Old Photograph Queen Marys Bower Inchmahome Priory Scotland

Old photograph of Queen Mary's Bower, Inchmahome Priory, Lake Of Menteith, Trossachs, Scotland. The priory at Inchmahome was founded around 1238 for Augustinian Canons, by Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith. It remained in use until the Reformation in 1560 when it was secularised. A young Mary Queen of Scots took refuge on Inchmahome following the Battle of Pinkie in 1547.



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Old Photograph Torosay Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Torosay Castle located South of Craignure on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. This castle was was designed by architect David Bryce for John Campbell of Possil in the Scottish Baronial style, and completed in 1858. John Campbell of Possil sold the castle and the estate to Arburthnot Charles Guthrie, a wealthy London businessman, in 1865.




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Old Photograph Parish Church Kippen Scotland

Old photograph of the parish church in Kippen, Scotland. This Scottish church was built in 1827 by William Stirling, extensively redesigned between 1924 and 1926 by Reginald Fairlie and Eric Bell. Reginald was born on 7 March 1883 at Kincaple, Fife, he was the son of J. Ogilvy Fairlie of Myers and Jane Mary Fairlie. He was educated at the Oratory School in Birmingham, England. He was apprenticed to Robert Lorimer in 1901 and much of his style echoes that of Lorimer. A faithful Roman Catholic, Fairlie designed many war memorials, churches and restorations of castles. From a long list of commissions only a handful fall outside the borders of Scotland. Fairlie died in St.Raphael’s Nursing Home in the Grange, Edinburgh but was buried with his parents in the Eastern Cemetery in St Andrews. His grave stone was carved by his friend Hew Lorimer. It lies on the eastern wall, towards the south east corner.



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Old Photograph Grotto Glen Tilt Scotland

Old photograph of the Grotto in Glen Tilt by Blair Castle in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish grotto overlooking the River Tilt at the York Cascade, was built in the 18th century as a Gothic viewpoint when part of the gardens at Blair Castle were landscaped. During her three week stay to Blair Castle in 1844, Queen Victoria visited the grotto many times to watch the salmon swimming upstream to spawn.



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Tour Scotland Video John Robertson From Atlanta Singing Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of John Robertson from Atlanta, Georgia, USA, singing a cover version of Viva La Vida by Coldplay in the High Street during a visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

This surname is especially common in Scotland, where Robert was a popular personal name and the name of three kings of Scotland, including King Robert the Bruce, born 1274, died 1329. Donnachaidh Reamhair, otherwise Duncan, a descendant of the Royal House of Duncan through the Celtic earls of Atholl, was the ancestor of the Clan Robertson which came to prominence in 1306 when Robert the Bruce was defeated at the Battle of Methven, near Perth, and fled into Atholl for protection. The Clan fought at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, and Duncan's son was called Robert after the King. It is from him that the Robertson surname originates.

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