Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old travel Blog photograph of shops, houses, a Tram and people on Great Western Road in Aberdeen, Scotland. West End is a district near the centre of Aberdeen, which runs across Queens Road and Great Western Road. It generally stops at South Anderson Drive.The traditional industries in Aberdeen were fishing, paper making, shipbuilding, and textiles 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 of St Columba's Shrine on the Island of Iona in the Inner Hebrides of the West coast of Scotland. A tiny building, to the West and just North of the nave of the Medieval abbey church. The " shrine " has been rebuilt as a chapel, and below the floor are two graves which have been claimed as those of St Columba and a companion.
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Old travel Blog photograph of of the stairs to Dumbarton Castle which overlooks the town of Dumbarton, Scotland. This Scottish castle has the longest recorded history of any stronghold in Great Britain. It is located on a plug of volcanic basalt known as Dumbarton Rock. At least as far back as the Iron Age, this has been the site of a strategically important settlement. Its early residents were known to have traded with the Romans. The presence of a settlement is first recorded in a letter Saint Patrick wrote to King Ceretic of Alt Clut in the late 5th century. Mary Queen of Scots sailed to France from here as a child in 1548.
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Old travel Blog photograph of people outside the main entrance to Balloch Castle on the southern tip of Loch Lomond, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built as a residence in 1808 by the architect Robert Lugar at the order of John Buchanan of Ardoch, a partner in the Glasgow Ship Bank. The Buchanans of Ardoch are descended from William Buchanan, first of Ardoch who was the eldest son of Thomas Buchanan of Gartincaber. The family are Cadets of Drummakill, via Gartincaber, Blairlusk, and Carbeth. John Buchanan of Ardoch, the bearer of these arms was fifth of Ardoch. He was born 1761 and married in 1785 Elizabeth Parkes. By this marriage he had, Mary who married Robert Finlay, John, and two daughters who died unmarried. John Buchanan of Ardoch took a leading part in the affairs of Dunbartonshire, and was appointed in 1794 as Deputy Lieutenant, and in 1820 Vice Lieutenant of the County. In 1821 he was elected Member of Parliament for the county. During his life time he purchased the estate of Balloch and built Balloch castle which until recently was in the possession of the Finlay family. He died in 1839.
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Old travel Blog photograph of the Drinking Well at Auchmountain Glen in the Strone area of Greenock by Glasgow, Scotland. The Glen was donated to the town in 1887 by a family of local landowners, the Shaw Stewarts, and became a popular visitor attraction after squads of workers named the Belville Boys, a group of unemployed shipyard workers from around Greenock, nicknamed the Auchmountain Boys, built a clubhouse, bridges and formal paths to enable walkers to view its waterfalls and craggy slopes. 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.
