Tour Scotland Video Coastal Path Walkers Elie Ness Lighthouse East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland video of Coastal Path walkers by Elie Ness lighthouse on ancestry visit to the coast of Elie, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Elie lighthouse was built by the renowned David Stevenson in 1908. The top of the tower and outbuilding are of a crenulated design more akin to castle than a lighthouse. David Stevenson was the son of engineer Robert Stevenson, and brother of the lighthouse engineers Alan and Thomas Stevenson, between 1854 and 1880 he designed many lighthouses, all with his brother Thomas. In addition he helped Richard Henry Brunton design lighthouses for Japan, inventing a novel method for allowing them to withstand earthquakes. His sons David Alan Stevenson and Charles Alexander Stevenson continued his work after his death, building nearly thirty further lighthouses. His nephew was Robert Louis Stevenson. The Fife Coastal Path runs from the Forth Estuary in the south, to the Tay Estuary in the north and stretches for 117 miles.

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Tour Scotland Video Highland Cows Largo Law East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland video of Highland Cows and ordinary cows in a field below Largo Law on a windy ancestry visit to the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Largo Law rises to 950 feet it is conical in shape and is the remains of a volcanic plug. It is easily ascended from Upper Largo, to the south. Highland cows are a Scottish cattle breed. They have long horns and long wavy coats that are coloured black, brindle, red, yellow, white, silver or dun, and they are raised primarily for their meat. They are a hardy breed due to their native environment, the Highlands of Scotland. This results in long hair, giving the breed its ability to overwinter. Bulls can weigh up to 800 kilograms, 1,800 pounds, and cows up to 500 kilograms, 1,100 pounds. Their milk generally has a very high butterfat content, and their meat, regarded as of the highest quality, is gaining mainstream acceptance as it is lower in cholesterol than other varieties of beef.

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Tour Scotland Video Pipe Band And Chieftains Marching Cupar Fife

Tour Scotland video of Cupar Pipe Band and Chieftains marching down Bonnygate street to the Highland Games on ancestry visit to Cupar, Fife, Scotland. The history of Cupar Pipe Band dates back to September 16, 1920, when local man Lawrence McLaren and a handful of friends, who were pipers and drummers, decided to get together. They drew up a charter and laid down guidelines which still apply today.

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Old Photograph Railway Station Coatbridge Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station was original named Coatbridge and opened in 1842. It was renamed Coatbridge Central in 1953 after the 1826 Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway station named Coatbridge Central had closed in 1951. It is located on what was originally the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway, which later became the Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway. The connection southwards came courtesy of the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, with their first passenger train arriving from Morningside in May 1845. Both companies were subsequently taken over by the Caledonian Railway in 1849. A further route to the station, the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway from Glasgow via Rutherglen and Carmyle was opened in August 1866.



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Old Photograph Hospital Edinburgh Castle Scotland

Old photograph of the hospital in the Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. The buildings above the dog cemetery were built to a design by William Skinner in 1753 and consisted of storerooms for arms and military equipment built on either side of a courtyard. In 1897 two storhouses were redesigned as a military hospital which was previously housed in the Great Hall.



Tour Scotland April video of storm clouds over Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position on the Castle Rock.As the backdrop to the Edinburgh Military Tattoo during the annual Edinburgh International Festival the castle has become a recognisable symbol of Edinburgh and of Scotland and indeed, it is Edinburgh's most frequently visited visitor attraction.

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