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.
Tour Scotland photograph of snowdrops on the grounds at Scone Palace, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Had a wee walk on the grounds of Scone Palace at lunchtime.
Tour Scotland photograph of a forest walk near Scone, Perthshire, Scotland. A beautiful afternoon for a walk. Lots of tree management and felling taking place here after recent storm damage.
Tour Scotland photograph of a forest walk near Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.
Tour Scotland photograph of a forest walk near Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.
Tour Scotland photograph of a forest walk near Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.
Tour Scotland photograph of snowdrops on a forest walk near Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the Murrayshall Golf Course by Scone, Perthshire, Scotland. After the mist cleared it was another beautiful morning and an opportunity for a round of golf. Golf Perthshire.
Tour Scotland video of the Murrayshall Golf Course by Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.
Tour Scotland photograph of the Murrayshall Golf Course by Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.
Tour Scotland photograph of the Murrayshall Golf Course by Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.
Old photograph of shops, houses and people in Lauder, Scotland. A town in the Borders of Scotland, 27 miles south east of Edinburgh. It lies on the edge of the Lammermuir Hills, on the Southern Upland Way.
Recorded in the spellings of Lauder and Lauderdale, this is a famous Scottish locational surname. As Lauder it originates from the village of Lauder in the county of Berwickshire, and as Lauderdale from a name for the western district of the same county of Berwickshire. The surname is one of the first recorded in Scotland, and early examples taken from rolls and registers of the medieval period include: William de Lawedre, the sheriff of Perthshire in the reign of King Alexander III of Scotland, Alan de Lawadyr, who witnessed a charter by Stephen Fleming, master of the hospital of Soltre in 1426, and Johannes Lathirdale, a notary public, in the city of Glasgow in 1472. Other recordings include Sir David Luthirdale, archdeacon of Dunkeld, Perthshire, in 1477, whilst William Lauder, given as being a literary forger, died in 1771. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Sir Robert de Lauedre. This was dated 1250, in the register of the Abbey of Dryburgh.
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Old photographs of Tain in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. Tain was granted its first royal charter in 1066, making it Scotland's oldest Royal Burgh. The charter, granted by King Malcolm III, confirmed Tain as a sanctuary, where people could claim the protection of the church, and an immunity, in which resident merchants and traders were exempt from certain taxes. These led to the development of the town. The early Duthac Chapel was the center of a sanctuary. Fugitives were by tradition given sanctuary in several square miles marked by boundary stones. During the First War of Scottish Independence, Robert the Bruce sent his wife and daughter to the sanctuary for safety. The sanctuary was violated and they were captured by forces loyal to John Balliol. The women were taken to England and kept prisoner for several years. John Ross, born 29 January 1726, Tain, died March 1800, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a merchant during the American Revolution. He early relocated to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, and entered into mercantile pursuits, but in 1763 he went to Philadelphia, where he became a shipping merchant. He was on familiar terms with George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Robert Morris, and several entries in General Washington's diary, during the sittings of the convention to frame the United States Constitution, tell of engagements to dine with Mr. Ross at his country place, Grange Farm or the Grange, named after the home of Lafayette. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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