Tour Scotland Photograph Artist Calton Hill

Tour Scotland photograph of Artist Peter Brown on Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph of Rain Clouds St Andrews

Tour Scotland photograph of rain clouds over the castle in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Photograph St Fillan's Cave

Tour Scotland photograph of St Fillan's Cave, Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. A small and secluded fishing village tucked in the corner of Fife on the east coast of Scotland. The name derives from Pictish and Scottish Gaelic. "Pit-" represents Pictish pett 'place, portion of land', and "-enweem" is Gaelic na h-Uaimh, 'of the Caves' in Gaelic, so " The Place of the Caves ". The name is rendered Baile na h-Uaimh in modern Gaelic, with baile, 'town, settlement', substituted for the Pictish prefix. The cave in question is almost certainly St Fillan's cave, although there are many indentations along the rocky shores that could have influenced the name.



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Tour Scotland Photograph of Sedilia St Monans Church

Tour Scotland photograph of the Sedilia in the old church in St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The sedilia, the plural of Latin, sedile, seat, in ecclesiastical architecture, the term given to the seats (often) on the south side of the chancel near the altar for the use of the officiating priests. These rebated seats are found in the chancel of churches and monasteries and were for the use of the celebrant and their assistants. The seat is often set back into the main wall of the church itself.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Pulpit St Monans Church

Tour Scotland travel photography of the Pulpit in the old church on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. This church which is one of the finest remaining from the Middle Ages in Scotland, was built by King David II Bruce, born 1329, died 1371, initially for a small house of Dominican friars. It later became the Church of Scotland parish church. Though the church may never have been finished, it has a choir and transepts, with a short spire over the crossing, but lacks a nave, it has many features of architectural interest, notably the fine stone vaulting in the choir and the plain but handsome sedilia. White-washed throughout internally, the church is particularly light and attractive among ancient Scottish churches.



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