Tour Scotland Travel Video Parish Church Ratho

Tour Scotland travel video of the church and graveyard cemetery on ancestry visit to Ratho in West Lothian, Scotland. An interesting medieval cruciform church, with later aisles. The east aisle dated 1683, the south 1830. To the west of the south aisle is a 12th century doorway, partially visible, with scalloped capitals and decorated hoodmould. Twentieth-century refurbishment in 1932 revealed a Celtic cross stone which might suggest early worship on this site. In the south porch is a 13th-century tomb slab belonging to one of the Knights Templar who owned Ratho in the Middle Ages. In the graveyard are several interesting headstones and a panelled coffin formed of a single stone

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Old Photographs Lagg Island of Arran

Tour Scotland wee travel video of photographs of Lagg, Scottish Gaelic: An Lag, a very small village on the southern coast of the Island of Arran, Scotland. with just a few houses and a hotel which is one of the oldest inns on Arran, dating back to 1791. David Lees was born in 1881 the son of Robert Lees a vet from Lagg and his wife Agnes Drennan. He was educated at Ayr Academy, then studied Medicine at Edinburgh University and graduated around 1902. He was married to Effie Lawrie Brechin. In the First World War he served as Regimental Medical Officer first to the Welsh Guards then to the Irish Guards. He served in France and saw action both at Ypres and Passchendaele. He received the Distinguished Service Order for his actions. He was also Mentioned in Dispatches. After the war he joined Edinburgh Corporation as Clinical Medical Officer and ran various clinics relating to sexually transmitted diseases in the Old Town. In 1933 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He died on 25 March 1934. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day



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Tour Scotland Travel Video Cloudy Road Trip Drive West Through Glencoe Scottish Highlands

Tour Scotland travel video of a cloudy road trip drive West on the A82 road through 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.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Cloudy Road Trip Drive Through Glen Etive Scottish Highlands

Tour Scotland travel video of a cloudy road trip drive on a narrow single track road, with passing places, through Glen Etive, on ancestry visit to the Highlands of Scotland. At the north end of Glen Etive lie the two mountains known as the Herdsmen of Etive, Buachaille Etive Mòr and Buachaille Etive Beag. Other peaks accessible from the Glen include Ben Starav, located near the head of Loch Etive, and Beinn Fhionnlaidh on the northern side of the glen. Visitors driving to the area usually seek out the famous James Bond's Skyfall and Braveheart film locations, and follow the driving route along the River Etive.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Road Trip Drive Single Track Road Highlands

Tour Scotland travel video of a road trip drive on a single track road by lochs on ancestry visit to the Highlands of Scotland. This road is only wide enough for one vehicle. It has special passing places. If you see a vehicle coming towards you, or the driver behind wants to overtake, try to pull into a passing place on your left, or wait opposite a passing place on your right. Give way to vehicles coming uphill whenever you can. If necessary, reverse until you reach a passing place to let the other vehicle pass.

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