Tour Scotland Video Airlie Churchyard
Tour Scotland video of the Parish Churchyard in Kirkton of Airlie , Angus, Scotland. The oldest gravestone is dated 1609. There are no visible remains of the medieval parish church of Airlie which stood in the burial ground at Kirton of Airlie. The present church was built in the late 18th century with additions in 1893, replacing a church probably built around 1603; an early 17th century burial-aisle also stands in the burial-ground.
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Tour Scotland Meikleour Beech Hedge August Video
Tour Scotland Meikleour Beech Hedge August Video. A cloudy morning at the Meikleour Beech Hedge located near Meikleour, Perthshire, Scotland, alongside the A93 Perth to Blairgowrie Road, was planted in the autumn of 1745 by Jean Mercer and her husband, Robert Murray Nairne on the Marquess of Lansdowne's Meikleour estate. It is said the hedge grows towards the heavens because the men who planted it were killed at the Battle of Culloden. The hedge is noted in the Guinness World Records as the tallest and longest hedge on earth, reaching 100 feet in height and 1/3 of a mile in length. The hedge is trimmed once every ten years but remains viewable to visitors all year round.
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Tour Scotland Video Airlie Church
Tour Scotland video of the interior of Airlie Parish Church, Kirkton of Airlie, Strathmore, Angus, Scotland. This Scottish church stands on a site where the Gospel has been preached for over 780 years. The present simple building was completed in 1783. The interior was renovated in 1893 using pitch pine and an addition added to accommodate the pipe organ and choir.
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August 8th Photograph Airlie Castle Scotland
August 8th photograph of Airlie Castle, Scotland. Airlie Castle is the official seat of the Earl of Airlie, the title being granted in 1639 to the Ogilvy family when James, the eighth Lord Ogilvy of Airlie became the first Earl of Airlie. The castle was built in c.1432 by Walter Ogilvy of Lintrathen, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland after being granted lands in 1432 by King James I of Scotland. It became a stronghold and chief residence of the Ogilvies. During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms the Ogilvies supported the King Charles I and the Royalist cause. The castle was destroyed in 1640 by Parliamentarian troops led Archibald Campbell, 8th Earl of Argyll and the incident is described in a ballad The Bonnie Hoose o' Airlie.
A mansion house was built incorporating and ontop of some of the ruins in c. 1792-3 and is occupied
August 8th photograph of Airlie Castle, Scotland. David Ogily, seen above, is a really nice man, and the present owner of Airlie Castle. I enjoyed meeting him today.
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August 8th Photograph Walled Garden Airlie Castle Scotland
August 8th photograph of the walled garden at Airlie Castle, Scotland.
August 8th photograph of the walled garden at Airlie Castle, Scotland.
August 8th photograph of the walled garden at Airlie Castle, Scotland.
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