Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Freuchie, Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Freuchie is a village at the foot of the Lomond Hills, and near Falkland Palace. When John Mór Grant Younger or Master Grant of Freuchie was born in 1439, in Freuchie, Fife, Scotland, his father, Sir Duncan Grant 1st Grant of Freuchie, was 26 and his mother, Muriel-nic-Malcolm Mackintosh of Mackintosh, was 21. He married Muriel Mackintosh, daughter of Malcolm Mackintosh, 10th Chief of Clan Mackintosh and 11th of Clan Chattan and Moira Macdonald. He had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 30 August 1482, in Inverness-shire, Scotland, at the age of 43, and was buried in Elgin, Elginshire, Scotland. The nearest major town to Freuchie is Glenrothes located 4 miles to the South. The name Freuchie derives from the Scottish Gaelic, fraoch, meaning heather. Freuchie was once used by the Royal family as a place of banishment from the Court when it was in nearby Falkland Palace. There are many interesting 18th and 19th Century buildings including a Victorian Linen Mill and a church built in 1875. It is said that French masons working on the construction of Falkland Palace lived here during the 16th century and that the village was a place of exile for disgraced courtiers, hence the old saying Awa' tae Freuchie, whaur the Froggies live. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. 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. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip
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