Winter Road Trip Drive With Music On B827 On History Visit To Comrie Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K travel video of a sunny and beautiful Winter road trip drive, with Scottish music, North on the B827 road on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Comrie in the Southern Highlands of Perthshire. The 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. Several traces of camps and fortifications, some of which have been recently obliterated by the operations of husbandry, connect it with the military enterprises of the ancient Romans. The recorded 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. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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