Old Photograph Clachan Hotel Aberfoyle Scotland

Old photograph of shops and the Clachan Hotel in Aberfoyle, Trossachs, Scotland. Aberfoyle has connections to many historical figures such as Rob Roy and Mary, Queen of Scots. Robert Roy MacGregor was born at the head of nearby Loch Katrine, and his well known cattle stealing exploits took him all around the area surrounding Aberfoyle. It is recorded, for example, that in 1691, the MacGregors raided every barn in the village of Kippen and stole all the villagers livestock.



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Old Photograph Pass Of Brander Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage by the road in the Pass Of Brander by Loch Awe, Argyll, Scotland. The Battle of the Pass of Brander in Scotland forms a small part of the wider struggle known as the Wars of Scottish Independence, and a large part of the civil war between the Bruce and Balliol factions, a parallel and overlapping conflict. It was a victory for King Robert the Bruce over the MacDougalls of Argyll, kinsmen of John Comyn, also known as the Red Comyn, who had been murdered by Bruce and his adherents at Dumfries in 1306.



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Tour Scotland Video Autumn Drive To Village Church Dull Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of a drive to the village church in Dull on ancestry visit to Highland Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish village consists of a single street of houses on the north side of the valley of the River Tay. .In June 2012, the town of Boring in Oregon, USA, accepted the proposal of Dull to pair their municipalities, in an effort to promote tourism in both places as a play on their names. They became sister cities. The parish church, unused since the 1970s is on the site of an early Christian monastery founded by St Adomnán who was, Abbot of Iona. Bland Shire, West Wyalong, farm community and former gold prospecting site in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, has created not a twinned town relationship but a League of Extraordinary Communities to group Dull, Boring, and Bland as a means of encouraging travel,promoting all three communities.

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Tour Scotland Video Autumn Drive To Castle Menzies By Weem And Aberfeldy Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of a road trip drive to Castle Menzies on ancestry visit to Weem and Aberfeldy, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle was formerly known as Weem Castle and is the ancestral seat of the Clan Menzies. Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Stuart Pretender to the throne, rested for two nights in the Castle on his way to the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Duleep Singh, last Maharajah of the Sikh Empire, lived at Castle Menzies between 1855 and 1858, following his exile from the Punjab in 1854. He was officially the ward of Sir John Spencer Login and Lady Login, who leased the castle for him.

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Tour Scotland Video Autumn Drive North On A826 Road To Aberfeldy Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of a road trip drive North on the A826 road to Aberfeldy on ancestry visit to Highland Perthshire, Scotland. The A826 is a very barren road. It only goes through one town, and that is at one end in Aberfeldy. The road is twisty and bendy. On the way, you see Grandtully Hill, the small Loch na Creige and Glen Cochill. It is also a tourist route, being part of the Perthshire Tourist Route. In fact, it is all in the historic country of PerthshireThe A826 originated in the late 1720s as part of General Wade's Crieff to Inverness military road. This route started as the A822 in Crieff, followed the A826 into Aberfeldy.

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