Tour Scotland Video Sundial Abbotsford House Scottish Borders

Tour Scotland video of a sundial outside Abbotsford House near Melrose on ancestry visit to Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders, Scotland. Known as the Haliburton dial, the sundial that is now in the South Courtyard of Abbotsford House was recorded first in the grounds of Dryburgh Abbey. Abbotsford is the house built and lived in by Sir Walter Scott, the 19th century novelist, and author of timeless classics such as Waverley, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe and The Lady of the Lake.

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Tour Scotland Video Weapons Armoury Abbotsford House Scottish Borders

Tour Scotland video of weapons in the armoury room in Abbotsford House near Melrose on ancestry visit to Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders, Scotland. Abbotsford is the house built and lived in by Sir Walter Scott, the 19th century novelist, and author of timeless classics such as Waverley, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe and The Lady of the Lake. It was intended at first to be for the use of Lady Scott, but George Bullock persuaded Scott to fit it up instead as an armoury for the display of his fine collections of arms and armour.

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Old Photograph Foss Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Foss, Perthshire, Scotland. This is Scottish village in the Parish of Dull by the banks of Loch Tummel.



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Old Photograph Ardgay Scotland

Old photograph of Ardgay, Sutherland, Scotland. A small Scottish village on the south west shore of the Dornoch Firth, Sutherland which lies at the entrance to Strathcarron, the valley of the River Carron.



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Old Photograph Lady Stair’s House Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Lady Stair’s House in Edinburgh, Scotland. This Scottish house was built in 1622 for Sir Walter Gray of Pittendrum, but the interior has been converted since then. The building is named after the Gray's granddaughter, society beauty Lady Stair, Elizabeth, Dowager Countess of Stair; née Elizabeth Dundas, the widow of John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, who purchased the building in 1719. It is now a museum presenting the lives of three of the foremost Scottish writers: Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson.



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