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.
Tour Scotland photograph of Arisaig, a village in Lochaber, on the West coast of the Scottish Highlands of Scotland. On 20 September 1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie left Scotland for France from a place near the village following the failure of the Jacobite rising of 1745. In 1770 the Scottish Gaelic poet Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair died in Arisaig and was buried in the village's Roman Catholic cemetery. Emigrants from this area founded Arisaig, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1785. During the Second World War, the area was taken over by the Special Operations Executive to train agents for missions in Occupied Europe.
All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
Tour Scotland photograph of a Howff in Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands of Scotland. Howff is a Scots word meaning a meeting place.
Tour Scotland wee video of photographs of a small group mainly misty walking tour to Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands of Scotland. The Glen is named after the River Coe which runs through it. Glen Coe was once part of the lands of Clan Donald, though since the ending of the clan structure they have progressively sold off their estates. Early in the morning of 13 February 1692, in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution and the Jacobite uprising of 1689 led by John Graham of Claverhouse, a massacre took place in Glen Coe, in the Highlands of Scotland. This incident is referred to as the massacre of Glencoe, or in Scottish Gaelic Mort Ghlinne Comhann, or murder of Glen Coe. The massacre began simultaneously in three settlements along the glen, Invercoe, Inverrigan, and Achnacon, although the killing took place all over the glen as fleeing MacDonalds were pursued. Thirty eight MacDonalds from the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by the guests who had accepted their hospitality, on the grounds that the MacDonalds had not been prompt in pledging allegiance to the new monarchs, William and Mary. Another forty women and children died of exposure after their homes were burned.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the old bridge over the River Shiel, a four kilometre long river in Acharacle, in the Highlands of Scotland. The old bridge is a narrow single arch span across a narrow point in the river, hidden amongst the trees. The bridge dates back to 1804, being constructed as part of Thomas Telford's road from Corran Ferry to Kinlochmoidart, where it terminated until the A861 road was extended in the mid 1960s.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the Parish Church by Acharacle, in the Highlands of Scotland. The church is situated by a road junction on the outskirts of a village. The church was built by Robert Telford in 1829 as part of his large scale scheme in the Highlands. Despite being a Telford church it is not built in the usual T-shape, often associated with his Highland design. It has harled stone walls and a slate roof.
All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
