church was built closer to Kettleholm. However, by the 1870s, it was converted into the St Mungo Primary School to make way for a grander building. The present St Mungo’s Parish Church was built between 1875 and 1877 under the wealthy patronage of the Right Honourable Robert Jardine MP of Castlemilk. It was designed by the celebrated Scottish architect David Bryce in the Late Scots Gothic style. Built using buff rock-faced sandstone, the church features a distinct box design with a north-east tower and a prominent western entrance porch. The porch is ornately decorated with corner buttresses, crocketed pinnacles, and grotesque carved heads. 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 Carsluith Castle On History Visit To Dumfries and Galloway Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Autumn travel video of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and Sporran and walking by trees and Carsluith Castle on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Dumfries and Galloway, Britain, United Kingdom. The castle began as a simple, oblong, three storey stone block. It was built by James Lindsay of Fairgirth, the Chamberlain of Galloway, whose family held the lands at the time. The estate passed by marriage to the Broun or Brown family in the early 1500s. Around 1568, they converted the building into an L-shaped tower house. The Brouns engaged in a bloody, generations-long feud with the Protestant McCullochs of nearby Barholm Castle. In 1579, John Broun was heavily fined after his son skipped court to avoid a murder charge for killing the McCulloch laird. The castle’s most famous resident was likely Gilbert Broun, the last Abbot of Sweetheart Abbey. He fiercely resisted the Reformation, continuing to celebrate illegal Catholic Masses. He was accused of hiding Jesuit priests at Carsluith and was arrested in 1605, eventually dying in exile in Paris, France. The Broun family occupied the castle until 1748, when James Broun, a London merchant, sold the estate to finance the family's emigration to India. The castle was never lived in again. 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 Little Dalton Kirk On History Visit To Galloway Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Autumn travel video of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and Sporran and walking by trees and Little Dalton Kirk on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Dumfries and Galloway, Britain, United Kingdom. The original church was constructed in the 12th or 13th century. The current roofless ruins primarily date back to a significant reconstruction in the 15th century, with minor stabilization added during the Victorian era. The kirk originally served a small, rural crofting community known as the village of Little Dalton. Over the generations, the local population gradually moved away from the settlement. Though the church was abandoned in 1633, the enclosed graveyard surrounding it remained an active burial ground for more than 150 years, with the last recorded burial occurring in 1788. The site formed part of the Holmains Estate and served as the historic burial ground for the Carruthers of Holmains family, who were prominent local landowners and vassals to the Lord of Annandale. 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 Glenquicken Stone Circle On History Visit To Galloway Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Autumn travel video of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and Sporran and walking by Glenquicken Stone Circle on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Dumfries and Galloway, Britain, United Kingdom. Also known as the Billy Diamond’s Bridge stone circle, it is a remarkably well preserved prehistoric monument located on Cambret Moor near Creetown. It stands as a striking testament to Neolithic or Bronze Age architecture and ritual layout. 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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