Tour Scotland 4K travel video of a Summer road trip drive, with Scottish music, West on the A977 road on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Blairingone village in Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. This Scottish village was once a base for the serious manufacture of weapons of war, the twin forges of the village Blacksmiths being maintained by the easily obtained surface coal in the area. Materials like Limestone, Alum, Iron-ore, Whinstone and Sulphur as well as coal were mined here on a regular basis. History records that the Fossoway area and over into Fife contained the most ancient coal mining operations in Scotland. During the 1700s a wagon way complex included a track from Blairingone for carrying coal which also connected the North Fife coal fields and the lime burners at Limekilns on the Forth Estuary. Blairingone in Gaelic is ; Blàr-na-gobhainn, and the literal translation is Smithfield or Field of the Smith. The word Gobhainn is derived from Macgowan which is another name for Blacksmith. Other local derivations of the Gaelic name are ; Field of Arrows or Field of Spears. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. The date for astronomical Summer in Scotland is Tuesday, 21 June, ending on Friday, 23 September. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip
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