Tour Scotland short 4K Autumn travel video of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and Sporran and walking by trees and Drumcoltran Tower on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Dumfries and Galloway, Britain, United Kingdom. Drumcoltran Tower was home to a minor branch of the Maxwells of Caerlaverock. The lands of Kirkgunzeon were granted by Uchtred of Galloway to the Abbey of Holm Cultram in Cumbria in about 1170, but was reclaimed by Robert the Bruce for Scotland during the Wars of Independence. They were retained by the Crown until David II granted them to Sir John Herries in 1367. By 1547, the lands of Drumcoltran were held separately from Lord Herries by Edward Maxwell of Hills, and in 1550 the superiority passed with marriage to Sir John Maxwell, Master of Maxwell. The tower was built by Edward Maxwell, and remained with his descendants until 1679, when his daughters split the estate between them. 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. Meteorological Autumn or Fall is different from standard and astronomical Autumn and begins September 1 and ends November 30
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