King Robert The Bruce Statue With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To Bannockburn Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music of the statue of the King Robert the Bruce, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the battlefield at Bannockburn near Stirling, Britain, United Kingdom. The cast bronze equestrian monument, featuring Bruce on his war horse carrying an axe. Robert the Bruce led the battle against the English at Bannockburn in 1314. The battle was a significant Scottish victory in the First War of Scottish Independence, and a landmark in Scottish history. The statue was originally designed by Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson who was born on 11 October 1887 at Garlenick near Grampound, Cornwall, England, the son of Ethel Katie D'Orville. She married Louis Pilkington Jackson soon after, who may be presumed to be Charles' father, leading him to adopt his name in later life. Charles attended the Edinburgh Institution from 1905 and the newly established Edinburgh College of Art in 1907. In 1911 he established himself in a studio with William MacDonald, a bronze founder. He was commissioned to create numerous memorials to famous Scots. He died in Edinburgh on the 20 September 1973. The Robert The Bruce statue was created using the actual measurements of Bruce's skull, re-discovered at Dunfermline Abbey in 1818, and was first unveiled by the Queen in 1964. The distance by road from Perth, Perthshire to Bannockburn is 41 miles. 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.

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Culloden Moor Battlefield With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To The Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K short travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of Culloden Moor Battlefield near Inverness on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. The Battle of Culloden was the last pitched battle fought on British soil. It was fought on 16 April 1746 and saw the Jacobite army of Prince Charles Edward Stuart defeated by the army of the Hanoverian King George II under the leadership of the Duke of Cumberland. The battle put an end to Jacobite hopes of restoring the Stuart dynasty to the British throne. The Memorial Cairn, was erected in 1881 by Duncan Forbes of Culloden. The Well of the Dead and graves of the Clans are located at the East end of the moor. The Battle of Culloden, Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Chùil Lodair, was the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745. On 16 April 1746, the Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart was decisively defeated by a British government force under William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, on Drummossie Moor. Bonnie Prince Charles was the eldest son of James Stuart, the exiled Stuart claimant to the British throne. Believing there was support for a Stuart restoration in both Scotland and England, he landed in Scotland in July 1745: raising an army of Scots Jacobite supporters, he took Edinburgh by September and defeated a British government force at Prestonpans. The government recalled 12,000 troops from the Continent to deal with the rising: a Jacobite invasion of England reached as far as Derby before turning back, having attracted relatively few English recruits. The Jacobites, with limited French military support, attempted to consolidate their control of Scotland, where by early 1746 they were opposed by a substantial government army. A hollow Jacobite victory at Falkirk failed to change the strategic situation: with supplies and pay running short and with the government troops resupplied and reorganised under the Duke of Cumberland, son of British monarch King George II, the Jacobite leadership had few options left other than to stand and fight. The two armies eventually met at Culloden, on terrain that gave Cumberland's larger, well rested force the advantage. The battle lasted only an hour, with the Jacobites suffering a bloody defeat; between 1,500 and 2,000 Jacobites were killed or wounded, while about 300 government soldiers were killed or wounded. While perhaps 6,000 Jacobites remained in arms in Scotland, the leadership took the decision to disperse, effectively ending the rising. Culloden and its aftermath continue to arouse strong feelings. The University of Glasgow awarded the Duke of Cumberland an honorary doctorate, but many modern commentators allege that the aftermath of the battle and subsequent crackdown on Jacobite sympathisers were brutal, earning Cumberland the sobriquet Butcher. Scots, English and Irish fought on both sides at Culloden. Sometimes clansmen fought their own fathers, brothers, and uncles. On the Jacobite side were, amongst others, Chisholms, MacLeods, MacLeans, Frasers, Farquarsons, Camerons and Gordons. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Spring Road Trip M90 Motorway Drive With Music On History Visit To Abbey Dunfermline Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Spring travel video of al road trip drive, with Scottish aacordion music, South on the M90 motorway from Perthshire, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Abbey Church in Dunfermline, Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phàrlain, in West Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. The church occupies the site of the ancient chancel and transepts of a large medieval Benedictine abbey, which was sacked in 1560 during the Scottish Reformation and permitted to fall into disrepair. Part of the old abbey church continued in use at that time and some parts of the abbey infrastructure still remain to this day. Dunfermline Abbey is one of Scotland's most important cultural sites. The Benedictine Abbey of the Holy Trinity and St Margaret, was founded in 1128 by King David I of Scotland, but the monastic establishment was based on an earlier foundation dating back to the reign of King Malcolm Canmore. Saint Margaret of Scotland was buried here in 1093; on 19th June 1250. King Robert the Bruce was buried, in 1329, in the choir, now the site of the present parish church. Bruce's heart rests in Melrose, but his bones lie in Dunfermline Abbey, where, after the discovery of the skeleton in 1818, they were reinterred with fitting pomp below the pulpit of the New church. In 1891 the pulpit was moved back and a monumental brass inserted in the floor to indicate the royal vault. The earliest known settlements in the area around Dunfermline probably date as far back as the Neolithic period. The area was not regionally significant until at least the Bronze Age. The town was first recorded in the 11th century, with the marriage of Malcolm III, King of Scots, and Saint Margaret at the church in Dunfermline. Dunfermline's most famous son is the entrepreneur and philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie who was born in the town in 1835. Among the gifts he gave to his home town, include a free library and public swimming baths. Most important of all, was the donation of the Pittencrieff Estate which he had purchased in 1903 to be converted into Pittencrieff Park. In 1888, two Dunfermline men, John Reid and Robert Lockhart, first demonstrated golf in the USA by setting up a hole in an orchard, before Reid set up America's first golf club the same year, St. Andrews Golf Club in Yonkers, New York, with Andrew Carnegie one of the first members. The surname Carnegie was first found in Angus, Gaelic: Aonghas, part of the Tayside region of north eastern Scotland, and present day Council Area of Angus, formerly known as Forfar or Forfarshire, where the was recorded as a family of great antiquity seated at Carnegie in the parish of Carmyllis in that shire. Confirmation of the grant of lands of Cairynegy was made by King David of Scotland in 1358 to then Chief of the Clan John Carnegie. He was descended from Jocelyn of Balinhard who was the progenitor of the family. Carnegie has been written Carnegie, Carnechie, Carnegey, Carnagie, Carnagee and many more. David Carnegie landed in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1749; William Carnegie arrived in Pennsylvania, America, in 1848; John de la Coudamine Carnegie, was a Scottish settler who travelled from Greenock, Glasgow, aboard the ship Philip Laing arriving in Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 15th April 1848. The M90 is a motorway in Scotland, United Kingdom. It runs from Junction 1A of the M9 motorway, south of the Queensferry Crossing, to Perth. The motorway passes by the Scottish towns of Dunfermline and Kinross. Spring in the United Kingdom depends on whether you are following the astronomical or metrological calendar. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist Monastery On History Visit To Eskdalemuir Dumfries and Galloway Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish Music, of Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and and Tibetan Centre on the banks of the River Esk on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway, Borders, Britain, United Kingdom, Samye Ling is a large Tibetan Buddhist temple and monastic community and the largest Tibetan Buddhist abbey in Europe. The site was founded in 1967 by two Tibetan refugees, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Akong Tulku Rinpoche. Kagyu Samye Ling, meaning “ the place beyond conception ”, was the first Tibetan monastery to be founded in the West. The grounds include religious monuments including the large victory Stupa, which symbolises the body, speech and mind of the Buddha. Away from the temple, there is a secluded peace garden surrounded by a lake and accessed by a footbridge, a spot the monks use for quiet contemplation. In 1969, musicians David Bowie and Leonard Cohen were students at Samye Ling. In fact Bowie not only studied Buddhism at Samye Ling, he almost became a monk there: Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Rhododendrons and Azaleas On History Visit To Gardens Of Scone Palace By Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K short Spring travel video clip of Rhododendrons and Azaleas in the gardens, and the grounds of Scone Palace on ancestry family genealogy history visit and trip to Perth, Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The village of Scone once stood within the grounds of the Palace. However, when the medieval house was rebuilt as a Gothic Palace in 1803 and the landscaping of the new Palace grounds took place in 1805 the entire village was relocated two miles away and became known as New Scone. From the time of Kenneth MacAlpin, who created the Kingdom of Scone in the 9th century, all the Kings of Scots were crowned on the grounds of Scone Palace on the Moot Hill. Rhododendrons are grown for their spectacular flowers, usually borne in Spring. Azaleas are flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron, particularly the former sections Tsutsusi, evergreen, and Pentanthera, deciduous. Azaleas bloom in the Spring, April and May in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, and October and November in the Southern Hemisphere, their flowers often lasting several weeks. Shade tolerant, they prefer living near or under trees. They are part of the family Ericaceae. Being in nature, or even viewing scenes of nature, reduces anger, fear, and stress and increases pleasant feelings. Exposure to nature not only makes you feel better emotionally, it contributes to your physical wellbeing. Spring in the United Kingdom depends on whether you are following the astronomical or metrological calendar. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. 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.

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