Old Photograph Tower of Scolty Scotland

Old photograph of the Tower of Scolty located South of Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish tower on Scolty hill was built in 1840 as a memorial to General Burnett who fought alongside Wellington. Burnett is an English surname. It is derived from a nickname from the Old French burnete, brunette, which is a diminutive of brun meaning " brown ", " dark brown ". Another proposed origin of the name is from burnete, a high quality wool cloth originally dyed to a dark brown colour.



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