Tour Scotland Video Pictish Symbol Stone Abdie Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of the Pictish Symbol Stone on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip near Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. This Pictish stone originally stood on the crest of Kaim Hill, but was then moved to a garden wall at Lindores, and subsequently moved to the Old Mort House at Abdie Churchyard. The stone is decorated with a triple disc symbol and crescent and V-rod symbols, and also with a mirror on one side. The stone also bears a sundial and benchmark.


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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Old Abdie Church North Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of the old Church of Abdie near Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. The remains of the old church of Abdie is found at Grange of Lindores, about a mile to the south of Newburgh. In 1652, Sir Michael Balfour of Denmiln, comptroller of the Household of Charles I was buried here, and also his son, Sir James Balfour, Lyon. King of Arms.



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Tour Scotland Video Marriage Lintel Newburgh Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of a Marriage Lintel on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Newburgh, Fife. Located at 60 High Street Newburgh, this marriage stone records the marriage of Thomas Anderson and Janet Williamson in 1759. It is a beautiful, and well preserved, example of a Scottish marriage lintel. These stones served as a record of a marriage, especially important in aristocratic families and also sometimes practised amongst the newly established middle classes. They were sometimes added to a building which was constructed specifically as the new family home for the married couple, especially when the dowry was large, or were carved into a pre-existing lintel. The stones also clearly indicated the ownership of the building to onlookers at the time as well as serving as a record for posterity of both marital bliss and often also of social advancement.


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Tour Scotland Video Denmylne Castle Newburgh North Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of Denmylne Castle on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip by Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish Castle was built in 1560. The lands of Denmylne early belonged to the Earls of Fife but fell to the Crown after the forfeiture of the last Earl. In 1451 James II bestowed the lands on James Balfour and from him descended the Balfours of Denmylne who held the castle and lands around for over two hundred years, and were in their time a noble and illustrious family.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Video War Memorial Newburgh North Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of the War Memorial in Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. The Newburgh war memorial is a tall freestone pedestal of classical design supporting the sculpture of a highland infantryman by Edinburgh sculptor Alexander Carrick.

Tour Scotland photograph of the War Memorial in Newburgh, Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the War Memorial in Newburgh, Fife, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of the War Memorial in Newburgh, Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the War Memorial in Newburgh, Fife, Scotland.

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