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 of the parish church by Loch Lee in Glenesk, Angus, Scotland. The ruins of Glenesk old Parish Church stand in a roughly rectangular graveyard overlooking Loch Lee. The present church was built some time in the late 17th century, replacing an earlier building. Loch Lee is a loch located South of the Grampian Mountains and is fed by the Water of Lee and the Water of Unich and flows into the River North Esk. Queen Victoria described it as " a wild but not large lake, closed in by mountains, with a farm-house and a few cottages at its edge ". The loch supplies drinking water to the North Esk area. The area is used by both walkers and anglers.
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Old photograph of cottages and houses on Church Hill in Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland. The town has a history as a rest area, market town, weaving centre and mining village. Robert Hetrick, born 1769, died 1849, was a poet and blacksmith from Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was known for his patriotic verses written against Napoleon. He published one book, Poems and Songs of Robert Hetrick, in 1826.
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Old photograph of the interior of All Saints' Church in Inveraray, Scotland. This Scottish church in Gothic revival by Hoare and Wheeler, was built between 1923 and 1931 as a Memorial to Campbell dead of First World War and previous wars. The church was built in 1885 in local red granite, designed by Wardrop and Anderson of Edinburgh. Many of the interior furnishings given by Niall Dairmid Campbell, 10th Duke of Argyll. Campbell was the son of Captain Lord Archibald Campbell, second son of George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, and his wife Janey Sevilla Callander of Craigforth and Ardkinglas, daughter of James Henry Callander. His uncle was Lord Colin Campbell and his aunt by marriage was Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll. He was educated at St George's School, Ascot and went then to Charterhouse School in Surrey, England. Campbell studied at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1896. In 1914, he succeeded his uncle John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll in his various hereditary titles and offices. Following his inheritance, Campbell became Honorary Colonel of the 8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders until his retirement in 1929. He was additionally Honorary Colonel of the 15th, Canadian, Argyll Light Infantry. Having been previously a Deputy Lieutenant from 1914. Campbell was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire in 1923, an office he held until his death in 1949. His seat was Inveraray Castle, Argyll, and was interred at Kilmun Parish Church.
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Old photograph of the River Teith by Callander, Trossachs, Scotland. The Teith is formed from the confluence of two smaller rivers: one from Loch Venachar, the Eas Gobhain which translates as " the smith's cascade ", and one from Loch Lubnaig, Garbh Uisge which translates as " the rough water ". The river flows through Callander and is joined by the Keltie Water 1 mile south of Keltie Bridge. The Teith continues to Deanston and Doune where the Ardoch Burn meets it, before its confluence with the smaller Forth upstream of Stirling. The name comes from the Scottish Gaelic Uisge Theamhich, which translates into English as the " quiet and pleasant water. "
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Old photograph of a fisherman in a fishing boat on Loch Ericht near Dalwhinnie in the Highlands of Scotland. The loch is part of a hydro electric scheme and is dammed at both ends. Water flows into the northern end via the Cuaich Aqueduct. The southern end is linked to a hydro electric power station at Loch Rannoch by the 4 mile long River Ericht. The northern dam protects the village of Dalwhinnie from flooding. Loch Ericht is surrounded by a number of Munros, including Ben Alder mountain and Geal-Chàrn mountain. Traditional hunting areas border the loch. These are called forests; the chief of which is Ben Alder Forest.
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