Red Deer With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To The Outer Hebrides Of Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K very short aerial wildlife nature camera travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of Red Deer on visit and trip to the Outer Hebrides, Britain, United Kingdom. The Outer Hebrides, also known as The Western Isles, is an island chain off the north west coast of Scotland. They are made up of more than 70 islands, of which only 15 are inhabited. The Scottish red deer, Cervus elaphus scoticus, is a subspecies of red deer, which is native to the British Isles. Like the red deer of Ireland, it was introduced to Britain sometime in the Stone age. The deer thrives in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and in parts of England such as Westmorland, Devon, Somerset, and the New Forest. It is also found in County Kerry and Donegal in Ireland. Standing proud and tall, the red deer is our largest deer. With its massive antlers, it is an unmistakeable icon of the Scottish highlands, but can be seen in North west and southern England, too. 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. @tourscotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Summer Road Trip Drive With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To Crail East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive East on the A917 coastal road on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Crail in the East Neuk of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. The settlement of Crail dates from as far back as the Pictish period. Well settled by the 800s, Crail was a thriving town by the 1100s and was made a royal burgh by Robert the Bruce in 1310. He also gave it the right to hold markets on a Sunday. The surname Crail was first found in Cambridge, England, but the Crail variant may have come from much farther north in Fife, Scotland where the former royal burgh so named was derived from the Pictish word " caer " which meant fort. The Fife Coastal Walking Path runs from the Forth Estuary in the South, to the Tay Estuary in the North and stretches for 117 miles and includes Crail on the route. Neuk is the Scots word for nook or corner, and the East Neuk is generally accepted to comprise the fishing villages of the most northerly part of the Firth of Forth and the land and villages slightly inland therefrom. In effect, this means that part to the south of a line drawn parallel to the coast from just north of Earlsferry to just north of Crail, approximately 39 square miles in area. As such it would include Elie and Earlsferry, Colinsburgh, St Monans, Pittenweem, Arncroach, Carnbee, Anstruther, Cellardyke, Kilrenny, Crail and Kingsbarns and the immediate hinterland, as far as the upland area known as the Riggin o Fife. The Crail history starts with such a migration. As the population grew and people travelled further afield, it became increasingly necessary to assume an additional name to differentiate between bearers of the same personal name. A broad and miscellaneous class of surnames, nickname surnames refers either directly or indirectly to a characteristic of the first person who used the name. They can describe the bearer's favoured style of clothing, physical appearance, habits, or character, among other attributes. Flemish names of this type frequently feature the prefixes lile, which meant the. The surname Crail is a nickname for a cross grained, ill tempered, or fractious person. The surname Crail may have been applied as a nickname for some who was crabby. Checking further we found the name was derived from the Old English word crabba, which means crab, or from the Old English word crabbe, which means wild apple. This latter reference implies that the origin may lie as a habitation name " one who lives near the wild apple trees. " Joseph Crail, born 1877, died 1938, was an American Republican politician, he served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish- American War; he became a Lawyer and U.S. Representative from California 10th District, from 927, to 1933 ; and a Candidate in the primary for U.S. Senator from California, 1932. August is the last full month of Summer in Scotland and a prime time to explore Scotland's natural attractions with long daylight hours, upwards of 13 to 15 hours per day. This is one of the warmest months of the year, along with July, and you should expect some rain, though just how much depends on where you travel. 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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Lochans And Coast With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To North Uist Outer Hebrides Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of lochans and coast, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Britain, United Kingdom. The word Lochan, is Scottish Gaelic for a small loch. The eastern two thirds of the island are characterised by freshwater lochans that seem to occupy more of the land than the land itself, plus deeply indenting sea lochs that reduce still further the proportion of green to blue. North Uist is the tenth largest Scottish island. It was hit hard during the Highland Clearances, and there was large scale emigration from the island to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. North Uist Clan surnames affected during the clearances were the MacAulay, Morrison, MacCodrum, MacCuish, and MacDonald. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit. North Uist measures some 18 miles from east to west by 12 miles from north to south. North Uist was granted by King James IV to the Macdonalds of Sleat, in Skye in 1495. They sold the island in 1855, but not before they cleared many of the tenants from their homes to make room for sheep. The population of North Uist, which had stood at 3,870 in 1841, started a steady decline that saw it reach 1,404 in 1991, 1,271 in 2001, and 1,254 in 2011. 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. 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. @tourscotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Causeway With Bagpipes Music On History To Island Of South Uist Outer Hebrides Of Scotland

Tour Scotland very short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of the Causeway from Benbecula on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to South Uist, Scottish Gaelic: Uibhist a Deas, Outer Hebrides, Britain, United Kingdom. This causeway carries the A865 public road across a wide area of intertidal sands and shallow channels between the islands of Benbecula and South Uist. The entire structure lies within the parish of South Uist, The island, in common with the rest of the Hebrides, is one of the last remaining strongholds of the Gaelic language in Scotland. South Uist's inhabitants are known in Gaelic as Deasaich. Colonel John Gordon of Cluny, of Cluny Castle, Aberdeenshire, embarked on removing people from their Hebridean homes in 1851 after he saw poor returns on his estate in the Western Isles, which included land on Benbecula, South Uist and Barra. Colonel John Gordon bought the islands from the 18th chief of Clanranald, Reginald George Macdonald, in 1838. Within nine years, the deteriorating condition of the islanders was described “ as a scene of wretchedness ” by Reverend Norman Macleod as land for farming was reduced for sheep grazing. Four years later, Gordon, who also owned six plantations in the West Indies and was described as the ‘ richest commoner ” in Scotland, began forced evictions on all his islands. A compulsory public meeting in Lochboisdale, South Uist, was held on August 11 1851, after which tenants were forced on board waiting emigration vessels. One Highlander, named Angus Johnstone, resisted with such pith that they had to handcuff him before he could be mastered, but in consequence of the priests’ interference his manacles were taken off and he was marched between four officers on board the emigrant vessel. On arrival in Canada the former crofters cleared from South Uist claimed that promises of work, and even land, in some cases, were non existent. These emigrants left with nothing but the clothing they wore. Dilapidated old sailing ships, used to carrying timber from the New World to Britain, put the return journey to financial benefit by carrying emigrants to Canada. Between 1847 and 1853, at least forty nine emigrant ships sailed from port, laden with these miserable people and were never heard of again. Many, who survived the journey, perished on the shores of the St. Lawrence. The starving Uist settlers were racked by cholera on the voyage or were forced to beg upon arrival. In the summer of 1851, up to last 1100 souls from Colonel Gordon's estates had landed at Quebec and begged their way to Upper Canada. In this condition, they walked twenty miles up the Brock Road from Dundas to Puslinch. Gordon, who also served as a Tory MP for Weymouth and Melcombe, Regis in England died in 1858 his estate ultimately passing to the wife of his late son, John Gordon of Cluny. Lady Emily Gordon Cathcart. who visited the estate once in 54 years, continued to encourage tenants to leave for Canada and stopped releasing land for farming. Some believe her support for emigration was to clear Catholic tenants from her property. Others say it was to boost the value of her stock in Hudson’s Bay Company and the Canadian Pacific Railway. The people of the Hebrides will never forget John Gordon of Cluny for his cruelties. 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. @tourscotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Mountains Isle Of Harris With Music On History Visit To The Outer Hebrides Of Scotland

Tour Scotland short travel video clip, with Scottish music, of mountains on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Isle of Harris, Scottish Gaelic: Na Hearadh, on visit to the Outer Hebrides, Britain, United Kingdom. Although not an island itself, Harris is often referred to as the Isle of Harris, which divides naturally into northern and southern parts which are separated by West and East Loch Tarbert. Although part of the same landmass as Lewis, Harris has a character of its own. The northern part of the island has the most extensive and highest range of mountains in the Outer Hebrides, a complex of ridges, glens and summits which is amongst the wildest in Britain including the highest summit the Clisham or An Cliseam. There had already been a mass emigration from the islands in the 1770s, after a series of years of poor crops, and this intensified as crofters used their capital to pay their fare across the Atlantic, from Lewis to mainland Nova Scotia, from North Uist and Harris to Cape Breton, Canada, and from South Uist to Cape Breton and to Prince Edward Island. In the rural areas of the Outer Hebrides, emigration to the Scottish mainland remains the norm for most children, as the economy at home offers only limited opportunities. Little is known of the history of the peoples of the Hebrides before the 6th century as they, like the rest of Scotland, were in the depths of what centuries later became known as the Dark Ages. The first written records of the islands come with the arrival of St. Columba in the 6th century. It was this Irish-Scottish saint who first brought Christianity to the islands, founding several churches. 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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