Old Photograph Cranshaws Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Cranshaws Castle, Berwickshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle is thought to be the inspiration for Ravenswood Castle, the home of Edgar, hero of Sir Walter Scott's tragedy the Bride of Lammermoor. The lands of Cranshaws were originally part of the Barony of Bothwell, which barony was created for David Olifard, ancestor of the current chief of the Clan Oliphant, by King Malcolm IV in the middle of the 12th century. Occupancy was then granted to a younger Olifard son, with whose line the estate remained for some centuries. In 1329, the senior representative of the younger line but now 7th chief, William Oliphant, Lord of Aberdalgie, died and amongst the properties which he left was Cranshaws, which he had inherited from his Olifard forebears. In 1401 Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas bestowed Cranshaws upon Sir John Swinton, 14th of that Ilk whom the Earl calls " dilectus consanguineus nostra " meaning our beloved cousin " thus dispossessing the Oliphants. Following Swinton's death at the Battle of Homildon Hill the following year, the lands passed to his son Sir John Swinton, 15th of that Ilk, who is thought to have built the existing castle.



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Old Photograph Gairlochy Scotland

Old photograph of Gairlochy near Fort Augustus in the Highlands of Scotland. Between 1803 and 1822, the Caledonian Canal was built, passing through Gairlochy, over the original site of the River Lochy. Two locks were built for access onto Lochy Lochy, but only one, the Upper Lock, is still in use.



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Old Photographs Glenluce Scotland

Old photograph of Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland. Robert the Bruce stopped for a rest at Glenluce. This village is in the parish of Old Luce in Wigtownshire. It lies on the A75 road between Stranraer and Newton Stewart. Near to the village is Glenluce Abbey, a disused Cistercian monastery built in 1192 by Lochlann, Lord of Galloway. Following the Reformation it was abandoned, falling into its current ruinous state. Glenluce was served by Glenluce railway station from 1862 by the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway which provided a strategic link to Northern Ireland under British Rail. However, it was cut under the Beeching Axe in 1965.



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Tour Scotland April Video View South River Tay Queens Bridge River Tay Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland April video of the view South over the River Tay from Queens Bridge in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The opening ceremony of the new Queen's Bridge was by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, on 10th October, 1960.

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Tour Scotland April Video View North River Tay Queens Bridge River Tay Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland April video shot this morning of the view North over the River Tay from Queens Bridge in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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