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.
Old photograph of Errol, Perthshire, Scotland. Errol is located about halfway between Dundee and Perth. It is one of the principal settlements of the Carse of Gowrie. Errol is known for its reeds, which used to be collected up to a few years ago to make thatched roofs.
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Old photograph of cottages in Baledgarno, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is located nine miles West of Dundee; in the Carse of Gowrie, and is the property of Lord Kinnaird.
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Old photograph of Craigmillar Castle, Scotland. This is a ruined medieval Scottish castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located three miles south east of the city centre, on a low hill to the south of the modern suburb of Craigmillar. It was begun in the late 14th century by the Preston family, feudal barons of Craigmillar, and extended through the 15th and 16th centuries. In 1660 the castle was sold to Sir John Gilmour, Lord President of the Court of Session, who made further alterations. The Gilmours left Craigmillar in the 18th century, and the castle fell into ruin. Craigmillar Castle is best known for its association with Mary, Queen of Scots. Following an illness after the birth of her son, the future James I of England, Mary arrived at Craigmillar on 20th November 1566 to convalesce. Before she left on 7th December 1566, a pact known as the "Craigmillar Bond" was made, with or without her knowledge, to dispose of her husband Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley.
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Old photograph of Leith Walk, Edinburgh, Scotland. There was a rough pathway in the vicinity of modern-day Leith Walk in the time of King James II in the mid 15th century. However, Leith Walk, as we know it, owes its existence to a defensive rampart which was constructed between Calton Hill and Leith in 1650. The attack on Edinburgh by Cromwell's army in that year was halted at this line by the Scots under David Leslie, whose army was subsequently defeated at the Battle of Dunbar.
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