Old Photograph Farmers Scything Near Aberfeldy Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of farmers scything a field near Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland. The traditional Scottish scythe has a long, curved single edged blade with a long bent handle, used for mowing or reaping. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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Old Photograph Farmers Harvesting Kirriemuir Scotland

Old photograph of farmers harvesting near Kirriemuir, Scotland. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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Old Photograph Farmer Ploughing Burrelton Scotland

Old photograph of a farmer ploughing a field near Burrelton located twelve miles from Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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Old Photograph Farmer Ploughing With Horses Hamilton Scotland

Old photograph of a farmer ploughing with horses on a farm near Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Horses were first domesticated in Central Asia around 2,000 BC. Although we think of horses today as mainly being used in farming, they were originally used in warfare and transport. Julius Caesar invaded the south of Britain in 55 BC with several units of cavalry and was met by British tribes with horsemen of their own. Ploughing, on the other hand, was first done with teams of oxen in Iron Age and Roman Britain. 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 Crofter Sowing Seed Island Of Harris Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofter sowing seed on the Island Of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Little is known of the history of the peoples of the Hebrides before the 6th century as they, like the rest of Scotland, were in the depths of what centuries later became known as the Dark Ages. The first written records of the islands come with the arrival of St. Columba in the 6th century. It was this Irish Scottish saint who first brought Christianity to the islands, founding several churches. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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