Tour Scotland Winter Travel Video Waterfalls Glencoe And Glen Etive Highlands
Tour Scotland Winter travel video of waterfalls in Glencoe and Glen Etive on ancestry visit to the Highlands of Scotland. Early on the morning of 13 February 1692, in the aftermath of the Jacobite uprising of 1689 an incident known as the Massacre of Glencoe or Mort Ghlinne Comhann in Gaelic took place in Glen Coe in the Highlands of Scotland. Thirty eight men from Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by government forces billeted with them on the grounds they had not been prompt in pledging allegiance to the new monarchs, William III and Mary II. Another forty women and children later died of exposure after their homes were burned. Movie sets for the third Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, were built near to the bottom of Clachaig Gully. Glen Etive has been used as the backdrop to many movies, among them Braveheart and Skyfall. The Fachen is also known as the Dwarf of Glen Etive. In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, Deirdre and her love Naoise founded Glen Etive after fleeing Ulster.
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Old Travel Blog Photograph Orchar Park Broughty Ferry Scotland
Old travel Blog photograph of people in Orchar Park in Broughty Ferry by Dundee, Scotland. Orchar Park became a part of the City of Dundee in 1923, under the Extension of the City Act. In 1887, on the occasion of the First Jubilee of Queen Victoria, the conversion of the lease of the ground was acquired by the Commissioners, of the Burgh at that time and in 1890 James Guthrie Orchar, born 1825, died 1898, who was for many years Provost of Broughty Ferry, at his own expense, erected the wall and railing by which the Park is surrounded. A provost, introduced into Scots from French, is the ceremonial head of many Scottish local authorities, and under the name prévôt was a governmental position of varying importance in Ancien Régime France. Historically the provost was the chief magistrate or convener of a Scottish burgh council, the equivalent of a mayor in other parts of the English speaking world.
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Old Travel Blog Photograph Auxiliary Golf Course Carnoustie Scotland
Old travel Blog photograph of the Auxiliary Golf Course in Carnoustie, Scotland. Golf is recorded as having been played at Carnoustie in the early 16th century. In 1890, the 14th Earl of Dalhousie, who owned the land, sold the links to the local authority. It had no funds to acquire the property, and public fundraising was undertaken and donated to the council. The Burnside started life in 1892 with the less than glorious name of " Auxiliary ". As golf had become more popular in the late 19th century it had been decided to create this nine hole course to take pressure off the Championship Course. In 1914 the course was increased to 18 holes and by 1934 it was brought up to the standard of the main course and re-titled the Burnside.
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Old Travel Blog Photograph Post Office Edrom Scotland
Old travel Blog photograph of people outside the cottage Post Office in the village of Edrom, Scotland. Edrom is also a rural Parish of east central Berwickshire being bounded on the north by the Parishes of Bunkle and Preston and Chirnside, on the east by the Parishes of Chirnside, Hutton and Whitsome and Hilton, on the south by the Parishes of Whitsome and Hilton, Swinton and Fogo and on the west by the Parishes of Langton and Duns. It includes the nearby village of Allanton. The railway station in Edrom on the North British Railway's Berwickshire Railway was opened in 1863. The railway line ran from Reston to Earlston, joining the East Coast Main Line to the Waverley Line. It was closed to passenger traffic 10 September 1951. Freight continued until 19 July 1965.
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Old Travel Blog Photograph Innerleven Golf Clubhouse Leven Fife Scotland
Old travel Blog photograph of the view from Innerleven Golf Clubhouse in Leven, Fife, Scotland. Innerleven Golf Club was founded on February 29, 1820 when 15 golfers drew up their first rules. Initially, the name of the club seems to have been Inverleven Golfing Society, referring to the old name of Innerleven. Originally members were required to wear a jacket of King Charles tartan when competing for any prize. By 1866, the name had become Innerleven Golf Club. When Innerleven’s membership declined in the mid 1950s, they amalgamated with Leven Golf Club to form the Leven Golfing Society on 1st September 1, 1957, using the Innerleven clubhouse.
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