November Photograph Moon Scotland

November 30th, St Andrews Day, photograph of the moon above a Scottish cottage in Perthshire, Scotland.


November 30th, St Andrews Day, photograph of the moon above a Scottish cottage in Perthshire, Scotland.


November 30th, St Andrews Day, photograph of the moon above a Scottish cottage in Perthshire, Scotland.

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November 30th Photograph Dusk Scotland

November 30th, St Andrews Day, photograph shot at dusk in Perthshire, Scotland.


November 30th, St Andrews Day, photograph shot at dusk in Perthshire, Scotland.

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November 30th Photograph Parkland Scone Scotland

November 30th, St Andrews Day, photograph of parkland at Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland. There are fine woodlands on the grounds and policies of Scone Palace, some of the fir trees being at least 250 years old.


November 30th, St Andrews Day, photograph of parkland at Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland. The gardens and grounds are also open to the public. The gardens of Scone feature Moot Hill, the mound was said to have been created by pilgrims each carrying a boot full of soil to the site in a gesture of fealty to the king.


November 30th, St Andrews Day, photograph of parkland at Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland.


November 30th, St Andrews Day, photograph of parkland at Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland.

All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

The Tree Collector. The Life and Explorations of David Douglas. David Douglas was one of the most important botanical collectors there has ever been. Thanks to his heroic and often unimaginably arduous explorations, during which he collected and discovered over 200 species, our forests and gardens are immeasurably richer. Not only is the Douglas fir named after him, but also many of our most established conifers, like the Sitka spruce, Grand and Noble firs and the Monterey pine were introduced to Britain by him. Modern-day suburban gardens would be without the flowering currant, lupin, penstemon, alpines, lilies and primroses had Douglas not travelled so widely. He grew up on the Scone Estate near Perth, studied at the Botanical Gardens in Glasgow under William Hooker, the greatest botanist of the nineteenth century, and then made his name through his remarkable excursions to western Canada - once walking nearly 10,000 miles between the Pacific coast and Hudson Bay. His premature death at just 35 was in keeping with the rest of his life, falling into a wild-animal trap in Hawaii. The Tree Collector: The Life and Explorations of David Douglas.

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November 30th Photograph Scone Palace Scotland

November 30th, St Andrews Day, photograph of Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland. Built of red sandstone with a castellated roof, it is a classic example of the late Georgian Gothic style. In the Middle Ages the land was the site of a major Augustinian abbey, the crowning-place of the Kings of the Scots, on the Stone of Destiny, down to Alexander III.


November 30th, St Andrews Day, photograph of Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland.


November 30th, St Andrews Day, photograph of Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland.


November 30th, St Andrews Day, photograph of Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland.

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The Scottish Nation examines the social, political, religious and economic factors that have shaped modern Scotland. Drawing on the latest research, Devine places Scotland firmly within an international context and provides a key focus for the ongoing debate regarding Scotland's future. This new edition brings the reader up-to-date with Scotland's recent history, from the high politics of the devolved parliament to the everyday effects of huge and growing levels of social inequality. The Scottish Nation: 1700-2007.

November Photograph Drummers Scotland

November photograph of bagpipe band Drummers at a St Andrew's Day event in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.


November photograph of bagpipe band Drummers at a St Andrew's Day event in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

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November Photograph Drum Major Scotland

November photograph of a bagpipe band Drum Major at a St Andrew's Day event in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.


November photograph of a bagpipe band Drum Major at a St Andrew's Day event in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

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November 29th Photograph St Andrews Day Parade Scotland

November 29th photograph of the St Andrew's Day parade in Kinross, Scotland.


November 29th photograph of the St Andrew's Day parade in Kinross, Scotland.

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November 29th Photograph Bagpipers Scotland

November 29th photograph of Scottish bagpipers in the St Andrew's Day parade in Kinross, Scotland.


November 29th photograph of Scottish bagpipers in the St Andrew's Day parade in Kinross, Scotland.

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November 29th Photograph Flag Of Scotland

November 29th photograph of the flag of Scotland, the Cross of St Andrew, being carried in the St Andrew's Day parade in Kinross, Scotland.

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The Cross of St.Andrew. Saint Andrew, Scotland's patron saint, was reputedly crucified at Patras on a cross of X shape, now the well-known white cross on blue of the Saltire flag. However, the association of the saint with the X-shaped cross is not a feature in the early cult of Saint Andrew and does not appear in any of the apocryphal material describing his martyrdom. Using both literary and iconographical evidence, Ursula Hall attempts to determine when, where and how this development in the popular tradition and in the depiction of Saint Andrew's death might have taken place. In a clear, captivating style, Ursula Hall examines various written accounts of St. Andrew's life and death, along with an analysis of the traditions and procedures of crucifixion at the time. Pictorial representations of Saint Andrew, in mediums such as embroidery, seals, paintings, sculptures and glass work are abundant compared to literary evidence about his tradition. Ursula Hall examines a variety of these works to uncover the development of iconography and legends surrounding Saint Andrew in Europe, England and Scotland. Through these studies, and in conjunction with an analysis of the functions and context of the X-shaped cross in Christian tradition, she offers fascinating explanations for the association between the distinctive cross and Scotland's patron saint. The Cross of St.Andrew.


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