Old Travel Blog Photograph Churches Auchterarder Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of Churches in Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland. In 1559, Mary of Lorraine, Guise, widow of King James V, negotiated the Treaty of Perth from Auchterarder. By its terms John Knox gained the first State recognition of Protestantism in Scotland. Auchterarder is a small town located north of the Ochil Hills in Perthshire. The long High Street of Auchterarder gave the town its popular name of The Lang Toun or Long Town. The Jacobite Earl of Mar's army torched the town in 1716, but it quickly rose to prominence again thanks mainly to the handloom weaving industry. Robert Nisbet was born on 7 January 1814 in Auchterarder, the son of Christopher Nisbet and his wife, Margaret Sime. He was educated at the local school then studied Divinity at St Andrews University in Fife, and Edinburgh University. He was licensed to preach in 1836 and began as assistant minister in Lanark. In 1842 he took on the highly prestigious role of minister of West St Giles in Edinburgh. In 1853 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of St Andrews. In 1863 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Thomas Stevenson. In 1848 he married Eliza Tawse, died died 1883, daughter of John Tawse of Stobshiel, born 1787, died 1861, an advocate living in Edinburgh. Their children included Christopher Charles Nisbet and John Tawse Nisbet. Their daughter Christian Nisbet married James Paisley son of Reverend Robert Paisley of St Ninians in Leith. Robert died at his home, 56 Great King Street in Edinburgh's Second New Town on 22 November 1874. In 1983 the A9 was diverted to the south, bypassing Auchterarder and Aberuthven, to improve the connection between Stirling and Perth. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.

Tour Scotland Photograph Yesnaby Castle Orkney Islands

Tour Scotland photograph of Yesnaby Castle, South of Skara Brae, on the West Coast of the mainland Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is renowned for its spectacular Old Red Sandstone coastal cliff scenery which includes sea stacks, blowholes, geos and frequently boiling seas. The area is popular with climbers because of Yesnaby Castle, a sea stack just south of the Brough of Bigging. The stack is sometimes described as a smaller version of the Old Man of Hoy. Yesnaby is also one of the very few places where Primula scotica grows. Orkney folklore has it that a woman known as the " Yesnaby Healer " had the ability to stop bleeding in any person, even over a distance.



All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.

Old Travel Blog Photograph Prince Ardle`s Grave Enochdhu Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of Prince Ardle`s grave in Enochdhu a small village located West of Kirkmichael, Perthshire, Scotland. The name Ardle is derived from a Pictish warrior who was killed in battle at Enochdhu. He was reputed to be a giant, and the mound of his supposed grave is located in the garden of Dirnanean Lodge in Enochdhu. It is 19 feet long, and around 3 feet wide. At its end is a 5 foot high monolith. The origin of this stone is unknown but it is thought unlikely to be prehistoric.



All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.

Old Travel Blog Photograph Mortsafe Logierait Perthshire Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of a Mortsafe in the cemetery in Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland. Mortsafes were contraptions designed to protect graves from disturbance. Resurrectionists had supplied the schools of anatomy in Scotland since the early 18th century. This was due to the necessity for medical students to learn anatomy by attending dissections of human subjects, which was frustrated by the very limited allowance of dead bodies, for example the corpses of executed criminals, granted by the government, which controlled the supply. The mortsafe was invented in about 1816. These were iron or iron and stone devices of great weight, in many different designs. Logierait is a village in Atholl, Scotland. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Tay and Tummel, half a mile west of the A9 road. It was the birthplace of the sociologist Adam Ferguson and the Canadian politician John McIntosh and Alexander Mackenzie, Canada's second Prime Minister. Nearby is an ancient Ash tree, the Dule Tree of the district from which thieves and murderers were hanged.





All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.

Tour Scotland Travel Video Winter Snow Drive A82 Road Scottish Highlands

Tour Scotland video of part of a rainy Winter snow road trip drive in the A82 road on ancestry visit to the Highlands of Scotland. The A82 runs from Glasgow to Fort William and Inverness, passing along the shores of Loch Lomond and Loch Ness. It is probably the most important trunk route serving the West Highlands of Scotland. The video is In the northern section of the A82 passing Loch Ness, though is difficult to see because of the trees.

All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.