Tour Scotland Video Pleasure Boat Crail Harbour East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland video of Sea Monster pleasure fishing boat being moved to the slipway in the harbour on visit to Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Crail probably dates from at least as far back as the Pictish period, and there is a Dark Age cross slab preserved in the parish church, itself dedicated to the early holy man St. Maelrubha. Crail became a Royal Burgh in the 1178. Robert the Bruce granted permission to hold markets on a Sunday, in the Marketgait, where the Mercat Cross now stands in Crail. This practice was still continuing in the 16th century, causing concern in the freshly puritanical circles of Edinburgh such that John Knox was moved to deliver a sermon in Crail Parish Church, damning the fishermen of the East Neuk for working on a Sunday. Despite the protests, the markets continued and were amongst the largest in Europe for their time.

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Tour Scotland Video Falknes Cargo Ship River Tay Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Falknes cargo ship leaving the harbour on the River Tay after a visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. An overcast afternoon as this ship set off on July 22nd towards the North Sea.

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Tour Scotland Video Stone Carvings Holy Trinity Church St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland video of stone carvings on visit to Holy Trinity Church in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Holy Trinity Church was built in South Street, on a site central to the developing burgh, not far from the market place and the town house.

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Old Photograph Tynribbie Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Tynribbie, Argyll, Scotland. Clan Campbell was the main clan of the Argyll region. The Campbell clan hosted the long line of the Dukes of Argyll. Clan Gregor historically held a great deal of lands in this region prior to the proscription of their name in April 1603, the result of a power struggle with the Campbells. Clan Lamont historically both allied and feuded with the Campbell clan, culminating in the Dunoon Massacre. In the 19th century, the clan chief sold his lands and relocated to Australia, where the current chief lives.



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Old Photograph Kilconquhar Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, church and children in Kilconquhar, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. In the 18th century this Scottish village was noted as a weaving centre. The industry faded in the late 19th century. Kilconquhar is the name of a parish, a village, a loch, and a mansion, and is said to mean " the cell, the burying place, or place of worship, at the head or extremity of the fresh water lake, " which answers very well at present; but will not suit, if the tradition is reliable, according to which the loch was only formed 260 years ago, by a violent wind filling the drain with sand which formerly carried the water to the sea. The tradition is borne out, so far, by the utter absence of any trace of the loch in Blaeu’s map. Some maintain that Conquhar or Connachar was the name of the founder of the cell or church, hence Kilconquhar. Locally, it is known as Kenneuchar. Some of the old forms are: Kilkonkath, Kilconkath, Kilcankath, Kylconchat, Kilconcar, Kylkonqwhar, and Kynconquhair.



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