Luss With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To Loch Lomond Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with bagpipes music, of Luss on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Loch Lomond, Britain, United KIngsom. Luss is a village in Argyll and Bute, on the west bank of Loch Lomond. The village is within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. Historically in the County of Dunbarton, its original name is Clachan dhu, or dark village. Saint Kessog brought Christianity to Luss at the early 6th century in the Early Middle Ages. A number of early medieval and medieval monuments survive in the present graveyard, including simple cross slabs which may date to as early as the 7th century AD, and a hogback grave-cover of the 11th century. The present Church of Scotland place of worship was built in 1875 by Sir James Colquhoun, 5th Baronet, in memory of his father, who had drowned in the loch in December 1873. Luss is the ancestral home of Clan Colquhoun and the McInturners of Luss, a sept of Clan Lamont. 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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