Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video of an afternoon road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, North on the B913 route, from Saline in Fife, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Blairingone village in Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. This Scottish village was once a base for the serious manufacture of weapons of war, the twin forges of the village Blacksmiths being maintained by the easily obtained surface coal in the area. Materials like Limestone, Alum, Iron-ore, Whinstone and Sulphur as well as coal were mined here on a regular basis. During the 1700s a wagon way complex included a track from Blairingone for carrying coal which also connected the North Fife coal fields and the lime burners at Limekilns on the Forth Estuary. Blairingone in Gaelic is ; Blàr-na-gobhainn, and the literal translation is Smithfield or Field of the Smith. The word Gobhainn is derived from Macgowan which is another name for Blacksmith. Other local derivations of the Gaelic name are ; Field of Arrows or Field of Spears. Saline is a village and parish in situated 5 miles to the north west of Dunfermline. It lies in an elevated position on the western slopes of the Cleish Hills. Formerly a weaving centre, Saline was not much redeveloped during the 19th and 20th centuries as the expansion of industrial mining in west Fife largely passed it by. As a result, Saline contains many 18th century weavers cottages. Thomas Bonnar was born in Saline, about 1821, the son of Robert Bonnar and his wife Janet. He practised as a builder and mason in Dunfermline. He was one of the Bonnar family of Dunfermline who ran a business as builders, joiners and cabinetmakers. The firm finally was sold off in 1870. In 1851 Thomas Bonnar of Dunfermline was described as a building contractor accasionally employed as an architect and surveyor employing 7 masons and 3 apprentices. In 1856 Thomas Bonnar of Dunfermline moved his office to Edinburgh. He was residing in Scotland Street, Edinburgh at the time of his death in Aberdeen on 1 October 1862. 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. The date for astronomical Summer in Scotland is Tuesday, 21 June, ending on Friday, 23 September. @tourscotland
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