Spring Road Trip Drive To Visit Scone Palace By Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland Spring travel video, with Scottish music, of a May road trip drive through the Fair City of Perth and the long driveway on ancestry visit to historic Scone Palace, by Perth, Perthshire. Scone Palace, which is a historic house was constructed, by recasting a 16th century palace, in 1808 for the Earls of Mansfield by William Atkinson. Built of red sandstone with a castellated roof, it is a classic example of the late Georgian Gothic style. In the Middle Ages the land was the site of a major Augustinian abbey, Scone Abbey, nothing now remains above ground level, the crowning place of the Kings of the Scots, on the Stone of Destiny, down to King Alexander III. The surname Mansfield was first found in Nottinghamshire, England. The various spellings include Mansfield, Manfield, Mansfeild and others. Richard Mansfield, a baker, arrived in New South Wales, Australia sometime between 1825 and 1832; Thomas Mansfield landed in Wellington, New Zealand in 1844; Ann Mansfield, aged 44, arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship Maori in 1864; John Mansfield arrived in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1749; Peter Mansfield landed in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1822; Margaret Murphy Mansfield arrived in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1840; Davy Mansfield landed in Virginia, America, in 1623; Robert Mansfield settled in Lynn Massachusetts, America, in 1630; Thomas and Jane Mansfield settled in Virginia, America, in 1634; John Mansfield settled in Boston, America, in 1634. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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