Tour Scotland Video Robert the Bruce Statue Stirling Castle March

Tour Scotland video of the Robert The Bruce statue at the entrance to Stirling Castle, Scotland. This statue of Robert The Bruce stands outside Stirling Castle, Scotland. Heir and magnate, shrewd politician, and then a desperate fugitive who nevertheless returned from exile to recover the kingdom he claimed, Bruce became a gifted military leader and a wise statesman, a leader with vision and energy.

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Tour Scotland Video Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Memorial Stirling Castle

Tour Scotland video of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Memorial at the entrance to Stirling Castle, Scotland. the Argyll and Sutherland Highlander have a well earned reputation for valour in the face of the enemy, most notably the 93rd, later known as the 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, during the Crimean War. It was there that the 93rd earned the sobriquet of The Fighting Highlanders and carried with it the status of having been the original Thin Red Line. This title was bestowed following the action of the 93rd at Balaklava on 25 October 1854 in which this single battalion alone stood between the undefended British Army base at Balaklava and four squadrons of charging Russian cavalry. The 93rd, under the command of Sir Colin Campbell, not only held steady, but for the first time in the history of the British Army, broke a large cavalry charge using musket fire alone, without having been formed into a square.

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Old Photograph Crofters Cottage Rannoch Highland Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofters Cottage at Bridge of Gaur in Rannoch, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. This hamlet was formerly, briefly, called Georgetown, as the redcoat barracks of Jacobite Rising of 1745 were then known, then known as Bridge of Rannoch, or Bridge of Gaur, after the bridge on the River Gaur. The River Gaur is the main tributary at the west end of Loch Rannoch, the extreme end of the River Tummel system. In order to reach this area salmon have to pass Pitlochry Dam, Clunie Dam, Dunalastair Dam, Rannoch Weir and Gaur Dam as well as negotiating several large lochs.



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Old Photograph Two Soldiers Horse Battalion Black Watch Scotland

Old photograph of two Soldiers from the Horse Battalion of the Black Watch of Scotland. The Scottish Horse was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Territorial Army from 1902 to 1956 when it was amalgamated with The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry. It carries the traditions and battle honours of The Scottish Horse raised in South Africa in 1900 for service in the Second Boer War. The regiment saw heavy fighting in both the First World War, as the 13th Battalion of The Black Watch, and in Second World War, as part of The Royal Artillery.Second World War. The battle honours of the Scottish Horse are displayed on the guidon which are now laid up in the Cathedral in Dunkeld, Perthshire.



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Old Photographs Urquhart Castle Loch Ness Scotland

Old photograph of Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness, Scotland. Urquhart Castle is surely one of the most picturesquely situated castles in the Scottish Highlands. The late 13th century castle, which was blown up in 1692 to prevent the Jacobites from occupying it.

Old photograph of Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness, Scotland.



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