Road Trip Drive With Music To Visit Bridge Of Awe In Argyll And Bute Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland early Autumn travel video, with Scottish music, of a road trip drive on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to the small village of Bridge of Awe, in the Argyll and Bute Highlands. One of the oldest Argyll clans, the Clan Macarthur owned lands in this area Awe which was populated in close proximity with Clan MacGregor, Clan Campbell and Clan Stewart. It was from nearby Loch Awe and surrounding area that Clan Campbell established itself as a powerful family. In 1308, Robert the Bruce defeated the Clan MacDougall at the Battle of the Pass of Brander. The river Awe is accompanied for much of its length both by the railway from Glasgow to Oban and by the A85 road both of which cross the river halfway along its length. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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