Tour Scotland 4K travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish music, North on the narrow road through the Lomond Hills on ancestry, genealogy, family history, Outlander visit to the chapel in the Palace in Falkland in Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. The Chapel Royal is one of the finest surviving pre Reformation places of worship in Scotland and is still used for worship today. The chapel occupies part of the second floor of the palace, with windows in the south frontage. The nave of the chapel has a spectacular compartmented oak ceiling, which may also date to the 1540s. Much of the ceiling was originally painted in 1633 but it was heavily restored in 1896, when a major restoration of the south range of the palace was undertaken. The nave of the chapel has rows of moveable wooden chairs, divided by a wide central passageway, which leads to the sanctuary at the east end. The interior walls are lined with fine wooden panelling, some of which is painted. Large tapestries hang from the north wall and depict various Biblical scenes. The chapel has four large rectangular windows in the south face of the palace, each divided by a thick stone mullion and with small panes of leaded glass. Smaller windows at the west and east end of the chapel provide additional light to the interior. The exterior walls of the palace are of ashlar sandstone and tall buttresses with statues within niches are placed between the windows of the chapel. One of the first scenes for Outlander was filmed in the picturesque town of Falkland, which substituted for 1940s Inverness. Before Falkland Palace was built a hunting lodge existed on the site in the 12th century. This lodge was expanded in the 13th century and became a castle which was owned by the Earls of Fife, the famous Clan MacDuff. The castle was built here because the area could be easily defended as it was on a slight hill. The surrounding land eventually became the Palace gardens. Falkland Palace provided the young Mary Queen of Scots with the opportunity to indulge her passion for sport and the outdoors, fostering a strong attachment to this royal residence. One of the first scenes for Outlander was filmed in the picturesque town of Falkland, which substituted for 1940s Inverness in the Highlands, Falkland is where Claire and Frank stay on their second honeymoon. The Covenanter Hotel feature as Mrs Baird's guesthouse; the Bruce Fountain, where the ghost of Jamie looks up at Claire's room; Lomond Pharmacy which doubles as Campbell's Coffee Shop; and Fayre Earth Gift Shop as Farrell's Hardware and Furniture Store, where Claire stops to look at a vase in the window. The Bruce Fountain is where Claire comes across the ghost of Jamie. Falkland Palace is a royal palace of the Scottish Kings. The palace courtyard is entered through the gatehouse tower at the west end of the South Quarter as shown above. Falkland was a favourite place of Mary Queen of Scots. The Lomond Hills, meaning either beacon hills or bare hills, also known out with the locality as the Paps of Fife, lie in western central Fife and Perthshire. Beneath the northern slopes of the escarpment lies Falkland Estate, an area of forest, now commercial plantation, where the kings of Scotland would have hunted whilst staying at nearby Falkland Palace. The Lomond Hills, meaning either beacon hills or bare hills, also known outwith the locality as the Paps of Fife, are a range of hills in central Scotland. They lie in western central Fife and Perth and Kinross, Perthshire. At 1,713 feet, West Lomond is the highest point in the county of Fife. Spring in the United Kingdom depends on whether you are following the astronomical or metrological calendar. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip. The date for astronomical Summer in Scotland is Tuesday, 21 June, ending on Friday, 23 September. @tourscotland
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