Tour Scotland Video Rural Drive North Fife

Tour Scotland video of part of a drive from Luthrie to visit Newburgh in North East Fife, Fife, Scotland. A wee video of the Luthrie to Newburgh road.

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Tour Scotland Video Afternoon Viewpoint River Tay Near Newburgh North Fife August 17th

Tour Scotland video shot this afternoon of a view of the River Tay from a viewpoint in North East Fife, Fife, Scotland. A wee video of the River Tay from a viewpoint on the Newburgh to Wormit road. Quite windy with rain clouds approaching from the South,

Tour Scotland photograph shot this afternoon of a view of the River Tay from a viewpoint in North East Fife, Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Lindores Abbey Newburgh North Fife Fife August 17th

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of Lindores Abbey, Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. Lindores Abbey was a Tironensian abbey located on the outskirts of Newburgh. Now in ruins, lies on the southern banks of the River Tay. The earliest record of scotch whisky is a 1494 commission from King James IV to Friar John Cor of Lindores Abbey to make about 580 kg of aquavitae. The abbey was founded as a daughter house of Kelso Abbey about 1191 by David, Earl of Huntingdon, brother of William the Lion. The first abbot was Guido, Prior of Kelso, under whom the buildings were mostly completed. The church, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and St. Andrew, was 195 feet long, with transepts 110 feet long. Edward I of England, John Balliol, David II, and James III were among the monarchs who visited Lindores at different times. The abbey was sacked by a mob from Dundee in 1543, and again by John Knox and his supporters in 1559. In the following years the abbey buildings were quarried as a source of stone for buildings in Newburgh. All that remains of the abbey are: one of the gateways leading into the monastic enclosure; the groin-vaulted slype, leading from the cloister garth to the exterior of the Abbey; and parts of the chancel walls and western tower of the church, although the ground plan of the whole structure can still be traced.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of Lindores Abbey, Newburgh, Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of Lindores Abbey, Newburgh, Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Creich Church North Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of Creich Church, Fife, Scotland. This now ruined church is located on a knoll in North Fife, on sloping ground above a narrow road, opposite the ruins of Creich Castle. The church probably dates to the late fourteenth century. A south chapel was added in the sixteenth century, and it was rebuilt in 1621.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Creich Castle North Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of Creich Castle, Fife, Scotland. Creich Castle is a ruined tower house near Creich, Fife. The tower house is L-shaped and three to four storeys tall. Built to provide defense against Viking raiders which attacked the rich farms south of the River Tay and further added to by Causantín, Earl of Fife during the 11th century. The castle continued to be owned by the Earls of Fife into the 13th century. The existing ruins date from the 16th century.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of Creich Castle, Fife, Scotland.



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