Tour Scotland Video Queensferry Crossing Replacement Forth Road Bridge Construction Firth Of Forth

Tour Scotland Autumn video of replacement Forth Road Bridge construction over the Firth Of Forth. Shot with a long lens on ancestry visit to South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland. This is Scotland’s biggest transport infrastructure project in a generation. It is being built alongside the existing road bridge. The Queensferry Crossing will carry the M90 motorway across the Firth of Forth, and will connect Edinburgh, at South Queensferry, to Fife, at North Queensferry.

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Tour Scotland Video Monument To Royal Scots Greys Princes Street Gardens Edinburgh

Tour Scotland travel video of the monument to the Royal Scots Greys in Princes Street Gardens below Edinburgh Castle on ancestry visit and trip to Edinburgh. This equestrian bronze depicts a Royal Scots Dragoon Guard, Carabinier and Greys, in uniform with bearskin hat, sword and rifle, it is by William Birnie Rhind, born 1853, died 1933, and was unveiled by the Earl of Rosebery on the 16th November 1906. The eagle insignia on the plaque was adopted by the regiment, after Ensign Ewart captured it from the French at the battle of Waterloo in 1815. Plaques to commemorate the regimental fallen in two World Wars, 1914 to 1918 and 1939 to 1945 were added later.

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Old Photograph Coxton Tower Scotland

Old photograph of Coxton Tower located three miles South East of Elgin, Moray, Scotland. This was originally a late 16th century stone tower house built by the Innes family. In 1584 after a family dispute, the newly built square tower of Coxton was torched by the Laird of Innes. Alexander Innes rebuild the tower in the early 17th century.



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Old Photograph Archiestown Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and people in Archiestown, a small village in Moray, Scotland. This Scottish village was named in honour of its founder Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk. It is a typical 18th century planned village. Originally intended as a weaving centre, it is better known for the nearby whisky distilleries of Cardhu, Knockando, Tamdhu and The Macallan. Sir Archibald Grant, born 25 September 1696, died 17 September 1778, was in his early life was a company speculator and the Member of parliament for Aberdeenshire. After his expulsion from the House of Commons for his involvement in the frauds on the Charitable Corporation, he returned to Scotland and devoted his time to improving his estate. Grant married four times. By his first wife, Jean, daughter of the Reverend William Meldrum of Meldrum, he had two daughters. His second wife, daughter of Charles Potts of Castleton in Derbyshire, England, was the mother of his heir Sir Archibald Grant, 3rd Baronet. The third was Elizabeth, widow of James Callander of Jamaica. Finally, he married Jane, widow of Andrew Millar, a London bookseller.



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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Men Curling European Playdowns Dewars Centre Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Scottish men curling at the European Playdowns in the Dewars Centre on visit to Perth, Perthshire. This is a qualifying event to determine Scotland’s representative teams both male and female for the European Curling Championships 2014 in Champery, Switzerland. Entry to this event is by invitation only.

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