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 travel Blog photograph of the Cattle Market in Brechin in Angus, Scotland. The Taranty or Trinity market was an annual tryst held in Brechin, mainly for the purpose of selling and buying of cattle and horses. Old cattle trails, or drove roads, radiate out from Trinity Muir Market Place, which is where Brechin's markets were once held.
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Old travel Blog photograph of Rodgers sisters from Tomintoul, a village in Moray, Scotland. It is said to be the highest village in the Scottish Highlands. The village was laid out on a grid pattern by the 4th Duke of Gordon in 1775. It followed the construction, twenty years previously, of a military road by William Caulfeild, now the A939. The 2004 film One Last Chance starring Kevin McKidd and Dougray Scott was filmed in the village and the areas around it. James Stuart, born 1791, died 1874), a local farmer at Lynchork appears in a number of birth, baptism, death and Kirk Session records in this and surrounding parishes as the admitted or reputed father of children of his female servants. Grigor Willox was a reputed white witch who lived in Tomintoul in the 18th century. He was said to derive his powers from two amulets: a brass hook from a kelpie's bridle and a mermaid's crystal. Among his alleged powers were making cows produce milk, curing barren women, and detecting thieves. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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Old travel Blog photograph of Albert Williamson from Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. The surname Williamson was first recorded in the 1279 Hundred Rolls of Oxfordshire, England, with one Richard William. An interesting name bearer was Alexander Williamson, born 1829, died 1890, a Scottish missionary, who was ordained at Glasgow in 1855, and worked under the London Missionary Society in China from 1855 to 1858; he was an agent in China to the National Bible Society of Scotland from 1863 to 1890.
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Old travel Blog photograph of Alex Russell from Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. The surname Russell appears to be derived from rous which means red. The name was commonly found amongst the Normans and French people as the personal name of Rufus. Between 1164 and 1177 Walter Russel witnessed a charter in favour of Paisley Abbey. Mentioned in a charter of about 1180 is John, son of Robert Russel of Duncanlaw. In 1259 Robert Russel witnessed a deed relating to the lands of Threipland. In 1296 Robert Russel appears on the Ragman Rolls giving homage to Edward I of England. The name of Russel first came to Aberdeenshire with one Rozel who was an English baron who fought at the siege of Berwick and the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333. Rozel subsequently settled in Scotland and obtained the estate of Aden.
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Tour Scotland Hogmanay New Years Eve travel video of Jack Wright a Piper playing the Bagpipes on ancestry visit and trip to Newburgh, Fife. This Scottish piper was playing after the Newburgh Caledonian Lodge of Oddfellows annual torchlight walk and procession.
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