Tour Scotland Photograph Glen Esk

Tour Scotland photograph of Glen Esk, Scotland. Glenesk, lying at the foot of the Grampian mountain range, is the most easterly of the Angus Glens. There is no through road, but possibly this has helped to protect its unspoilt character.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Gamekeeper Gravestone

Tour Scotland photograph of a Gamekeeper gravestone in Lochlee Churchyard cemetery in Glen Esk, Scotland. In loving memory of Edward Gold, who died 14th January, 1936, aged 55. Gamekeeper at Invermark for 33 years.

A gamekeeper, often abbreviated to keeper, is a person who manages an area of countryside to make sure there is enough game for shooting, or fish for angling, and who actively manages areas of woodland, moorland, waterway or farmland for the benefit of game birds, deer, fish and wildlife in general.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Blacksmith Gravestone

Tour Scotland photograph of a Blacksmith gravestone in Lochlee Churchyard cemetery, Glen Esk, Scotland. In loving memory of William A. Fraser, Blacksmith, Tarfside, died aged 90.

While there are many people who work with metal such as farriers, wheelwrights, and armorers, the blacksmith had a general knowledge of how to make and repair many things, from the most complex of weapons and armor to simple things like nails or lengths of chain.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Lochlee Church

Tour Scotland photograph of Lochlee Church, Glen Esk, Scotland. Lochlee Church was erected in 1803 using stones salvaged from the ruined buildings around Invermark Castle. The church was altered and enlarged in 1828, when new windows were installed.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Sheep Glen Esk

Tour Scotland photograph of sheep in Glen Esk, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Cottage Glen Esk

Tour Scotland photograph of a cottage in Glen Esk, Scotland. Glen Esk is the longest and most easterly of the Angus Glens and, like the others, is sparsely populated. To reach the Glen take the 15 mile road, just north of Edzell that climbs alongside the River North Esk.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Rowan Tower

Tour Scotland photograph of the Rowan Tower, Glen Esk, Scotland. The Rowan Tower, properly called the Maule Cairn, was built in 1866 by Fox Maule, 11th Earl of Dalhousie. It was erected as a memorial to members of his family who had died, including his brother Lauderdale Maule, Member of Parliament, who died of cholera during the Crimean War. Built by Robert Dinnie of Birse, who also helped to build the Maule Memorial Church.



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Tour Scotland Photograph St. Drostan's Church Spire

Tour Scotland photograph St. Drostan's Church Spire in Glen Esk, Scotland. The church spire with the moon in the top right hand corner of the photograph. Saint Drostan was a powerful evangelist in Glen Esk. He was an Irish born abbot, a disciple of St. Columba. Drostan was a member of the royal Cosgrach family of Ireland. He was named the first abbot of Deer in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and is considered an apostle to Scotland. He ended his days near Glenesk, Angus, and a well is associated with him at Aberdour.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Maule Memorial Church

Tour Scotland photograph of the Maule Memorial Church, Glen Esk, Scotland. The Maule Memorial Church was built as a result of the Disruption, when ministers left the established Church as a protest against the system of Patronage.



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Photograph St. Drostan's Church Scotland

Photograph of St. Drostan's Church, Tarfside, Glen Esk, Scotland. The Lodge beside this church also provides low cost self-catering accommodation in the heart of Glen Esk.


Photograph of St. Drostan's Church, Tarfside, Glen Esk, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Invermark Castle

Tour Scotland photograph of Invermark Castle, Glen Esk, Scotland. Invermark Castle was built around 1526 by the Lindsays and was used as a refuge by the locals when Highland caterans or raiders descended on the Glen to steal cattle and whatever else they could find. In 1659, when the Laird bestowed a grant for the reader or schoolmaster, he bound himself and his successors to pay the whole stipend in the event of "a general vastatione of the paroche by Highlanders or otherwise." During one such raid, half the cattle and sheep in the Glen were carried off and five Glenesk men died trying to stop them. The castle was used by young David Lindsay, in 1607, after he had killed Lord Spynie in Edinburgh, after a long-standing quarrel. James Carnegie, Lord Balnamoon was another who sought shelter in Invermark Castle. He hid from government troops there after Culloden.



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Photograph River North Esk Scotland

Photograph of the River North Esk, in Glen Esk, Scotland. This Scottish river is formed by the meeting of the Water of Mark, from Glen Mark, and the Water of Lee, from Loch Lee, and enters the North Sea four miles north of Montrose.

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