Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of a Medieval Cross Slab carved stone on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Abercorn in West Lothian. This stone found and then used as cope stones in the parapet of the bridge over the Midhope Burn in front of the gates to Midhope Castle, and taken to Abercorn Church in 1934. The stone is all carved in relief with a plain roll moulding at the corners and an inner roll moulding to frame the panels of ornament. The stone is carved with many panels with patterns of turned interlace. Religion and what people believed in the middle ages was extremely important to them all over Europe and none more so than in Medieval Scotland. Those who were the most dedicated would give up everything to take holy vows to become a monk or a nun, while others would work in monasteries in a lay capacity. When it came to places of worship Medieval Scotland was littered with churches, monasteries, cathedrals, shrines, holy wells and burial grounds. Ordinary Scots would go on pilgrimages to holy shrines in order to receive special graces from God. Their greatest fear was that of the devil and hell therefore prayer and sacrifice became a mainstay of their lives. Nobles would sponsor pilgrimages, while pilgrims would sow lead pilgrim badges into their clothing in order to gain protection from a saint. Throughout the year there were many festivals and religious feasts celebrating the lives of saints with the patron saint of Scotland being Saint Andrew who was a Christian apostle. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Abercorn is one of several Outlander locations in the surrounding locality.
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