Summer River Dochart And Falls Of Dochart On History Visit To Killin Central Highlands Scotland

Tour Scotland Summer short 4K travel video clip of the sight and sounds of the scenic River Dochart and Falls of Dochart on the on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Killin in the Central Scottish Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. The Falls of Dochart are situated on the River Dochart at Killin in Stirlingshire, previously in Perthshire, at the western end of Loch Tay. The MacNab Clan were once dominant here, and have long been associated with Killin. The surname Macnab is derived from the Scottish Gaelic Mac An Aba, which means child of the abbot. According to tradition the progenitor of the clan was Abraruadh who was the Abbot of Glen Dochart and Strathearn. Abraruadh was allegedly a younger son of Kenneth MacAlpin, the first king of Scots. Abraruadh was also descended from Fergus, king of Dál Riata and a nephew of Saint Fillan, who was the founder of the monastery in Glen Dochart in the seventh century. One of the earliest records of the Macnab family is on a charter of 1124. Angus Macnab was brother in law of John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch who was murdered by Robert the Bruce in 1306. Macnab then joined forces with the Clan MacDougall in their campaign against the Bruce when Bruce was nearly captured at the Battle of Dalrigh. When the Bruce's power consolidated after his victory at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, the Macnab lands were forfeited and their charters were destroyed. The fortunes of the Clan Macnab were restored to some extent when Angus's grandson, Gilbert, received a charter from David II of Scotland in 1336. Gilbert was succeeded by his son, Sir Alexander Macnab, who died in about 1407. Many battles were fought between the Clan Macnab and the Clan Neish. The last battle between them was the Battle of Glenboultachan where the Macnabs were victorious. Chief Finlay Macnab was a man of peace but protected his lands against the foraging royalist forces of James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose in the middle of the 1640s. Robert Macnab, the fourteenth chief of Clan Macnab married a sister of John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland. This connection to the Clan Campbell constrained him from supporting the Jacobites in the rising of 1715, although many of his clansmen did take part. The fifteenth chief was a major in the Hanoverian government army and was captured at the Battle of Prestonpans in 1745. He was then held prisoner in Doune Castle. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Being in nature, or even viewing scenes of nature, reduces anger, fear, and stress and increases pleasant feelings. Exposure to nature not only makes you feel better emotionally, it contributes to your physical wellbeing All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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