Tour Scotland Video Unicorn Errol Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the Unicorn at the top of the mercat cross on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Errol, Perthshire, Scotland. The Unicorn was believed to be the natural enemy of the lion, a symbol that the English royals adopted. According to folklore, the lion and the unicorn hated each other, a tradition going back to the ancient Babylonians in 3,500 B.C. The Unicorn became Scotland’s national animal in the late 1300s. Errol is twinned with Mardié, a village on the Loire near Orléans in France. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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