Old Photograph Lumphanan Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Lumphanan village situated ten miles from Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Lumphanan is documented to be the site of the Battle of Lumphanan of 1057 AD, where King Malcolm III of Scotland defeated Macbeth of Scotland. Macbeth was mortally wounded on the north side of the Mounth in 1057, after retreating with his men over the Cairnamounth Pass to take his last stand at the battle at Lumphanan. The Prophecy of Berchán has it that he was wounded at Lumphanan and died at Scone by Perth, Perthshire, sixty miles to the south, some days later. Mac Bethad's stepson Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin was installed as king soon after. The nearby Peel of Lumphanan was built in the early 13th century, and is a good surviving example of an earthwork castle, This site was used in the filming of the 1984 children's TV series A Box of Delights which was based on John Masefield's fantasy novel of the same name.



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Old Photograph Queen Mary Railway Station Ballater Scotland

Old photograph of the visit of Queen Mary to the railway station in Ballater, Royal Deeside, Scotland. Mary was the wife and Queen consort of King George V, she was born on May 26, 1867 at Kensington Palace, London, England. She married George V, on July 6, 1893. Her father was Prince Francis, Duke of Teck, the son of Duke Alexander of Württemberg by his morganatic wife, Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde. Her mother was Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, the third child and younger daughter of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, and Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel. She was baptised in the Chapel Royal of Kensington Palace on 27 July 1867 by Charles Thomas Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury.



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Old Photograph St Imier House Scotland

Old photograph of St Imier house, Bridge of Gairn, Glengarden near Ballater, Royal Deeside, Scotland. This Tudor villa was designed and built for Swiss artist, Rudolf Christen in 1902. Rudolf Christen died just four years after building St Imier. His wife, a gifted amateur water-colourist, went on to run a gallery in Belfast, Ireland, and to write a biography of her husband entitled An Artist's Life. She also gave a prize to the local school, to be awarded annually to the most popular child as determined by the children themselves. The next owner of St Imier was Colonel Stewart, author of a book on tiger shooting, of the Indian army. He died in the 1950s, leaving the house to his friend Lord Lyall.



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Old Photograph Monaltrie House Scotland

Old photograph of Monaltrie house near Ballater, Royal Deeside, Scotland. Monaltrie House was held by the Farquharsons who fought for James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose in the 1640s and then for Charles II at the Battle of Worcester in 1651. Francis Farquharson of Monaltrie led the Clan Farquharson at the Battle of Culloden and although he survived he was imprisoned and was condemned to death, but was lucky enough to have his execution reduced to exile. The original Monaltrie house was burned after the Battle of Culloden.

The Farquharson surname derives its name from Farquhar Shaw, 4th son of Alexander “ Ciar ” Mackintosh of Rothiemurchus, 5th Chief of the Clan Shaw, who settled in the Braes of Mar, the source of the River Dee. His descendants took the name Farquharson.



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Old Photograph Pipers Kilberry Scotland

Old photograph of Pipers in Kilberry, Argyll, Scotland.



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