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 a woman and children outside the Post Office in Gattonside near Melrose, Borders, Scotland. This is a small village in the Scottish Borders, on the north side of the River Tweed. In 1143, the lands of Gattonside were granted to the monks of Melrose Abbey by King David I.
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Old photograph of a vintage car by Bowmont Bridge in Staerough by Kirk Yetholm, Borders, Scotland. Staerough Hill overlooks Kirk Yetholm, which is situated a half a mile to the North, and Town Yetholm, one mile to the North West. Its summit reaches 1,085 feet and is the site of a small prehistoric burial cairn.
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Tour Scotland photograph of Achnambeithach viewpoint by the River Coe in the Glencoe area of the Highlands of Scotland. The River Coe rises at the north eastern base of Buachaille Etive Beag and flows west along Glen Coe. After dramatic waterfalls at the Pass of Glen Coe. It runs through the small Loch Achtriochtan before it turns north west. It then runs past the site of the Massacre of Glencoe and passes through Glencoe village, shortly before flowing into the sea loch of Loch Leven.
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Tour Scotland photograph of Glen Fruin, a glen adjacent to Loch Lomond, Scotland. The Battle of Glen Fruin was fought on 7 February 1603 between the Clan Gregor and its allies on one side, and the Clan Colquhoun and its allies on the other. According to the Clan Gregor; two MacGregor clansmen, away from home, were forced to spend a night in Colquhoun lands. After being refused shelter, the two MacGregors found an abandoned outhouse and slaughtered a sheep which they ate. When the two were discovered they were seized and brought forward to Colquhoun, the Laird of Luss. Sir Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss, chief of the Clan Colquhoun, had the men tried by summary trial then sentenced the men to death. To avenge the two slain clansmen, the chief of Clan Gregor, Alasdair MacGregor of Glenstrae, led 300 to 400 men under his command with the help of MacFarlanes, from the banks of Loch Long, by way of the Highlandman's Pass, towards the Colquhoun lands of Luss. The Laird of Luss, gaining early notice of the MacGregors, gathered nearly twice the number of the invaders. Among them were Buchanans, Grahams, and men from the surrounding Lennox district. As the two sides converged in the lands of Glen Fruin, the MacGregor led force was at first discouraged by the superior size of the Colquhoun led contingent. It is said a Seer encouraged the MacGregors, saying he saw the shrouds of the dead wrapt around their opponents. The main contingent of the MacGregor force attacked their enemies head on, while a force flanked the Colquhouns, led by Iain Dubh MacGregor, brother of the chief. The Colquhoun's advantage of having a large number of cavalry present turned into a disadvantage by boggy ground of the glen, and the MacGregors pressed on to rout the Colqhouns and their allies. Tradition states that the MacGregors had only very light casualties, though among them was Iain Dubh. The Colquhoun force lost between 200 and 300 men
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Old photograph of a man fishing by the Grubbit Brig over the Kale Water near Morebattle, seven miles South of Kelso, Scotland. James Thomson, the Ednam poet, was born in Morebattle. Robert Davidson, poet, lived and was buried in Morebattle, where he is commemorated.
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