Tour Scotland Photograph Skull and Crossbones Gravestones Greyfriars Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of a Skull and Crossbones gravestone in Greyfriars Cemetery in Perth, Scotland. Built on land formerly occupied by a Franciscan friary founded in around 1460, the graveyard has been restored and contains a number of Scottish headstones dating back hundreds of years.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Reverend Samuel George Kennedy Gravestone Greyfriars Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel photography of the Reverend Samuel George Kennedy gravestone on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Greyfriars Cemetery in Perth, Perthshire Scotland. A local Minister who died on 30th December 1835.

The first recorded Scottish name bearer appears to be Gilbert Mac Kenedi who witnessed a charter in Melrose around 1165. The Scottish Kennedy's are by remote origin Irish Gaels. In 1296 one, Alexander Kennedy was canon of Glasgow. Duncan Kennedy, provost of Aberdeen in 1321 was the first recorded of the name in the north east. The Kennedy's held the lands of Kermuck, Aberdeenshire, for generations.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Shipowner Gravestone Greyfriars Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel photography of a Shipowner gravestone on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Greyfriars cemetery in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Perth was once one of the richest trading burghs in Scotland, along with such towns as Berwick, Aberdeen and Roxburgh. The town also carried out an extensive trade with the Continent, and examples of foreign luxury goods have been recovered from excavations within the town, for example, Spanish silk, fine pottery from France; wine will also have been a major import, not least for the use of the Church. The main destinations were France, the Low Countries and the Baltic.




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Tour Scotland Photographs Sunset Perthshire February 6th

Tour Scotland photograph shot this afternoon at sunset in Perthshire, Scotland. Shot these photographs at 5pm this afternoon, a beautiful end to a beautiful day in Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot this afternoon at sunset in Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot this afternoon at sunset in Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Setting Sun Country Road Perthshire February 6th

Tour Scotland photograph shot this afternoon of the setting sun from a country road in Perthshire, Scotland. Shot these photograph at 4.15pm this afternoon just as the country road began to freeze over again.

Tour Scotland photograph shot this afternoon of the setting sun from a country road in Perthshire, Scotland.

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