Early Winter Road Trip Drive With Music On B827 To Visit White Church In Comrie Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K travel video of an early Winter road trip drive, with music, North on the B827 road through Braco on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the White Church in Comrie in the Southern Highlands of Perthshire. The White Church, the former parish kirk, with its prominent tower and spire is situated on the roadside of the ancient churchyard at the heart of the village. This is an early Christian site, dedicated to the obscure early Saint Kessog or Mokessog, who may have flourished in the 8th century. The B827 road starts on the old military road just north of Braco, amongst the Roman camps and forts that sit in the hills here, and head west up the valley of the River Knaik. At first, the river is not visible, but after a few bends and the first few farms are passed, the landscape opens up and the river can be seen in the valley below. The road tightly hugs the contours curving in and out around tributary streams, and then running past a forestry plantation where a small parking area offers a viewpoint. The road reaches the headwaters of the River Knaik, and the gradient, which was not really steep, levels off as we curve round to the north. Suddenly the landscape closes in on this little road, and the descent begins, with sharp bends under trees. It is a shame that the road demands so much attention, as the view northwards to the hills and mountains of the Highlands is breathtaking. The road then levels out and curves gently round the hill, before plunging down through more trees and past a few farms. The road then runs to Dalginross Bridge across the River Earn, to the little town of Comrie. Located on the Highland Boundary Fault, the village of Comrie experiences more earth tremors than anywhere else in Britain. It is twinned with Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada. The surname Comrie was first found in Perthshire, Gaelic: Siorrachd Pheairt, former county in the present day Council Area of Perth and Kinross, located in central Scotland in the parish of Comrie. The name is derived from a Gaelic term signifying Confluence, used in this instance in reference to the junction of the rivers Earn, Ruchill, and Lednock near the site of the church of Comrie. Spelling variations of the name Comrie include Comri, Comry, Combry, Comerie, Comerbrie, Cumry, Comrie, Comrye, Comerye, Comerbry, Cromerbyre, Combrie, Combrai, Comrai, Comraie, Combraie, Combrey, Comerie and many more. William Comrie landed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1840; David Comrie, born 1825, aged 36, was a Scottish ploughman, from Dumbarton who travelled from London, England, aboard the ship Royal Stuart arriving in Lyttlelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 8th October 1861; Mary Comrie, born 1831, aged 30, was a Scottish settler, from Dumbarton who travelled from London, England, aboard the ship Royal Stuart arriving in Lyttlelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 8th October 1861; Ann Comrie, born 1849, aged 21, was a Scottish dairy maid, from Perthshire who travelled from London aboard the ship Ramsey arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 17th June 1870. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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