Tour Scotland Winter Video Ice On Rocks River Tay Perthshire Highlands

Tour Scotland video of Winter ice on rocks by the River Tay on visit to the Highlands of Perthshire, Scotland. A widespread sharp frost, severe in places with lowest temperatures in the Perthshire Glens. The River Tay, Scottish Gaelic: Tatha, is the longest river in Scotland and the seventh longest in the United Kingdom. The Tay originates in western Scotland on the slopes of Ben Lui, Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Laoigh, then flows easterly across the Highlands, through Loch Dochart, Loch Iubhair and Loch Tay, then continues east through Strathtay, in the centre of Scotland, then southeasterly through Perth, where it becomes tidal, to its mouth at the Firth of Tay, south of Dundee.

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Tour Scotland Video Smallpipes Music Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of smallpipes music being played on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Small Pipes are one of the first documented bagpipes in Scotland, along with the Border pipes, which were popular in the Lowland areas of Scotland as far north as Aberdeen. Evidence shows them to have existed since the 15th century.

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Tour Scotland Video Young Scots Playing Violin Music In Kilts Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of young Scots playing the violin in kilts on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Travel Blog Photograph Blacksmiths Lerwick Shetland Islands Scotland

Old Travel Blog photograph of Blacksmiths in Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland. The first settlement to be known as Lerwick was founded in the 17th century as a herring and white fish seaport to trade with the Dutch fishing fleet. When Lerwick became more prosperous through sea trade and the fishing industry during the 19th century, the town expanded in 1891 to the west of Hillhead, thereby including the former civil parishes of Gulberwick und Quarff, as well as the islands parish of Burra. 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 Chancel Parish Church Renfrew Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Chancel of the Parish Church in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Renfrew is a town 6 miles west of Glasgow. The first record of an existing church at Renfrew occurs in 1136, when it was given to Glasgow Cathedral. The original church was erected by Walter Fitz Alan, who was created High Steward of Scotland by King David I, on the Inch of Renfrew; it was dedicated to St. James, the patron saint of the Fitz Alan family. The monks were lodged not on the Inch, but on the mainland where they built a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The present church stands on the site of this chapel. After the monks left, the Renfrew church would assume the title of the Church of St. Mary and St. James, which it has at present. Several churches may have occupied the site; the size and layout of the church prior to the Reformation may be deduced from old charters. At a certain period the church seems to have changed in name from that of St. Mary and St. James. The present church was built in 1861.



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