Tour Scotland Photograph Video Ross Fountain Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of The Ross Fountain, Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland. An ornate iron fountain from the mid 19th Century located at the west end of the gardens. Figures depicted on the fountain include mermaids and four females depicting science, the arts, poetry and industry. A final female figure stands at the apex of the fountain. After being cast in the Durenne Ironworks at Haute-Marne in the early 1860s, it was displayed at The Great Exhibition in London in 1862 where it was seen by philanthropist and gun-maker Daniel Ross, who bought it for the City of Edinburgh. Having been transported in 122 pieces, it arrived in Leith in 1869. Great deliberation followed as to the most appropriate location for the statue, with it finally being installed in Prince's Street Gardens in 1872.



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May Photograph Dog Trainer Perth Scotland

May photograph of a Dog Trainer with his Cocker Spaniels in Perth, Scotland.

Tour Scotland Photograph Scottish Highlander Perth

Tour Scotland photograph of a a Scottish Highlander in Perth, Perthshhire, Scotland. The Gaelic word for tartan is Breacan meaning chequered, and the men of the clans wore as their everyday garment a Breacan an Philead more usually referred to as the Philead Mhor which means a belted plaid, about 12 yards of material worn round the waist, then passed obliquely over the breast and over the left shoulder and secured with a belt. The garment was also used as a blanket, a kind of sleeping bag when sleeping outdoors. Some of the cloth was even used as protection for the head in bad weather.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Sword Fighting

Tour Scotland photograph of a Highlanders Sword Fighting demonstration in Perth, Perthshhire, Scotland. The basked hilted broadsword, Gaelic: claidheamh leathann, was used by the clans from the sixteenth century, when the use of fire arms made armour and consequently heavy weapons like the claymore obsolete, because it could be wielded with one hand and was more versatile in battle. Later on the military were also issued with this style of sword, but this was known as the backsword, claidheamh cùil, as the blade was only sharpened on one side.



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May Photograph Dennis The Menace Scotland

May photograph of Dennis The Menace and a Scottish Beauty Queen at the Perth and Kinross Association of Voluntary Service Party in the Park, Perth, Scotland.