Tour Scotland 4K Autumn travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpies music, North on the A928 road, on visit to Kirriemuir in Angus. The history of Kirriemuir reaches back to earliest recorded times, when it seems to have been a major ecclesiastical centre. Later it was identified with witchcraft, and some older houses still feature a witches stane to ward off evil. In the 19th century, it was an important centre of the jute trade. The playwright J.M. Barrie was born and buried here. After skirting the grounds of Glamis Castle, of Macbeth and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother fame, the A928 road crosses a dismantled railway line and continues to Kirriemuir, where it runs into the town centre. Bon Scott of AC/DC was born in nearby Forfar and lived in Kirriemuir for a short time from 1947 until 1950 when his family emigrated to Australia, where the family lived in the suburb of Sunshine for four years before moving to Freemantle, Western Australia. 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
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