Autumn Road Trip Drive With Music To Ben Lawers Dam On History Visit To Highland Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland Autumn 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of a late afternoon road trip drive on a single track route to Lawers Dam on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Perthshire, Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. Lawers Dam was constructed between 1951 and 1956 as part of the Breadalbane Hydro-Electric Scheme. The dam is of massive buttress type, and measures 344 metres in length and 42 metres in height. It has been constructed across the South end of Lochan na Lairige, whose water level has been raised by 27 metres The reservoir is fed by a system of tunnels and aqueducts from a 45sq km catchment area, and from it the water drops 415 metres to the Finlarig power station on Loch Tay. Prior to the 14th century, the mountain of Ben Lawers stood on the lands of Clan MacMillan. Chalmers of Lawers obtained the land by force from the clan in the mid 14th century in the reign of King David II. The land was confiscated from the Chalmers family in 1473 by King James III and given to Sir Colin Campbell of Glenorchy after Thomas Chalmers was implicated in the murder of King James I. The lands have mainly remained in the ownership of the Campbells of Glenorchy and Breadalbane right up to the present day. The surname Campbell was first found in Argyllshire, Gaelic erra Ghaidheal, the region of western Scotland corresponding roughly with the ancient Kingdom of Dál Riata. The Clan Campbell was known as the Siol Diarmaid an Tuirc or, alternatively, the Clan Duibhne, and in a Crown charter Duncan MacDuibhne was ancestor of the Lords of Lochow in 1368. The name Campbell has appeared as Campbell, Cambell, Cambel, Camble, Cammell and many more. Robert Campbell, a Scottish convict was convicted in Ayr, Scotland for 14 years, then transported aboard the ship Baring in April 1815, arriving in New South Wales, Australia; Robert Campbell landed in Bay of Islands, New Zealand in 1836; Duncan Campbell landed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1840; Angus Campbell landed in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1749; Thomas Campbell landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1749; Colin Campbell landed in New Jersey, America, in 1685; Dugald Campbell landed in New York, America, in 1739. 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 #scotland #autumn #drivingtrip #highlands All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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