Old Photograph Auskerry Lighthouse Scotland

Old photograph of the lighthouse on Auskerry a small island in the eastern Orkney Islands, Scotland. Auskerry is located in the North Sea south of Stronsay. The lighthouse lights the north entrance to the Stronsay Firth. It was built in 1866 by engineers David and Thomas Stevenson. Thomas, born 22 July 1818, died 8 May 1887, was a pioneering Scottish lighthouse designer and meteorologist, who designed over thirty lighthouses in and around Scotland, as well as the Stevenson screen used in meteorology. His designs, celebrated as ground breaking, ushered in a new era of lighthouse creation. He served as president of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts, as president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and was a co-founder of the Scottish Meteorological Society.



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Tour Scotland Video St Salvator's Chapel North Street St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland video of St Salvator's Chapel on North Street on ancestry visit to St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. This is one of two collegiate chapels belonging to the University of St Andrews, the other being St Leonard's Chapel. It was founded in 1450, built in the Late Gothic architectural style, and refurbished in the 1680s, 1860s and throughout the 20th century. It is currently the chapel of the United college as well as being the major university chapel.

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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Music Wind Ensemble Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Scottish music wind ensemble on ancestry visit to a church in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. A concert band, also called wind ensemble, symphonic band, wind symphony, wind orchestra, wind band, symphonic winds, symphony band, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind, brass, and percussion families of instruments, along with the double bass.

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Old Photograph Culcreuch Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Culcreuch Castle by Fintry near Loch Lomond, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built in 1296 by Maurice Galbraith. It was the clan seat of Clan Galbraith from 1320 to 1624, when it was sold to a cousin, Alexander Seton of Gargunnock, to settle a financial debt. In 1632, it was purchased by Robert Napier, a younger son of John Napier, the 8th Laird of Merchiston. The Napier family held the estate for five generations. The castle was used to garrison Oliver Cromwell’s troops in 1654. In 1796, the castle was sold to Alexander Spiers of Glasgow, who built a cotton mill and a whisky distillery in Fintry.



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Old Photograph Netherhall House Largs Scotland

Old photograph of Netherhall House by Largs in Ayrshire, Scotland. This was once the home of Lord Kelvin famous Glasgow scientist who was most well known for his Kelvin temperature scale based on absolute zero. He is buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England, beside Sir Isaac Newton.



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