Tour Scotland Travel Photograph Sheep By A Post Box Glencoe Scottish Highlands

Tour Scotland travel photograph of a sheep by a Post Box in Glencoe, on ancestry visit to the Highlands of Scotland. This famous Scottish Glen was the site the of the famous Massacre of Glencoe which began simultaneously in three settlements along the glen at Invercoe, Inverrigan, and Achnacon, although the killing took place all over the glen as fleeing MacDonalds were pursued. 38 MacDonalds from the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by Campbell guests who had accepted their hospitality. This Highland location featured a lot in Skyfall the James Bond movie, mainly because it is the most famous Scottish glen and one of the most dramatic landscapes in the world. Harry Potter fans will know Glencoe too. In the third film in the franchise, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the scenes featuring Hagrid’s hut were filmed on location in the glen. Scenes in the sixth instalment, The Half Blood Prince were also filmed here. Highlander was also filmed in Glencoe.



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Tour Scotland Travel Photograph Pipe Band Traquair House

Tour Scotland travel photograph of a Pipe Band on the grounds of Traquair House near Peebles in the Borders of Scotland. Traquair is built on the site of a hunting seat used by the Scottish kings from the 12th century, though no part of the present building can be dated with certainty before the 15th century. King Alexander I was the first Scottish king to stay and hunt at Traquair. At that time it was a remote " castle ", surrounded by forest. Upon Alexander III's death, in 1286, the peace of the Borders region was shattered and Traquair became a key link in the chain of defence that guarded the Tweed Valley against English invasion. Over the next two centuries, Traquairs ownership changed often, at times coming under the control of the English, and at others, the Scottish throne. In the 1460s, King James III conferred the estate on Dr. William Rogers, an eminent musician, and one of his favourites. After holding the lands for upwards of nine years, Dr. Rogers sold them for an insignificant sum, in 1478, to the Earl of Buchan. The Earl gifted the estate to his illegitimate son, James Stuart, born 1480, died 1513, 1st Laird of Traquair, in 1491. James Stuart obtained letters of legitimation, and married the heiress of the Rutherfords, with whom he received the estates of Rutherford and Wells in Roxburghshire. He was killed at the Battle of Flodden. His daughter, Lady Jane Stuart, became involved with the married Earl of Angus, by whom she had a daughter out of wedlock, Lady Janet Douglas. Janet married Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven and produced several children and the main Ruthven line. Traquair remained the family seat of the Earls of Traquair for the next four centuries.



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Tour Scotland Winter Travel Video Eastern Cemetery St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland Winter travel video of the Eastern Cemetery on ancestry to visit St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The first burials took place in 1823. Notable interments include Colonel Robert Hope Moncrieff Aitken, born 1826, died 1887, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for service in India; naturalist and aviation pioneer Professor. James Bell Pettigrew, born 1834, died 1908; the architect Reginald Fairlie, born 1883, died 1952, together with his father James Ogilvy Reginald Fairlie, born 1848, died 1916, who was appointed a Chamberlain to Pope Benedict XV; and the artist Wilhelmina Barns Graham, born 1912, died 2004. The cemetery contains a small number of Commonwealth War Graves.

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Tour Scotland Winter Travel Video Cathedral St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland Winter travel video of Crosses, the Square Tower and Cathedral ruins on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to St Andrews, Fife. The tall square tower, part of the original church, was built to hold the relics of St Andrew and became known as the first cathedral in St Andrews. The remains of what was Scotland's largest and most magnificent church still show how impressive St Andrews Cathedral must have been in its prime.

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Tour Scotland Winter Travel Video Road Trip To St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland sunny Winter travel video of a road trip drive to the Brownhills junction of the B9131 road and the A917 roads to visit St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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