Autumn Road Trip Drive With Music On History Visit To Coaltown of Burnturk Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Autumn travel video, with Scottish music, of a dreich morning road trip drive on single track routes on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the hamlet of Coaltown of Burnturk in the hills in central Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Dreich is a Scots word for dull and cloudy and rainy weather. A hamlet in Kingskettle Parish, central Fife, Coaltown of Burnturk lies in rolling hills 1¼ miles East of the village of Kettlebridge. Limestone is quarried nearby. Walter Heriot of Burnturk, Lathonis and Ramornie was born about 1492, in Fife, Scotland as the son of Walter Heriot of Burnturk, Lathonis and Ramornie and Margaret Dishington of Ardross. He had at least 1 son with Grizzel Leslie. He died in 1528, in his hometown, at the age of 37. Associated with Burnturk is the Swaird Aird, the ‘sward earth’ or grassy land which was also known as the common muir of Burnturk. John McAndrew was born about 1816 in Coaltown of Burnturk. Mary Millie was born on 30 January 1800, in Coaltown of Burnturk, Fife, Scotland, her father, George Millie, was 39 and her mother, Jean McKnab, was 35. David Younger was born about 1760 in Coaltown of Burnturk, he married Ann Bett, born about 1760 in Kettle, Fife, and died on December 26, 1829 aged about 69 years old. George Maxwell was born on 23 July 1826 in Cults, Fife, He died on 19 May 1909 in Coaltown of Burnturk. He married Margaret Steedman on 22 January 1847 in Kennoway, Fife. 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. Meteorological Autumn or Fall is different from standard and astronomical Autumn and begins September 1 and ends November 30. The equinox at which the sun approaches the Southern Hemisphere, marking the start of astronomical Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. The time of this occurrence is approximately September 22. @tourscotland @tourscotland #scotland #autumn #drivingtrip All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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