Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking by a mansion house on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Strathardle, Highland Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Located 12 miles north east of Pitlochry, this was the ancient castle like home of the Barons Reid from 1554, when the Earl of Atholl granted the lands of Inverchroskie to John Reid, the 4th Baron, who built his house there. The 7th Baron built the oldest part of the present house, which was completed in 1641. However, despite paying his dues to the Royalist Earl of Atholl, he was arbitrarily fined under punitive measures instituted by the English Parliament, which saw the house set on fire by the Marquess of Montrose and his troops in 1644. The last of the Reids to own the house was the 15th Baron, General John Reid, during whose lifetime the estate was put into a trust, with James Stormonth of Lednathie one of several trustees. As the sole surviving trustee, Stormonth sold the house in 1776 to a fellow lawyer, but retained an option to buy it back, which he did in 1781, establishing a new trust for the benefit of the Darling family in 1805. The house was later sold again, before returning to Stormonth’s descendants in 1864, following its acquisition by his great great nephew, Moir, Lord Stormonth Darling, a former Solicitor General for Scotland. The expansion and embellishment of the house followed in 1895. Strathardle is a scenic river glen in north east Perthshire, stretching northwest from the village of Bridge of Cally towards Straloch. 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. Summer in Scotland officially runs from June through August
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