Summer Road Trip Drive With Music On History Visit To Lindores North Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video of a cloudy weather afternoon road trip drive, with Scottish accordion music, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Lindores in North Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Lindores is a small village in the parish of Abdie, about 2 miles South East of Newburgh. Traces of an ancient castle, thought to have belonged to Macduff, Thane of Fife, have been found at the eastern end of the village. The battle of Black Irnsyde, at which William Wallace defeated Aymer de Valence, the 2nd Earl of Pembroke, is claimed to have been fought near the village. Aymer de Valence, born 1270, died 23 June 1324, was an Anglo French nobleman. Though primarily active in England, he also had strong connections with the French royal house. One of the wealthiest and most powerful men of his age, he was a central player in the conflicts between Edward II of England and his nobility, particularly Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster. Pembroke was married twice, and left no legitimate issue, though he did have a bastard son. He is today remembered primarily through his wife Marie de St Pol's foundation of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and for his splendid tomb that can still be seen in Westminster Abbey. England and was also an important figure in the Wars of Scottish Independence. Lindores had a station on the Newburgh and North Fife Railway which was open to passengers between 1909 and 1951. The railway has since been lifted. 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. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip. The date for astronomical Summer in Scotland is Tuesday, 21 June, ending on Friday, 23 September. @tourscotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Lairig Ghru Mountain Pass With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To Cairngorms Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music of The Lairig Ghru, Scottish Gaelic: Làirig Dhrù, one of the mountain passes on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Cairngorms Mountains, Britain, United Kingdom. Historically the Lairig Ghru has been used simply as a route between Deeside and Strathspey as a Drove Road and a route used by many different people, including cattle thieves, for many different purposes. The Lairig Ghru was used as a droving route as late as 1873 moving highland cattle to Braemar and farther south. Until the 1870s Scotsmen from Rothiemurchus annually, in the Spring, cleared the track of rocks that had fallen on to it during the Winter. 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. The date for astronomical Summer in Scotland is Tuesday, 21 June, ending on Friday, 23 September. @tourscotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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View From Mount Keen With Music On History Visit To Grampians Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video clip, with Scottish music of the view from Mount Keen, Scottish Gaelic: monadh caoin, meaning smooth and pleasant hill, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Grampians, Britain, United Kingdom. Mount Keen rises to 3,081 feet in height located on the border between Angus and Aberdeenshire, 7 miles East of Loch Muick and a similar distance south southeast of Ballater. It qualifies as a Munro and there is an Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar at its summit. Queen Victoria walked here. The Grampian Mountains, Am Monadh in Gaelic, are one of the three major mountain ranges in Scotland, ranging from the southwest to the northwest between the Highland Boundary Fault and the Great Glen.. 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. The date for astronomical Summer in Scotland is Tuesday, 21 June, ending on Friday, 23 September. @tourscotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Glen Tanar With Music On History Visit To Aberdeenshire Eastern Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video clip, with Scottish music of Glen Tanar, Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Tanar, a glen on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to highlands of Aberdeenshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The Water of Tanar flows through the glen into the River Dee which flows through Deeside into the North Sea at Aberdeen. Glen Tanar contains the third largest area of Caledonian Forest in Scotland, and is of national and European importance. The glen is located about 20 miles from the British royal family's private residence of Balmoral Castle. Glen Tanar lies within the Cairngorms National Park. Glen Tanar was historically part of the lands of the Marquis of Huntly. In 1865 the estate was bought by William Cunliffe Brooks, an English barrister and merchant banker who in 1869 was elected as Conservative MP for East Cheshire, England. In 1905 the estate was bought by George Coats owner of the Paisley based thread manufacturer J & P Coats Ltd. In 1916 Coats was raised to the peerage as Baron Glentanar. 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. The date for astronomical Summer in Scotland is Tuesday, 21 June, ending on Friday, 23 September. @tourscotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Summer Evening Loch Ness On History Visit To The Highlands Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K very short Summer evening travel video clip, of the sight and sounds of Loch Ness on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the Scottish Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch extending for approximately 23 miles south west of Inverness. Loch Ness is thought by some to be the home of the Loch Ness Monster, commonly known as " Nessie ", a cryptid, reputedly a large unknown animal. It was almost 100 years ago that Aldie Mackay, manager of the Drumnadrochit hotel, burst into the bar one evening to tell dumbfounded patrons she had just witnessed a “ water beast ” in Loch Ness. It was his sighting that began the modern myth-making around an elusive monster surviving in the depths of the Highland loch. The MacKay surname was an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Aodha from the word adoha which means fire as well as being the name of a pagan god. The surname MacKay was first found in Sutherland, Gaelic: Cataibh, a former county in northern Scotland. Spelling variations of this family and Clan name include: MacQuay, MacCay, MacQuey, MacQuoid, MacKaw, MacKy, MacKye, MacCoy, McQuay, McCoy and many more. 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. The date for astronomical Summer in Scotland is Tuesday, 21 June, ending on Friday, 23 September. @tourscotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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