Ben Peach And John Horne Memorial With Music On History Visit To Sutherland Highlands Scotland

Tour Scotland very short 4K Summer travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the Ben N Peach and John Horne memorial on ncestry, geology, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Inchnadamph in Assynt in the North West Sutherland Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. Thay played the foremost part in unravelling the geological structure of the North West Highlands bewteen 1883 and 1897. This international tribute. was erected 1930. Benjamin Neeve Peach was born at Gorran Haven in Cornwall, England, on 6 September 1842 to Jemima Mabson and Charles William Peach, an amateur British naturalist and geologist. He was educated at the Royal School of Mines in London and then joined the Geological Survey in 1862 as a geologist, moving to the Scottish branch in 1867. He is best remembered for his work on the Northwest Highlands and Southern Uplands with his friend and colleague John Horne,. Ben died of a cerebral thrombosis at his niece's house at 33 Comiston Drive on 29 January 1926. He is buried in Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh. John Horne was born on 1 January 1848, in Campsie, Stirlingshire, the son of Janet (née Braid) and James Horne of Newmill, a farmer. He was educated at the High School, Glasgow, and the University of Glasgow where he studied under Lord Kelvin. He left university without graduating at the age on 19. In 1867 he joined the Scottish Branch of HM Geological Survey as an assistant and became an apprentice to Ben Peach. The two soon became good friends and collaborators. Horne was involved in mapping the Central Lowlands. Horne was a logical thinker and writer, complementing Peach's skills of resolving the internal structure of mountains by looking at the surface rocks. Horne was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1881. John Horne died on 30 May 1928 in Edinburgh. 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. @tourscotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Entrance To The Bone Caves With Music On History Visit To Sutherland Highlands Scotland

Tour Scotland very short 4K Summer travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the entrance to the bone caves on ancestry, geology, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Inchnadamph in Assynt in the North West Sutherland Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. The Bone Caves of Inchnadamph contain relics of Eurasian lynx, brown bear, Arctic fox, reindeer, dated to 47,000 BCE, the only evidence of polar bears so far found in Scotland, and human skeletons dated to the 3rd millennium BCE. The skeleton of a bear thought to be 11,000 years old or more was removed from the caves in 2008. The bones were found by cavers in 1995, deep in the Uamh an Claonaite system and It is presumed the animal died while hibernating, and that its body was later washed further into the underground network. The name Inchnadamph is an anglicisation of the Gaelic name Innis nan Damh meaning meadow of the stags. Assynt is a remote area with a low population density. 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. @tourscotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Beaches And Cliffs On Handa Island On Visit Off The West Coast Of Sutherland Highlands Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of beaches, sea, cliffs and seabirds on Handa Island on ancestry, genealogy family history visit and trip off the West coast and waters of the Sutherland Scottish Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. Handa with over 400 feet high steep cliffs measures about a mile by a mile and a half. Each summer, nearly 100,000 seabirds breed here, including internationally important numbers of guillemots, razorbills and great skuas. These dramatic cliffs provide stunning ocean panoramas. The island's name is of mixed Gaelic and Norse origin and means " island at the sandy river " It had a population of 65 in 1841, but following the 1847 potato famine the inhabitants emigrated to Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, Canada. In some ways this is surprising, since it is recorded that the islanders had a fairly varied diet including oats, fish and seabirds, rather than depending heavily on a potato crop. The islanders had a parliament, similar to that of St Kilda, which met daily, and the oldest widow on the island was considered its Queen. Anciently the island was used as a burial place, and there are still the remains of a chapel in the south east, commemorated in the name Tràigh an Teampaill. The use of Handa as burial place is thought to be due to the fact that wolves would dig up graves on the mainland so frequently that the inhabitants of Eddrachillis resorted to burying their dead on the island. 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. @tourscotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Glencoul Loch And Mountains With Music On History Visit To The North West Highlands Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of Glencoul Loch and Mountains on ancestry, geology, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the North West Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. Geologists love the area that surrounds Loch Glencoul, as it has some of the oldest and fascinating rock formations in the world. Every year, thousands of geologists flock to study the mountains in this area, including Beinn ard da loch, which is over 500 million years old. The North-west Highlands, which are part of an ancient mountain range, the Caledonides, formed about 430 million years ago. Here the roots of the mountains are now exposed at the surface and have become world famous for their clear display of thrust relationships on an Alpine scale. The Lewisian, Torridon and Cambro Ordovician rocks to the west of the Moine Thrust Zone behaved like the stationary jaw of the vice, forming a stable continental block known as a foreland. Far away to the east, another continental mass approached, pushing westwards like the moving jaw of the vice. This pushed the Moine rocks westwards as a sheet along the Moine Thrust and onto the foreland. As compression continued, other major thrusts developed deeper down, taking the easy route provided by weak rocks, such as the Fucoid Beds. Within the Moine Thrust Zone, the rocks of the underlying foreland were thus sliced into sheets and piled up in a different order from that in which they were originally laid down. 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. @tourscotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Derelict Cottages On Handa Island On Visit Off The West Coast Of Sutherland Highlands Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video clip, with Scottish music, of derelict Crofters cottages on Handa Island on visit and trip off the West coast and waters of the Sutherland Scottish Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. The island's name is of mixed Gaelic and Norse origin and means " island at the sandy river " It had a population of 65 in 1841, when it was cleared by the landlord, Lord Reay and it then became part of the Badnabay sheep farm. Following bankruptcy of the sheep farmer, the landlord considered the most profitable use of the island was to divide it into crofts. There was some kind of competition held and the island was resettled in 1828. The following year the island was sold to Marquis of Stafford who later became the Duke of Sutherland. And following the 1847 potato famine the inhabitants emigrated to Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, Canada. The islanders had a parliament, similar to that of St Kilda, which met daily, and the oldest widow on the island was considered its Queen. Anciently the island was used as a burial place, and there are still the remains of a chapel in the south east, commemorated in the name Tràigh an Teampaill. The use of Handa as burial place is thought to be due to the fact that wolves would dig up graves on the mainland so frequently that the inhabitants of Eddrachillis resorted to burying their dead on the island. 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. @tourscotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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