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 Kitchen Tolquhon Castle Scotland
Old photograph of the kitchen in Tolquhon Castle located north west of Pitmedden, and 2 miles south of Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The castle was built by William Forbes, 7th Laird of Tolquhon, between 1584 and 1589 as an extension to the earlier tower house known as Preston's Tower. After William Forbes' death his descendants continued to occupy Tolquhon until 1718, when they were forced to move out due to debts incurred by the failure of the Darien scheme. The castle subsequently decayed and is now a ruin.
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Old Photograph Knockdow House Scotland
Old photograph of Knockdow House located eleven miles South of Dunoon, Cowal Peninsula, Argyll, Scotland. Knockdow was the seat of the McGorrie Lamonts, the house is located in a 6,000 acre estate, and was built in 1817, and enlarged and remodeled by the last Lamont of Knockdow, Sir Norman Lamont. In 1893 the Clan Chief sold all the remaining clan lands excepting Knockdow and left for Australia. The current Clan Chief is a Priest in Australia.
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Old Photograph Stonefield Castle Scotland
Old photograph of Stonefield Castle, also known as Barmore House, a Scottish baronial manor house near the village of Stonefield, north of Tarbert located on the southern shore of East Loch Tarbert, in Argyll, Scotland. The castle was constructed by the then current MacAlasdair Constable of Tarbert Castle. He neglected his duties as Constable of Tarbert Castle and allowed it to fall into disrepair. He lost, as a result of his neglect, his position of Constable of Tarbert and possession of Stonefield Castle, in the middle of the 18th century, to Charles Campbell. The castle was extended and remodelled in 1837 and designed by architects William Henry Playfair and William Notman.
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Old Photograph Southwick House Scotland
Old photograph of Southwick House located close to the Southwick Burn near where it empties into the Solway Firth on the southern slopes of the Criffell granite hill, 4 miles West of Kirkbean in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was built in 1750. There are fine Home Farm, stable, mill and lodge buildings associated with the house in addition to a bridge and the attractive mid 19th century Tudor Shawfoot Cottage. On the opposite side of the Southwick Burn stands Southwick Parish Church, a Romanesque style kirk built in 1891.
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Old Photograph Drumhead House Cardross Scotland
Old photograph of Drumhead House in Cardross which is located halfway between Dumbarton, and Helensburgh, Scotland. Robert the Bruce purchased the portions of lands of Pillanflatt from the Earl of Lennox, lying in the parish of Cardross in 1326. In 1329, he died at his manorial house that he built there. A field called the Mains of Cardross is thought to have been the location of his royal manor.
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