Old Photographs Ardeonaig Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Ardeonaig on the South banks of Loch Tay, Perthshire, Scotland. When boats ran on the loch they stopped at Ardeonaig, where coal was delivered and passengers could disembark. There was a ferry service as well as the minister came by boat to conduct church services.

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Old Photograph Buckholm Tower Scotland

Old photograph of Buckholm Tower by Galashiels, Borders of Scotland. The ruins of Buckholm Tower, are said to be haunted by a former laird of Buckholm, named James Pringle, who lived there in the latter part of the 18th century. Tales are told of terrible noises being heard coming from the dungeon and there are also reports of an everlasting bloodstain to be found on an old beam, which marks the scene of an act of murder committed by Pringle at that spot.


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Old Photographs Holburn Junction Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of cars, shops, and people on Holburn Junction in Aberdeen, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Craighall Aberdeenshire Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Craighall by Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Ellon is in the ancient region of Formartine. Its name is believed to derive from the Gaelic term Eilean, an island, on account of the presence of an island in the River Ythan, which offered a convenient fording point. After Robert the Bruce defeated Comyn's son, John, at the Battle of Barra on 24 December 1307, there followed the Harrying of Buchan and Ellon Castle was destroyed by fire. A stone bearing the Kennedy arms is set into the ruins. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Moncreiffe House Scotland

Old photograph of Moncrieff House by Bridge of Earn by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The name Moncreiffe comes from the feudal barony of Moncreiffe in Perthshire. The first house here was built for the Clan Chief at Moncreiffe, the first major country house completed by Sir William Bruce in 1679. It was the family seat until it was destroyed by fire in November 1957, claiming the life of Sir David Moncreiffe of that Ilk, 10th Baronet, the twenty third Laird. This tragedy led to the chiefship of the great Scottish herald and historian Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk, 11th Baronet. Sir David’s sister, Miss Elizabeth Moncreiffe of Moncreiffe, was his heir, but declared that it was her wish that he be succeeded by her cousin, Sir Iain, the Baron of Easter Moncreiffe, while she retained the feudal barony of Moncreiffe. She built the modern country house on the site of the old seat which incorporates the doorway reclaimed from the ashes of the burned house. Sir Iain died in 1985 and the chiefship reverted to Miss Moncreiffe. On her death, the chiefship passed to Sir Iain’s younger son, the Hon. Peregrine Moncreiffe of Easter Moncreiffe, his elder brother having assumed the name and arms of Hay on succeeding their mother as Earl of Erroll.



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