Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Tour Scotland photograph of Toll an Lochain Scotland. Toll an Lochain is one of the most magnificent corries in Scotland, its loch encircled by the serrated pinnacles of An Teallach and Corrag Buidhe.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the Medieval burial ground and chapels at Howmore, South Uist, Scotland. The village is of Howmore is well known for its remarkable collection of ruined churches and chapels. The most striking remains are of the Teampull Mor, the Large Church or St Mary's, of which only part of the east gable remains. This church probably dates back to the 1200s and it was used as the parish church.
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Tour Scotland photograph of The Maiden Stone, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Maiden Stone, also known as Drumdurno Stone after the nearby farm, is a standing stone near Inverurie. The name is derived from a local legend which states that the daughter of the Laird of Balquhain made a bet with a stranger that she could bake a bannock faster than he could build a road to the top of Bennachie. The prize would be the maiden's hand. However, the stranger was the Devil and finished the road and claimed the forfeit. The maiden ran from the Devil and prayed to be saved. The legend finishes by saying that God turned her to stone, but the notch is where the Devil grasped her shoulder as she ran. Based on the mixture of Pictish and Christian symbols on the stone it is most likely that the stone marks a preaching site during missionary trips to the Picts.
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Tour Scotland photograph of mappies in Perthshire, Scotland. For some unknown reason in old Scotland, there were a number of creatures, where to even mention their name was a sure sign of impending disaster. This led to many names being changed and the rabbit became a “ fower-fitter ” or a “ mappie ”.
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