Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Video St Bride's Chapel St Conan's Kirk

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of St Bride's Chapel in St Conan's Kirk by Loch Awe, Argyll, Scotland.



Tour Scotland Autumn video of St Bride's Chapel in St Conan's Kirk by Loch Awe, Argyll, Scotland. This chapel contains the tomb of the Fourth Lord Blythswood, who helped to carry on the work on St Conan's Kirk after Walter Campbell and his sister had both died. This chapel is in a very early Norman style and contains two slabs of Levantine marble about which there is a curious little history. Although coming originally from the Mediterranean, they were shaped and polished somewhere near Louvain. The first duly arrived on Loch Awe side in the summer of 1914, but the second had to wait until the end of the First World War before it could join its neighbour.

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Tour Scotland Photograph And Video Kilchurn Castle

Tour Scotland photograph of Kilchurn Castle, Scotland. Kilchurn Castle is located on an islet in Loch Awe to the west of Dalmally in Argyll and Bute, the ruined remains of the Campbell stronghold of Kilchurn Castle date from the mid 15th century whilst extensions were added in the 17th century when the castle was used as a garrison. The roof was removed in 1770 when the building was left to ruin. Since 1953 it has been in the care of Historic Scotland. Scottish Castles.



Tour Scotland video of a rainy day at Kilchurn Castle, Scotland.

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Tour Haunted Inveraray Castle Scotland

Tour Haunted Inveraray Castle, Scotland. The ghost of a young woman who was murdered by the Jacobites can been seen haunting both the grounds and the castle. The 2012 Christmas episode of Downton Abbey was partly filmed here; the castle portraying the fictional " Duneagle Castle ". Inveraray Castle also featured in a series on Scottish castles made by American broadcaster PBS. The " Best of the West " festival, organised by the Duchess, is held at the castle each September. Work on the castle began in 1743 and replaced an earlier 15th century castle. In October 1746 the foundation stone was laid. Built in Gothic Revival style, later additions included a third floor with dormer windows and steep conical roofs. The village of Inveraray was moved in the 1770s to give the castle a more secluded setting.



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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Riverside Park Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of Riverside Park in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Stream Quarrymill Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of a burn, which is the Scots word for stream, at Quarrymill Woodland Park in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. As the name suggests, there have been both quarries and mills at the Quarrymill Woodland Park site dating back as far as the 14th Century, although most of the known activity originates from much later. The Park itself was donated to the Trust by A K Bell in 1937. The earliest known records show a letter from Robert King of Scots to the monks of Scone Abbey requesting permission to use stone from their quarries at Kincarrathie and Balcormoc (now Quarrymill) for the Kirk of Perth and the bridges of Perth and the Earn. The letter is dated 4th July 1328, and is the oldest record of activity at the Quarrymill site.

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