Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video, with Scottish music, of a walk in snow, before Christmas, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Scone Palace by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. After the Scottish Reformation put an end to the Augustinian Abbey at Scone, the Ruthven family acquired the estate and built an imposing fortified residence around 1580. The Ruthvens could not steer clear of political conspiracy, however and the property was seized by the crown and ended up in the hands of the Murray family. The Murrays supported the Jacobite cause, and the 5th Viscount Stormont hosted The Old Pretender at Scone Palace during the 1715 rebellion. The Viscount was imprisoned for his actions, and so was his heir, the 6th Viscount, after his sisters hosted Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745. In 1802 the 3rd Earl of Mansfield brought in William Atkinson to completely remodel his ancestral home in the fashionable Gothic Revival style. Atkinson would later design Abbotsford for Sir Walter Scott, but at Scone he designed a romanticised 19th century version of a medieval palace, incorporating parts of the 16th century house. The village of Scone got in the way of landscaping the grounds, so the entire village was moved 2 miles away. The surname Mansfield was first found in Nottinghamshire, England, at Mansfield, a market town that dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 where it was listed as Mamesfelde. The various spellings include Mansfield, Manfield, Mansfeild and others. 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.
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