Tour Scotland Video Photographs Suilven Mountain North West Scottish Highlands

Tour Scotland video of photographs of Suilven mountain in Sutherland, Scotland. This is one of the most distinctive mountains in Scotland. Lying in a remote area in the west of Sutherland, it rises almost vertically from a wilderness landscape of moorland, bogs and lochans. The highest point, known as Caisteal Liath, the Grey Castle in Scottish Gaelic, lies at the northwest end of this ridge. There are two other summits: Meall Meadhonach, Round Middle Hill, at the central point of the ridge is 723 m high, whilst Meall Beag, Round Little Hill, lies at the southeastern end.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Ardvreck Castle Loch Assynt Sutherland

Tour Scotland photograph of Ardvreck Castle, Sutherland, Scotland. This Scottish castle is thought to have been constructed around 1590 by the Clan MacLeod family who owned Assynt and the surrounding area from the 13th century onwards. The most well known historical tale concerning the castle is that on April 30th 1650 James Graham, the Marquis of Montrose, was captured and held at the castle before being transported to Edinburgh for trial and execution. Ardvreck Castle was attacked and captured by the Clan MacKenzie in 1672, who took control of the Assynt lands. The castle is said to be haunted by two ghosts, one a tall man dressed in grey who is supposed to be related to the betrayal of Montrose and may even be Montrose himself. The second ghost is that of a young girl. The story tells that the MacLeods procured the help of Clootie (a Scottish name for the Devil, deriving from 'cloot', meaning one division of a cleft hoof) to build the castle and in return the daughter of one of the MacLeod chieftains was betrothed to him as payment. In despair of her situation, the girl threw herself from one of the towers and was killed.

Tour Scotland photograph of Ardvreck Castle, Sutherland, Scotland. Standing on a rocky promontory jutting out into Loch Assynt in Sutherland, north west Highland, Scotland, Ardvreck Castle is a ruined castle dating from the 16th century.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Austin 7 Car Rally Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of photographs of Austin 7 cars on visit to vintage car rally near Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This economy car produced from 1922 until 1939 in the United Kingdom by the Austin Motor Company. Nicknamed the Baby, Austin, was one of the most popular cars ever produced for the British market, and sold well abroad.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Kinnoull Hill Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of photographs on visit to Kinnoull Hill near Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Views over the River Tay and Tay Valley on visit to Perth, Perthshire. At the summit is Kinnoull Tower. Built in 1829 by Lord Grey of Kinfauns as a romantic folly. The Kinnoull Campus of De La Salle College is named after this hill. The property previously on the site of the College, built in 1856 by Sir James Palmer, was renamed Kinnoull by Sir Alexander Stewart, former Chairman of BHP Australia, who was born near Kinnoull Hill.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Inchcolm Abbey Firth Of Forth

Tour Scotland video of photographs of the Augustinian Abbey on visit to Inchcolm Island, Firth of Forth, Scotland. Scotland's most complete surviving monastic house. The medieval abbey which is located at the centre of the island, was founded in the 12th century during the episcopate of Gregoir, Bishop of Dunkeld. Later tradition placed it back in the reign of King Alexander I of Scotland who probably had some involvement in the island. He was apparently washed ashore there after a shipwreck in 1123, and took shelter in a hermit's hovel. The Abbey was first used as a priory by Augustinian canons regular, becoming a full abbey in 1235. The island was attacked by the English from 1296 onwards, and the Abbey was abandoned after the Scottish Reformation in 1560. Inchcolm comes from the Scottish Gaelic " Innis Choluim ", meaning Columba's Island.

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