Tour Scotland Travel Video Sunny Winter Morning Drive To The Cathedral In Dunblan

Tour Scotland travel video of a Sunny Winter morning drive to the Cathedral in Dunblane, a town in the council area of Stirling, Scotland. The Cathedral was once the seat of the bishops of Dunblane, also sometimes called of Strathearn, until the abolition of bishops after the Scottish Reformation. There are remains of the vaults of the episcopal palace to the south of the cathedral. Technically, it is no longer a cathedral, as there are no bishops in the Church of Scotland, which is a Presbyterian denomination. William Chisholme, the last Catholic bishop of Dunblane in 1561, later became bishop of Vaison in France. The cathedralcontains the graves of Margaret Drummond of Stobhall, a mistress of King James IV of Scotland and her two sisters, all said to have been poisoned. Dunblane is the point at which the M9 motorway ends and joins the A9 dual carriageway north towards Perth, Perthshire.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Sunny Winter Morning Drive To Scottish Antique And Arts Centre Doune

Tour Scotland travel video of a Sunny Winter morning drive to the Scottish Antique And Arts Centre near Doune, Scotland. A tractor with a hedge cutter was reversing down the road towards me at the start of this drive. The centre offers a selection of antiques and collectables which are complimented by carefully chosen contemporary gifts, furniture, home accessories and quality brands of ladies clothing.

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Travel Scotland Video Sunny Winter Morning Drive Into Doune

Tour Scotland travel video of a Winter morning road trip drive on ancestry, genealogy, history visit into Doune. The burgh is in the district of Stirling, though the postal address places the town in Perthshire. Bonnie Prince Charlie passed through Doune in 1745. Throughout the parish the Clan names most often met with are Campbell, Stewart, Ferguson, Morrison, McAlpine, McLaren, MacDonald, Mathieson and Cameron. Doune was also famous for its manufacture of pistols, but this eventually ceased due to the competition of manufacturers in, for example, Birmingham where production was cheaper. Allegedly a Doune pistol fired the first shot of the American War of Independence. Doune has often been used as a filming location, most famously for Monty Python and the Holy Grail which was filmed at Doune Castle. The castle has also been used for major TV series, most notably Ivanhoe, Game of Thrones and Outlander.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Snowdrops Innerpeffray Library Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of snowdrops by of Innerpeffray Library in Perthshire, Scotland. The famous Innerpeffray Library, the oldest surviving public library in Scotland, and still open to the public. There are about three thousand volumes shelved in a fine, well lit room on the upper floor, many of great age and value, one of the most interesting being the great Marquis of Montrose's personal pocket Bible, in French, bearing his autograph. The library was founded in 1691 by David Drummond, 3rd Lord Madderty, Montrose's brother-in-law, who also endowed the school in an adjoining building. Many of the books were added, about sixty years later by Robert Hay Drummond, Archbishop of Canterbury, who had inherited Innerpeffray and other great estates, and who erected the present library building.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Sunny Winter Drive On A9 And A820 Roads To Castle In Doune

Tour Scotland travel video of a sunny Winter morning road trip drive West on the A9 and A820 roads on ancestry visit to the castle in Doune, Scotland. In 1361, Robert Stewart, born 1340, died 1420, son of King Robert II who reigned from 1371 to 1390, and brother of King Robert III, who reigned from 1390 to 1406, was created Earl of Menteith, and was granted the lands on which Doune Castle now stands. Building may have started any time after this, and the castle was at least partially complete in 1381, when a charter was sealed here. Robert was appointed Regent in 1388 for his elderly father, and continued to hold effective power during the reign of his infirm brother. He was created Duke of Albany in 1398. In 1406, Robert III's successor, James I, was captured by the English, and Albany became Regent once more. After this time, the number of charters issued at Doune suggest that the castle became a favoured residence. Architecturally it is a mixture of fortress and manor house. Bonnie Prince Charlie passed through Doune in 1745. Doune is a popular filming location and has featured in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Game of Thrones and Outlander movies.

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