Tour Scotland Photograph St Fillans Perthshire July 23rd

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of St Fillans, Perthshire, Scotland. St Fillans lies at the eastern end of Loch Earn, 5 miles west of Comrie on the A85 road. St Fillans was a small clachan in the 18th century, known as Port of Lochearn, or Meikleport. In 1817 it was renamed St Fillans by Lord Gwydyr, the husband of Clementina Drummond, heiress to the Drummond Estate.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of St Fillans, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Loch Earn Perthshire July 23rd

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of Loch Earn, Perthshire, Scotland. Loch Earn is a freshwater loch in the central highlands of Scotland, in the districts of Perthshire and Stirlingshire. The name is thought to mean " Loch of Ireland ", and it has been suggested that this might derive from the time when the Gaels were expanding their kingdom of Dalriada eastwards into Pictland.

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Perthshire is at the very heart of Scotland and one of the most popular regions for visitors, offering a variety of Highland and Lowland landscapes with some of the most scenic and accessible countryside for shorter walks as well as evidence of its rich history at every turn. Perthshire 40 Town and Country Walks features traditional tourist hubs, such as Pitlochry, Dunkeld and Killin, with its historical connections to the county, as well as countryside around Blairgowrie, Crieff and Aberfeldy, finishing up at the Fair City of Perth and nearby Kinross. Perthshire: 40 Town and Country Walks (Pocket Mountains).

Tour Scotland Video Falls Of Dochart Killin

Tour Scotland video of the Falls of Dochart at Killin, Scotland. The Falls of Dochart are situated on the River Dochart at Killin in Stirlingshire, formally in Perthshire, Scotland at the western end of Loch Tay. A bridge crosses over the river just as you enter Killin giving a fabulous view of the falls as they cascade down over the rocks and around the island of Inchbuie, which is the traditional burial place of the MacNab clan.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video River Dochart

Tour Scotland photograph of the River Dochart at Killin, Scotland. Coming from Ben Lui mountain, this Scottish river flows east out of Loch Dochart and through the glen of the same name to Killin. The MacNab Clan were once dominant here, and have long been associated with Killin. Their ancient burial ground is on Inchbuie in the River Dochart, just below the falls, and is visible from the bridge. Kinnell House was the seat of the MacNabs.


Tour Scotland video of the River Dochart at Killin, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Tossing The Caber Lochearnhead July 23rd

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of Tossing The Caber at Balquhidder, Lochearnhead and Strathyre Highland Games in Lochearnhead, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of Tossing The Caber at Balquhidder, Lochearnhead and Strathyre Highland Games in Lochearnhead, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of Tossing The Caber at Balquhidder, Lochearnhead and Strathyre Highland Games in Lochearnhead, Scotland.

The caber toss is a traditional Scottish athletic event practised at the Scottish Highland Games involving the tossing of a large wooden pole called a caber. It is said to have developed from the need to toss logs across narrow chasms to cross them. In Scotland the caber is usually made from a Larch pine tree. A caber typically is 19 feet 6 inches (5.94 m) tall and weighs 175 pounds (79 kg). The object is not the sheer distance of the throw, but rather to have the caber fall directly away from the thrower after landing. A perfect throw ends with the 'top' end nearest to the thrower and the 'bottom' end pointing exactly away.

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