Old Travel Blog Photograph Calvary Window Melrose Abbey Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Calvary Window in the abbey in Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland. This Gothic style abbey was founded in 1136 by Cistercian monks, on the request of King David I of Scotland. It was headed by the Abbot or Commendator of Melrose. Alexander II and other Scottish kings and nobles are buried at the abbey. The embalmed heart of Robert the Bruce is also said to rest on the abbey's grounds, while the rest of his body is buried in Dunfermline Abbey in Fife.



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Tour Scotland Video Interior St Machar’s Cathedral Aberdeen

Tour Scotland video of the interior of St Machar’s Cathedral, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. St Machar is said to have been a companion of St Columba on his journey to Iona. A fourteenth century legend tells how God, or St Columba, told Machar to establish a church where a river bends into the shape of a bishop's crosier before flowing into the sea. The River Don bends in this way just below where the Cathedral now stands. According to legend, St Machar founded a site of worship in Old Aberdeen in about 580. Machar's church was superseded by a Norman cathedral in 1131, shortly after King David I transferred the See from Mortlach to Aberdeen. Almost nothing of that original cathedral survives. After the execution of William Wallace in 1305, his body was cut up and sent to different corners of the country to warn other dissenters. His left quarter ended up in Aberdeen and is buried in the walls of the cathedral.

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Tour Scotland Video Chapel St Machar's Cathedral Aberdeen

Tour Scotland video of the Chapel in St Machar’s Cathedral, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. St Machar's Cathedral, or, more formally, the Cathedral Church of St Machar, is a Church of Scotland church. It is located to the north of the city centre, in the former burgh of Old Aberdeen. Technically, St Machar's is no longer a cathedral but rather a high kirk, as it has not been the seat of a bishop since 1690.

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Old Travel Blog Photograph Of Women Camping By Loch Lomond Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of women camping on the banks of Loch Lomond, Scotland. The loch, ow part of the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, is featured in a well known song which was first published around 1841.
The chorus is:
Oh, ye'll tak the high road, and I'll tak the low road,
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye;
But me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph East Kilconquhar Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of cottages, horse and carriage and people in East Kilconquhar, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. In the 18th century this Scottish village was noted as a weaving centre. The industry faded in the late 19th century. Kilconquhar is the name of a parish, a village, a loch, and a mansion, and is said to mean " the cell, the burying place, or place of worship, at the head or extremity of the fresh water lake, " which answers very well at present; but will not suit, if the tradition is reliable, according to which the loch was only formed 260 years ago, by a violent wind filling the drain with sand which formerly carried the water to the sea. The tradition is borne out, so far, by the utter absence of any trace of the loch in Blaeu’s map. Some maintain that Conquhar or Connachar was the name of the founder of the cell or church, hence Kilconquhar. Locally, it is known as Kenneuchar. Some of the old forms are: Kilkonkath, Kilconkath, Kilcankath, Kylconchat, Kilconcar, Kylkonqwhar, and Kynconquhair.



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