Tour Scotland Video King Robert The Bruce Tomb Dunfermline Abbey Fife

Tour Scotland video of the King Robert The Bruce Tomb in Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland. King Robert I died at Cardross Castle, Dumbartonshire on the 13th of June 1329. His heart was removed to begin its journey to the Holy Land. His body was embalmed and carried across Scotland to its final resting places in Dunfermline. It was during the rebuilding of the choir of the Abbey in 1818 that the remains of King Robert the Bruce were accidentally discovered.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Trees And Hedge Scone Palace Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of a hedge and trees on the grounds of Scone Palace by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. With over 100 acres of historic Parklands, the natural environment provides a stunning backdrop for outdoor activities such as laser clay shooting, falconry, and quad biking. Centrally located in Scotland, the Parklands also provide the venue for larger scale events.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Thomas Telford Bridge Over River Tay Dunkeld Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of the Thomas Telford Bridge over the River Tay on ancestry visit to Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. Thomas Telford the builder of this bridge was born the son of a shepherd at Westerkirk, near Langholm, Dumfriesshire on 9 August 1757. He was was a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and a noted road, bridge and canal builder. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, England, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well as harbours and tunnels. Such was his reputation as a prolific designer of highways and related bridges, he was dubbed The Colossus of Roads, a pun on the Colossus of Rhodes, and, reflecting his command of all types of civil engineering in the early 19th century, he was elected as the first President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a post he retained for 14 years until his death on 2 September 1834.

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Old Photograph Soldier Burntisland Scotland

Old photograph of a soldier in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Road Through Gleneagles Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the A823 road over the Ochil Hills through Gleneagles, Perthshire, Scotland. The name of this Scottish Glen has nothing to do with eagles, and is a corruption of eaglais or ecclesia, meaning church, and refers to the chapel and well of Saint Mungo, which was restored as a memorial to the Haldane family which owns the Gleneagles estate.



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