Old Photograph Churning Milk Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofter churning milk outside a cottage on the Shetland Islands, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Video Balgonie Castle Fife

Tour Scotland video of Balgonie Castle, Fife, Scotland. The lands of Balgonie were held by the Sibbalds from at least 1246. Probably in the 1360s, the Sibbalds built a barmkin, or fortified courtyard, with a tower house at the north-west corner. The lands and the castle were left to a daughter, who married Sir Robert Lundie, who extended the castle in 1496, following his appointment as Lord High Treasurer of Scotland. Sir Robert built a two-storey range of buildings to the east of the keep, enlarging the accommodation with a long hall and a solar. This range incorporated an earlier corner tower and the 14th century chapel. James IV visited Balgonie on 20 August 1496, and gave 18 shillings to the masons as a gift. In 1627 the castle was sold to the Boswells, who sold it on in 1635 to Sir Alexander Leslie, a Scottish soldier who had fought for the Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War rising to the rank of Field Marshal, and who led the Covenanters during the Scottish Bishops Wars. Leslie was created Lord Balgonie and Earl of Leven in 1641. The next additions were carried out by John Leslie, 7th Earl of Rothes. Rob Roy MacGregor captured Balgonie Castle during a raid in 1716, although the castle was soon returned to the Melvilles. David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven made minor improvements in the 1720s. In 1824 the castle was sold to James Balfour of Whittingehame, father of James Maitland Balfour, and grandfather of Arthur Balfour, who served as British Prime Minister. Historic Balgonie Castle features as the home of MacRannoch in episode 15 of series one of Outlander. The Lundie hall and courtyard were used for filming. 

Scottish Castles.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Duntrune Castle

Tour Scotland video of photographs of Duntrune Castle, Kilmartin, Argyll, Scotland. Location of a James Bond Film. Duntrune Castle is situated across Loch Crinan from the village of Crinan, Argyll, Scotland. It is thought to be the oldest continuously occupied castle in Scotland. The film will be directed by Sam Mendes and see Daniel Craig and Dame Judi Dench reprise their roles as Bond and his boss, M. It will also star Ralph Fiennes and Albert Finney. Javier Bardem will play the villain, with French actress Berenice Marlohe and Naomie Harris as the leading ladies. It is thought to be the oldest continuously occupied castle in Scotland. Originally built by the McDougall clan in the twelfth century, Duntrune Castle was eventually taken by the Campbell clan.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Castle Campbell

Tour Scotland video of photographs of Castle Campbell and gardens in Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. This was the seat of the earls and dukes of Argyll, chiefs of Clan Campbell, and was visited by Mary, Queen of Scots, in the 16th century. The tower house was built in the early 15th century and was known as Castle Gloom. The castle was originally a property of the Clan Stuart but passed by marriage to Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll and Lord Chancellor of Scotland. He had the name of the castle changed to Castle Campbell by an Act of Parliament in 1489.



Old Tour Scotland video of the main hall in Castle Campbell in Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The tower house was built in the late fifteenth century and was called Castle Gloom until 1489 when it was renamed Castle Campbell.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Barnbougle Castle

Tour Scotland photograph of Barnbougle Castle near Edinburgh, Scotland. A much altered Scottish tower house on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, between Cramond and South Queensferry. It lies within the Dalmeny Estate, and is the property of the Earl of Rosebery. This Scottish castle is connected to the stories of two families, the Mowbrays and the Roseberys. For three hundred years the estate has belonged to the Roseberys who now live at Dalmeny House, built by the fourth Earl in 1815. Barnbougle, the original house just a quarter of a mile away, came into the family's possession in the 1660s when Sir Archibald Primrose bought it for his son who was created First Earl of Rosebery in 1703.

Tour Scotland photograph of Barnbougle Castle near Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.



Old Tour Scotland video of Barnbougle Castle near Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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