Tour Scotland Photograph of Glenlyon Post Office And Cottage Tearoom

Tour Scotland photograph of the Glenlyon Post Office and Cottage Tearoom, Bridge of Balgie, Perthshire, Scotland. Robert Campbell of Glenlyon led the detachment of government troops responsible for the infamous Glencoe Massacre, of the MacDonalds of Glencoe in 1691. Robert was the second son of Archibald Campbell, fier of Glenlyon, eldest son of Duncan Campbell, 4th of Glenlyo, and his wife Jean, daughter of Sir Robert Campbell. born 1575, died 1657, 3rd Baronet and 9th Laird of Glenorchy.



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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph of River and Rocks Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of a wee river and rocks, south of Bridge of Balgie, Glen Lyon, Perthshire, Scotland. The glen has been home to many clan families, including MacGregor, Lyons, Menzies, Stewart, Macnaughtan, MacGibbon and the Campbell of Glen Lyon. At the end of the eleventh century the de Leons, later shortened to Lyon, had come north with Edgar, son of King Malcolm III of Scotland to fight against his uncle, Donald Bane. Edgar was victorious and the de Leons received lands that were later called Glen Lyon in Perthshire.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Passing Place Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of a Passing Place in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. On the narrow Scottish roads in the Highlands of Scotland, passing places, such as the one above, are provided to help traffic flow. A single track road or one lane road is a road that permits two-way travel but is not wide enough in most places to allow vehicles to pass one another, although sometimes two compact cars can pass. This kind of road is common in rural areas across the United Kingdom and elsewhere. The term is widely used in Scotland, particularly the Highlands, to describe such roads



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Tour Scotland Photograph of Highland Burn

Tour Scotland photograph of a sparkling Burn, or stream, in Highland Perthshire, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Highland Shielings

Tour Scotland photograph of Highland Shielings just off the road from the Ben Lawers Centre to Bridge of Balgie, Perthshire, Scotland. Shielings were once a common feature in the hills and mountains of Scotland. They were small houses or huts where farmers and their families lived during the summer, when their livestock were grazing Common land in the hills. They had generally fallen out of use by the end of the 18th century.



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