Old Photograph Gylen Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Gylen Castle on the southern part of the island of Kerrera, Scotland. This is an island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, close to the town of Oban. The island is known for the ruined Gylen Castle, built in 1582 by the Clan MacDougall. Gylen was only occupied for a relatively short period of time. The castle was besieged then burned by the Covenanters under General Leslie in 1647 during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The island was also the place where King Alexander II of Scotland died in 1249. Most of the island is owned by the McDougalls of Dunollie, who are descended from the Scottish prince Somerled.



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Old Photograph Hospice Fort Augustus Abbey Scotland

Old photograph of a vintage car outside the Hospice at the Abbey in Fort Augustus, Highlands, Scotland. Fort Augustus Abbey owed its inception to the desire of John Crichton Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, for the restoration of monasticism in Scotland. The site at Fort Augustus was given by Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat. It comprised the buildings of a dismantled fort, built in 1729 and originally erected for the suppression of Highland Jacobites. It had been purchased from the Government by the Lovat family in 1867.



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Old Photograph Tron Church Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Tron Kirk on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. This Scottish church was " dedicated to Christ " by the citizens of Edinburgh in 1641, and known as " Christ's Kirk at the Tron ". It was built for the North West parish, one of the four parishes of Edinburgh after the Scottish Reformation of 1560. Prior to the erection of this new church, parishioners of the North West parish worshipped in St. Giles' Cathedral. There were special grants of pews made by the Edinburgh Town Council to noblemen, Senators of the College of Justice, citizens of Edinburgh Old Town, Principals and Professors of the University. A full list of seat holders has been preserved for 1650, the year of the battle of Dunbar, and for 1745, when Bonnie Prince Charlie was in Edinburgh. In 1697, Thomas Aikenhead, an 18 year old student, became the last person in Scotland to be executed for the crime of blasphemy after a fellow student reported that he had blasphemed against God outside the Tron Kirk.



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Old Photograph Skeldon House Scotland

Old photograph of Skeldon House in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Kerse Castle is said to be have been dismantled for use in the building of Skeldon House circa 1760 by Mr Ross of Sandwick. Alexander Craufurd was the last male Craufurd proprietor of Kerse as his heir, a daughter named Christian Crawford of Kerse, married a Mr. Moodie. The couple had no offspring and she passed the lands of Kerse to William Ross of Sandwick. The Ross family built Skeldon House circa 1760. The estate of Kerse then passed to his children who sold it to the Oswalds of Auchencruive, with whom it still remained into the 19th century. 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 Mollinsburn Scotland

Old photograph of the blacksmith in Mollinsburn, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is situated on the A80 road between Condorrat to the east and Moodiesburn to the West. The Antonine Roman Wall passes close to Mollinsburn and there is a small fort at Mollins.



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