Moon Rising Above Pitcur Castle Strathmore Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video of the moon rising above Pitcur castle on ancestry visit to Strathmore, Perthshire. Since the Moon has no light of its own but merely reflects sunlight, we see a full Moon rise in the East when the Sun is setting in the West. The Castle of Pitcur is a high square tower, now in ruins. It was probably built in the early 16th century. The lands of Pitcur are on record in 1315; in 1432 they passed by marriage from the family of Chisholm to Halyburton. In 1680 the family moved to nearby Hallyburton House and the estate was sold to Graham Menzies, an Edinburgh whisky distiller. The surname Halyburton was first found in Berwickshire.

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