Tour Scotland Video Old Photographs Cullen

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Cullen, Moray, Scotland. This Scottish fishing village located on the North Sea coast is noted for Cullen Skink, a traditional soup made from smoked haddock, milk, potato and onion, and its former railway bridges, two of which are now part of the national cycle network. These bridges were required, at considerable cost, due to resistance to the railway line being routed any closer to Cullen House. Robert Burns stayed overnight at, what was then, the old town of Cullen in 1787 during his tour of the Highlands. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Tour Scotland Video Waterfall After Heavy Rain Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a waterfall after heavy rain in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. Perthshire extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle in the south. Perthshire is known as the " big county ", owed to its status as the 4th largest historic county in Scotland. It has a wide variety of landscapes, from the rich agricultural straths in the east, to the high mountains of the southern Highlands.

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Old Photograph Speyburn Whisky Distillery Scotland

Old photograph of Speyburn Whisky Distillery by Rothes located on the banks of the River Spey South of Elgin, Moray, Scotland. Speyburn Distillery was founded in 1897 by John Hopkins and Company for the sum of £17,000. The site was chosen by John Hopkins himself for its unpolluted water supply from the Granty Burn, one of the major tributaries to the River Spey. Hopkins appointed the famous distillery architect Charles C Doig to design the distillery. The proprietors, keen to have production started to ensure that the first fillings could bear the date 1897, Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee - had scheduled production to begin on 1 November 1897. However, due to delays, the stills did not run until 15 December. When production finally began, the still house was without doors and windows. Under the watchful eye of the distillery's manager, John Smith, the first spirit was run off in a violent snow storm with the distillery men working in overcoats and mufflers to protect them from the elements. However, the proprietors succeeded in achieving their ambition and one butt was produced and bonded bearing the date 1897.



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Old Photograph Edradour Scotland

Old photograph of Edradour by Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. Old Ordnance Maps show a Lint Mill and a cluster of cottages that were collectively called Milton of Edradour. Old Atholl Estate records show that the area now occupied by Edradour Whisky Distillery was once called Balnauld and was a small Croft or farm. Industry in the area was not just Mills as there were a number of large farms in the area employing agricultural workers.



Tour Scotland video of Edradour Whisky Distillery by Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. Established in 1825, the distillery was traditionally run by three men but now there are just two. Only twelve casks are produced each week. Edradour takes it water from a stream on Ben Vrackie called Edradour burn, and that stream, after two days of heavy rain in Scotland, was well filled with water today.

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Tour Scotland Video King's Stables Culloden Moor

Tour Scotland video of the King's Stables on the battlefield at Culloden near Inverness, Highlands, Scotland. The thatched cottage is reputed to have housed the King's cavalry after the Battle of Culloden. The inscription on a nearby stone reads: Kings Stables Station of English Cavalry after the Battle of Culloden. The Battle of Culloden was the last pitched battle fought on British soil. It was fought on 16 April 1746 and saw the Jacobite army of Prince Charles Edward Stuart defeated by the army of the Hanoverian King George II under the leadership of the Duke of Cumberland. The battle put an end to Jacobite hopes of restoring the Stuart dynasty to the British throne. The Outlander tv series featured the Battle of Culloden in 1746.

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