Old Photograph Crossraguel Abbey Scotland

Old photograph of Crossraguel Abbey near Maybole in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Founded in 1244 by Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick, following an earlier donation of 1225, to the monks of Paisley Abbey for that purpose. They reputedly built nothing more than a small chapel and kept the balance for themselves. The Earl took the matter to the Bishop of Glasgow for arbitration and, winning his case, forced the monks to build a proper abbey. Crossraguel was sacked in 1307 by the army of Edward I. It was rebuilt on a larger scale and remained a monastery until 1560, when the Reformation ended monastic institutions in Scotland. However, the few remaining monks were allowed to live out their time there until the last monk died in 1601. The Kennedy family, Earls of Cassilis famously obtained the lands of Crossraguel Abbey through the torturing by Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis of Allan Stewart, the commendator at his castle of Dunure.



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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Trees Loch Faskally Pitlochry Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of trees by Loch Faskally on ancestry visit to Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Boating Station Loch Faskally Pitlochry Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of the boating station on Loch Faskally on ancestry visit to Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. The main method of fishing Loch Faskally is by trolling from a motor boat.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Autumn Loch Faskally And Coronation Bridge Pitlochry Highland Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of Loch Faskally and the Coronation Bridge on ancestry history visit and trip to Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire. The A9 road North to Inverness crosses crosses Loch Faskally just outside Pitlochry. The Bridge is a steel girder bridge, with an S2 Concrete deck. The structure is supported by two inclined piers launching from either bank. A rather unusual feature of this bridge is that it has 3 permanent cradles underneath, which run on suspended rails to facilitate maintainance of the structure.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Wind Sculptures By Loch Faskally Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of wind sculptures by Loch Faskally on ancestry visit to Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.

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