Autumn Loch Ness On History Visit To The Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Autumn travel video, of dusk at Loch Ness on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to the Scottish Highlands, Britain United Kingdom. Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch extending for approximately 23 miles south west of Inverness. Loch Ness is thought by some to be the home of the Loch Ness Monster, commonly known as " Nessie ", a cryptid, reputedly a large unknown animal. An ancient Celtic family, Clan Urquhart held power over lands including around Loch Ness. The name surname Urquhart comes from the 7th century name Airdchartdan, a mix of Gaelic air, meaning by and Old Welsh cardden, meaning thicket or wood. A similar form of the name is recorded in an early life of the great Celtic saint, Columba. He was an Irish abbot and missionary who spread Christianity into what is now Scotland in the 6th century. The legendary father of Clan Urquhart was the warrior of Gaelic legend, Conachar Mor. He was a scion of the royal house of Ulster who came to Scotland to fight for Malcolm III and was rewarded with Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness. He reputedly killed a wild boar of such extraordinary fierceness that no man had ever escaped from it. Conachar’s supposed descendant, William de Urchard, is the first Chief of the Clan whose name appears in written Scottish records. He defended the Moote of Cromarty against supporters of the English Crown in the time of William Wallace, and was a staunch supporter of Robert the Bruce. Adam de Urchard, the second Chief, became Baron and Sheriff of Cromarty about 1358, and for over three hundred years, the Chiefs of the Clan held the Barony of Cromarty as their principal seat where they erected an imposing castle overlooking Cromarty Firth. The Urquharts were hereditary sheriffs of Cromarty from the reign of King David II. One remarkable Urquhart was Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty, who sired no fewer than 25 sons. Alas, seven of his boys were killed at the Battle of Pinkie in 1547. 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 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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