Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old photograph of the falls at the Waterworks by Dunoon, Scotland. The Waterworks was at the reservoir which for many years provided the town's water supply. The mile and a half long glen descended in waterfalls.
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Tour Scotland Winter video of The Queen’s View overlooking Loch Tummel near Pitlochry,Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish viewpoint was made famous by Queen Victoria in 1866. It is also claimed that the view was originally named after Queen Isabella, wife of Robert the Bruce. Isabella of Mar was the first wife of Robert Bruce VII, Earl of Carrick. Isabella died before her husband was crowned, as Robert I, King of Scotland. She and her husband were the grandparents of Robert II, King of Scotland. Isabella was the daughter of Domhnall I, Earl of Mar and Elena, daughter of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. Isabella's father was evidently an adherent of Robert Bruce V, Lord of Annandale, a man who staked a claim to the Scottish throne. The close relationship between the Domhnall's family and the Bruces is evidenced by two marriages. One was that between Isabella and Robert Bruce VII, Earl of Carrick, a grandson of Robert Bruce V. Domhnall's son and comital successor, Gartnait, married a sister of Robert Bruce VII. The marriage of Robert Bruce VII and Isabella probably took place in the 1290s. The union produced a single child, a daughter named Marjorie, who was born in about 1296. Following Isabella's death, Robert Bruce VII married his second wife, Elizabeth de Burgh. Isabella's daughter, Marjorie, married Walter Stewart, Steward of Scotland, and their son eventually reigned as Robert II, King of Scotland.
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Tour Scotland photograph of Neist Point Lighthouse on the most westerly point of the Isle Of Skye, Scotland. This Scottish lighthouse was designed by David Alan Stevenson, and was first lit on 1 November 1909.
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Old photograph of Portencross Castle near Farland Head in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The site has been fortified since the 13th Century. The present building is thought to date from the 14th Century and later, when the castle was moved from the nearby Auld Hill to its present site overlooking the harbour. The castle is believed to be the last mainland resting place for many former Scottish kings. Between the times of Cináed mac Ailpín, 810 to 858, through to the reign of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada, 1030 to 1093, the bodies of former kings were taken by road from the east of Scotland, and from Portencross they were ferried to Iona where they would be buried. The castle was rebuilt in the 14th century, not on Auld Hill, but instead on a rock promontory at the bottom of the hill, overlooking the Firth of Clyde. From this location, King Robert II signed several more Royal Charters, and the castle remained occupied until the roof was blown off during a violent storm in 1739. The castle walls still remain in place today, and the building has recently been opened to the public, with visitors able to access a ground floor room, the main hall, and the roof.
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Old photograph of cottage and houses in Buchanty located ten miles North East of Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland. The River Almond flows through Buchanty, passing through deep gorges and creating the picturesque Buchanty Spout.
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