Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old Photograph Orphir Scotland
Old photograph of Orphir round church on mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland. This is the remains of the only surviving circular church in Scotland. It was built in the first half of the 12th century and dedicated to St Nicholas. John Rae, born 30th September 1813, died 22nd July 1893, was a Scottish doctor who explored Northern Canada, surveyed parts of the Northwest Passage and reported the fate of the Franklin Expedition. He was born at the Hall of Clestrain in the parish of Orphir. After studying medicine at Edinburgh University he went to work for the Hudson's Bay Company as a doctor, accepting a post as surgeon at Moose Factory, Ontario, where he remained for ten years.
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