Tour Scotland 4K travel video of a Winter road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, East on the A977 road 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. History records that the Fossoway area and over into Fife contained the most ancient coal mining operations in Scotland. 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. 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. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Officially, the Scottish winter runs from the 21st of December through to the 20th March. @tourscotland #winter #music #drivingtrip #scotland #bagpipes
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