Tour Scotland Video Dupplin Pictish Cross St Serf's Dunning Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Dupplin Pictish Cross on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. The Dupplin Cross is a carved, monumental Pictish stone, which dates from around 800A.D. It was first recorded by Thomas Pennant in 1769, on a hillside in Strathearn, near Forteviot and Dunning. It can be viewed in St Serf's church in Dunning. The Dupplin Cross is a high cross, that is a free standing, stone cross. While relatively common in Ireland, Northumbria and in Dál Riata, such crosses are not known earlier in the lands of the Picts. Early records report that a second cross stood on a hill above Invermay, also overlooking Forteviot, but this is now lost, and the records do not provide any detail of its exact form. The cross is carved from Old Red Sandstone, the cross stands about 2.5 metres tall, 1 metre broad over the arms of the cross. It is carved with various scenes, religious, martial and traditional Pictish animal carvings. The cross contains a partially legible inscription, of which only the name CUSTANTIN FILIUS FIRCUS can be read. This name is taken as the Latin form of the early 9th century Pictish king Caustantín son of Fergus (circa. 793–820).

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Tour Scotland Video Stained Glass Window St Serf's Dunning Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of a stained glass window on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Dunning, Perthshire. Dunning is situated at the south east of Strathearn in Perthshire. St Serf's church in the centre of the village was rebuilt in the 19th century but the tower is early medieval, 12th century, with two light arched Anglo-Saxon windows like Muthill Church.


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Old Photograph Car On Summit Of Ben Nevis Scotland

Old photograph of a car on the summit of Ben Nevis near Fort William, Scotland. This was first done in May 1911 by Edinburgh Ford agent Henry Alexander who drove to the top of Ben Nevis to prove the ruggedness of the Model T.

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Old Photograph Crofter Foot Plough Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofter with a Foot Plough on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. A cas chrom, or crooked foot, was a farming tool that was particularly suitable to certain areas of the Isle of Skye because of the broken and rocky ground. The tool consisted of a strong piece of wood, about 6ft long, which was bent near to the lower end. It had a flat wooden head and a sharp piece of iron at the cutting edge. A piece of wood protruded from the shaft on the right hand side. This was so that the person using the cas chrom could use the foot to force the blade into the ground.



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Old Photograph Car Ferry Kyle Of Lochalsh To Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of the car ferry from Kyle of Lochalsh to Isle of Skye, Scotland. Kyle of Lochalsh, a village on the North West coast of the Scottish Highlands. It is located on the Lochalsh peninsula, at the entrance to Loch Alsh, opposite the village of Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye. A ferry used to connect the two villages until it was replaced by the Skye Bridge, about a mile to the west, in 1995. Kyle of Lochalsh railway station is connected to Inverness by the Kyle of Lochalsh railway line, built in 1897 to improve public transport to the north west of Scotland. The line ends on the water's edge, near where the ferry connection used to run. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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