Tour Scotland Video Autumn Trees Cathedral Grounds Dunkeld Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Autumn trees in the Cathedral Park on ancestry visit to Dunkeld, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. Relics of Saint Columba, including his bones, were said to have been kept at Dunkeld until the Reformation, at which time they were removed to Ireland. Some believe there are still undiscovered Columban relics buried within the cathedral grounds. Dunkeld is thought to date back to the sixth century when a monastery was founded beside the River Tay. Today, the semi-ruined medieval cathedral of Dunkeld stands in wooded park land, close to River Tay.

All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.

Old Photograph Cottage Carnan South Uist Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage in Carnan on South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. South Uist was held by the MacDonalds of Clan Ranald who made a good living from kelp harvesting owing to the demand for kelp around the turn of the 19th century. South Uist was sold to Lt. Colonel John Gordon of Cluny in 1837 and the fortunes of the island's tenants went downhill from that point. He initiated Highland Clearances to make way for sheep farming, supplanting the crofters with farmers from the Borders, who brought flocks of Blackface sheep. As a result, there was large scale emigration from the island.



All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.

Old Photograph St Michael's Church Dumbarton Scotland

Old photograph of St Michael's Church in Dumbarton, Scotland. Dumbarton is 15 miles from Glasgow. Saint Michael’s Parish was founded for West Dumbarton in 1946. The Foundation Stone was laid by Archbishop Donald Campbell on 23 November 1952. The Church, designed by J.A. Coia of Gillespie, Kidd and Coia, was opened two years later on 23 May 1954. The Church was built by L.K. McKenzie & Partners at a cost of £90,000. Building materials were still short at this time after the war so the original roof was of corrugated asbestos. This was replaced with copper in the early 1960s. The joinery work was carried out by Grants of Glasgow and each pew cost £27. Marble was installed by Toffolo Jackson of Thornliebank.



All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.

Old Photograph Drummuir Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Drummuir Castle near Keith in Moray, Scotland. Drummuir Castle was built in 1847 by Thomas Mackenzie for Admiral Archibald Duff, whose distinguished career included service with Lord Nelson. The Duffs of Drummuir were descended from Duff of Clunybeg who died in 1674; and the Gordons of Park, to which property a Colonel Duff succeeded on the death of his grandmother in 1808. Admiral Archibald Duff died at Braemorriston, near Elgin, on the 9th day of February 1858 aged 84. Francis Jones, widow of Admiral Archibald Duff of Drummuir, died at Braemorriston on 21 December 1861 aged 74.



All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.

Old Photograph Village Hall Cray Scotland

Old photograph of the village hall in Croy, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Croy is a former mining community situated 13 miles from Glasgow and 37 miles from Edinburgh on the main railway line between the two cities. The modern settlement of Croy as it appears today was primarily the result of a coal mine being established in the mid 1800s. This attracted a sizable population of Irish immigrants to the area seeking employment and is the reason for the villages strong Roman Catholic origins. On Croy Hill, to the north east of the village, are remnants of the Antonine Wall, built by the Romans between AD 142 and 144, including a fort and two beacon platforms.The fort is not visible on the ground today, but the Antonine Wall ditch is easily identifiable across much of Croy Hill. Croy Hill’s high position offers one of the best views of the surrounding landscape, including the Firth of Forth and hills of Fife to the east, the Kilsyth Hills to the North.



All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.