Winter Railway Bridge Over Firth Of Forth On History Visit To South Queensferry Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Winter travel video of passenger trains crossing the Forth Railway Bridge, on ancestry, history, history visit and trip to the coast South Queensferry near Edinburgh, Britain, United Kingdom. The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles West of Edinburgh City Centre. It is considered an iconic structure and a symbol of Scotland, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was designed by the English engineers Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker. The Firth of Forth, Scottish Gaelic: Linne Foirthe, is the estuary, firth in Scots, of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth. It meets the North Sea with Fife on the north coast and Lothian on the south. Firth is a cognate of fjord, a Norse word meaning a narrow inlet. It was known as Bodotria in Roman times. In the Norse sagas it was known as the Myrkvifiörd. 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. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Officially, the Scottish winter runs from the 21st of December through to the 20th March All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Scotsman Walking Wearing Kilt On Talisker Beach On Winter History Visit To Isle Of Skye Of Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K windy Winter travel video clip of a Scotsman walking wearing a Kilt and Sporran on on Talisker Bay Beach on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Britain, United Kingdom. The beach is located a few miles west of Carbost, on the western coast of the Minginish Peninsula. The bay has a dramatic sea stack at its southern end and faces almost due west, making it a perfect location to watch the Sunset. Talisker, Scottish Gaelic: Talasgair, was for centuries a possession of the Clan Macleod. For nearly two hundred years it was associated with a cadet branch of the chiefly line, founded by Sir Roderick Macleod, 1st of Talisker, born 1606, died 1675. Sir Roderick was the second son of Rory Mor Macleod died 1626 and Isabel, daughter of Donald Macdonell, 8th of Glengarry. Along with his brother, Sir Norman Macleod of Bernera, he was knighted in 1661 for his services to the royalist cause. He married first a daughter of Lord Reay and secondly Mary, daughter of Lachlan Og Mackinnon of Mackinnon. In 1825, Hugh MacAskill took over the Talisker estate and completed the clearance process begun under his predecessor. Five years later, he founded the Talisker distillery, which is in fact located some 5 miles (8 kilometres) away from Talisker at Carbost, Loch Harport. MacAskill gave up his lease of the Talisker lands in 1849. 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. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Officially, the Scottish winter runs from the 21st of December through to the 20th March All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Scotsman Walking Wearing Kilt On Kiloran Bay Beach On Winter History Visit To Colonsay Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K windy Winter travel video clip of a Scotsman walking wearing a Kilt and Sporran on Kiloran Bay Beach on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to North West coast of Island of Colonsay Inner Hebrides, Britain, United Kingdom. The bay is known for its beautiful sandy beach. In 1882, a Viking boat burial was found in the sand dunes of Kiloran Bay. Kiloran Bay is everything that a Scottish beach should be; stunningly beautiful, remote, and peaceful, with a wide expanse of clear sand in a gently curving bay, climbing gently to dunes on higher ground, further from the water. Scottish Gaelic: Colbhasa, the island is located north of Islay and south of Mull. In the eleventh century, Anrothan, son of Kin Aodh O’Neill married a princess of Dalriada and it was from this union that sprang the house of Torquil of Taynish. In 1530 Torquil MacNeill of Gigha was described as the chief of the clan, but when Gigha passed to the Campbells, Colonsay became the seat of the chiefs, with the brothers Neill MacNeill and John Og MacNeill trying to re-establish the fortunes of the house. However, as the power of the mighty Campbells increased, so the effectiveness of the house of Colonsay declined, and the chiefship of the clan passed from Colonsay to Barra. In 1780 Donald MacNeill of Colonsay repurchased the island of Gigha and a period of island prosperity began. Donald was an enlightened chief, introducing a successful new pattern of crofting and also building new houses for the crofters, many with chimney stacks. Donald’s son, Alexander, sold the island to his brother Duncan, the celebrated Lord Justice General, who was created Lord Colonsay in 1867. The present chief of the clan MacNeill of Colonsay resides in New Zealand. 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. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Officially, the Scottish winter runs from the 21st of December through to the 20th March All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Scotsman Walking Wearing Kilt On Polin Beach On Winter History Visit To Highlands Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K windy Winter travel video clip of a Scotsman walking wearing a Kilt and Sporran on the remote Polin Beach on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to coast of Sutherland, North West Coast of the Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. The beach located in the Scottish Highlands near Kinlochbervie, is known for its beautiful sand, clear blue waters, and surrounding rugged landscape. The area has a long-standing connection to fishing and maritime activities, with historical evidence of fishing villages and potential shipwrecks nearby. 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. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Officially, the Scottish winter runs from the 21st of December through to the 20th March All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Road Trip Drive With Bagpipes Music On Winter History Visit To Dunino Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, North on the B9131 road, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the small village of Dunino in Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. The name Dunino derives from the Gaelic word for " fort of the assembly place " (dùn) and " assembly " (aonach). It is 6 miles from the nearest town, St Andrews and 5 miles from the East Neuk of Fife. B roads are routes, which have lower traffic densities than the main trunk roads, or A roads. This classification has nothing to do with the width or quality of the physical road, and B roads can range from dual carriageways to single track roads with passing places. B roads follow the same numbering scheme as A roads, but almost always have 3 and 4 digit designations. Charles Rogers was the only son of James Rogers, born 1767, died 1849, minister of Dunino in Fife, he was born in the manse there on 18 April 1825; His mother, who died at his birth, was Jane, second daughter of William Haldane, minister successively at Glenisla and Kingoldrum. After attending the parish school at Dunino for seven years, he matriculated at the University of St Andrews in 1839, and spent seven years there. Licensed by the presbytery of St Andrews in June 1846, he was employed in the capacity of assistant minister at Western Anstruther, Kinglassie, Abbotshall, Dunfermline, Ballingry, and Carnoustie. He then opened a preaching station at the Bridge of Allan, and from January 1855 until 11 August 1863 was chaplain of the garrison at Stirling Castle. During his time in Stirling, Rogers was elected in 1861 as a member of the town council, and took part in the erection of the William Wallace Monument. Rogers went into journalism. In November 1865 set up London, England, a short lived Naval and Military Tract Society, In 1854 Columbia College in New York, America, awarded Rogers the degree of LLD and in 1881 the University of St Andrews awarded him a DD. He was a member, fellow, or correspondent of numerous learned societies, British, foreign, and colonial, and an associate of the Imperial Archæological Society of Russia. In 1873 a number of his friends presented Rogers with a house in London, which he called Grampian Lodge. He returned to Scotland some years before his death, which took place at his house in Edinburgh on 18 September 1890, at the age of 65. He is buried in Grange Cemetery in south Edinburgh. The grave lies in the north-east section not far from the main entrance. 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. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Officially, the Scottish winter runs from the 21st of December through to the 20th March All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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