Tour Scotland Video Drive West And East Through Glencoe Highlands

Tour Scotland video of a drive West and back again East on the A82 road through Glencoe, on ancestry visit to the Highlands of Scotland. This famous Scottish Glen was the site the of the famous Massacre of Glencoe which began simultaneously in three settlements along the glen at Invercoe, Inverrigan, and Achnacon, although the killing took place all over the glen as fleeing MacDonalds were pursued. 38 MacDonalds from the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by Campbell guests who had accepted their hospitality. This Highland location featured a lot in Skyfall the James Bond movie, mainly because it is the most famous Scottish glen and one of the most dramatic landscapes in the world. Harry Potter fans will know Glencoe too. In the third film in the franchise, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the scenes featuring Hagrid’s hut were filmed on location in the glen. Scenes in the sixth instalment, The Half Blood Prince were also filmed here. Highlander was also filmed in Glencoe.

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Tour Scotland Video Howff Burial Ground Dundee

Tour Scotland video of the Howff Burial Ground on ancestry visit to Dundee, Scotland. The land of the burial ground was part of the Franciscan Greyfriars Monastery until the Scottish Reformation. In 1564 Mary, Queen of Scots granted the land to the burgh of Dundee, for use as a burial ground. It was used for meetings by the Dundee Incorporated Trades, and subsequently became known as The Howff, from the Scots word howff meaning a meeting place. Meetings at The Howff ceased in 1776. The last burial took place in 1857. The walls along the west side date from 1601. Video includes; David Tosh, Boatman, gravestone, Margaret Duncan gravestone, William Clark, Jailor, gravestone, George Murdoch, Maltman, gravestone, John Sim, Shipmaster, gravestone, Robert Ramsay, Brewer, gravestone, Joseph Slider, gravestone, painter in Dundee, in memory of his brother William Slider who died on the 5th of July, 1815, aged 21. The above mentioned Joseph Slider who died 29th of February, 1819, aged 32, James Chalmers, Bookseller, gravestone, Charles Miller, Brewer, gravestone, William Taylor, Merchant, gravestone, Thomas Nicoll, Brewer, gravestone, Patrick Brown, Merchant, gravestone, William Deuchars, Shipmaster, gravestone.

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Tour Scotland Video Summer Rain Cottage Garden Scone Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of heavy Summer rain in my cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The Scottish weather forecast today was of outbreaks of heavy rain. across Perthshire, Angus and Fife. This burst of rain only lasted around fifteen seconds, keeps the plants and grass watered. Rainfall totals vary widely across Scotland, the western highlands of Scotland is one of the wettest places in Europe with annual rainfall up to 180 inches. Due to the mountainous topography of the western Highlands, this type of precipitation is orographic in nature, with the warm, wet air forced to rise on contact with the mountainous coast, where it consequently cools and condenses, forming clouds. In comparison, much of eastern Scotland receives less than 870 mm (34.3 in) annually; lying in the rain shadow of the western uplands. This effect is most pronounced along the coasts of Lothian, Fife, Angus and eastern Aberdeenshire, as well as around the city of Inverness. Inchkeith in the Firth of Forth receives only 21 inches of precipitation each year, which is similar to Rabat in Morocco, and less than Barcelona receives per year. Also, as a result of this the north western coast has about 265 days with rain a year and this falls to the south east to a minimum of about 170 days along the coast to the east of high ground.

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Old Photograph Royal Victoria Hospital Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Victoria Hospital for Consumption was founded by Robert William Philip on the site at Craigleith in 1894. In 1904 it became the Royal Victoria Hospital for Consumption with King Edward VII giving patronage. Sir Robert William Philip, born 29 December 1857, died 25 January 1939, was a pioneer in the treatment and control of tuberculosis. He was the son of Reverend George Philip, minister of the Union Church in Govan, Glasgow, and his wife, Margaret Josephine Robertson. He was educated at the Royal High School in Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1882 and receiving his doctorate in 1887. In 1889 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir Thomas Grainger Stewart, Sir William Turner, Robert Flint and David James Hamilton. He served as the Society's Vice President from 1927 to 1930. He married Elizabeth Motherwell in 1888, and Edith McGaw in 1938. For much of his life, he lived at 45 Charlotte Square, one of Edinburgh's most exclusive addresses. During World War I, he held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Scottish Second General Hospital in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He died in 1939 and is buried in Grange cemetery in Edinburgh. The grave lies on the main eastern path, not far from the entrance. His wife Edith Josephine McCaw lies with him.



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Old Photograph Donaldson's Hospital Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Donaldson's Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland. The hospital was designed by architect William Henry Playfair in the Gothic style inspired by Elizabethan manor houses. The building is built round a quadrangle in Tudor architecture style with large corner towers which themselves are each made up of four smaller towers. Queen Victoria opened the building in 1850 and is reputed to have said that the building was more impressive than many of her own palaces. Sir James Donaldson, born 10 December 1751, died 16 December 1830, was a Scottish printer and newspaper publisher. He bequeathed a large part of his estate to the founding of Donaldson's Hospital. His father, Alexander Donaldson, born 1727, died 1794, was the founding publisher of the Edinburgh Advertiser. His paternal grandparents were James Donaldson, died 1754, a textile manufacturer, and Treasurer of Edinburgh; and Elizabeth Weir, died 1768. He had an uncle, John Donaldson, a bookseller in London, England. Donaldson married Jane Gillespie, eldest daughter of an Edinburgh physician, on 29 September 1792. They had no children. Donaldson died at Broughton Hall in 1830. He is buried against the southern wall of the churchyard of St Johns at the west end of Princes Street, backing onto the north section of St Cuthberts Churchyard.



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