Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipe music, of Eilean Nam Faoileag Crannog in Loch Rannoch on ancestry, genealogy, family history to the Highlands of Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Eilean nam Faoileag, meaning, Island of Gulls, is topped by a 19th century tower folly. It is a completely stone built island with a considerable part of the island located beneath the surface of the Loch which has been raised at least 6 feet during the past 30 years. In the past there was a small prison on the crannog, belonging to the Clan Robertson of Struan. The present tower is said to be a copy of the prison, built by a Baron Granbley in the 19th century. There is a legend that when the Robertsons of Struan were being chased by their enemies, they would head for the shore of Loch Rannoch, and run out to Eilean nam Faoileag on the submerged sand bank. Anyone trying to follow them, not knowing where the curved causeway was, would inevitably perish. A crannog, Irish: crannóg and Scottish Gaelic: crannag is typically a partially or entirely artificial island. Crannogs were used as dwellings over five millennia, from the European Neolithic Period to as late as the 17th and early 18th century. 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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