Tour Scotland Photograph And Video Castle Stalker West Coast Scotland

Tour Scotland photograph of Castle Stalker a Scottish tower house or keep picturesquely set on a tidal islet on Loch Laich, an inlet off Loch Linnhe on the West Coast of Scotland. The original castle was a small fort, built around 1320 by Clan MacDougall who were then Lords of Lorn. Around 1388 the Stewarts took over the Lordship of Lorn, and it is believed that they built the castle in its present form around 1440. The Stewart's relative King James IV of Scotland visited the castle, and a drunken bet around 1620 resulted in the castle passing to Clan Campbell. After changing hands between these clans a couple of times the Campbells finally abandoned the castle in about 1840, when it lost its roof. In 1908 the castle was bought by Charles Stewart of Achara, who carried out basic conservation work. In 1965 Lt. Col. D. R. Stewart Allward acquired the castle and over about ten years fully restored it. Castle Stalker remains in private ownership and is open to the public at selected times during the summer.



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Old Photograph War Memorial Kippen Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Kippen, Scotland.

World War 1 Roll of Honour

Private. Alexander Lennie
Private. Percy Smith
Lieutenant. Gerald A.C. Moore
Private. Robert Alexander
Private. Andrew Law
Corporal. Ebenezer Davidson
Private. Robert Chrystal
Private. Andrew Chrystal
Private. James Dick
Lieutenant. Ian Dickson
Gunner. William Chrystal
Private. John Ramsay
Private. James Ramsay
Private. Robert McQueen
Private. John McGibbon
Private. Andrew McGill
Corporal. David Syme (brother of William)
Sergeant. John Kerr
Private. Andrew Fairweather
Private. William Buchanan
Private. Richard Murray
Private. Percy F. Davey
Private. James Taylor
Private. Alexr. Johnstone
Private. Duncan McCowan
Private. James Napier
Private. William A. Gill
Private. John Leckie
Private. George Swanson
Sergeant. William J. Syme
Private. William S. Buchanan
Private. David Aitken
Private. William Laing
Private. Thomas Smith
Corporal. Thomas Gilchrist
Sapper. George Welsh
Sergeant. William Lennie
Private. John Clark
Private. John McEwen
Gunner. James Drummond
Private. Peter Morton
Private. Charles Buchanan
Chaplain. Reverend. Peter George Smith
Private. Andrew Campbell

World War 2 Roll of Honour

Private. John Leckie
Captain. Ernest E. Vallance
Sergeant. John D. Miller
Sergeant. Donald A.R. Chisholm
Chief Radio Officer. Sydney C.M. Patrick
Sergeant. George. Leslie Stewart
Lieutenant. Robert Jackson
Lieutenant. Neil G. Findlay

The distance from Kippen to Glasgow and Paisley is 37 miles



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Old Photograph Helen Keller Tweeddale Scotland

Old photograph of Helen Keller in Tweeddale, Scotland. Helen Keller traveled to Scotland three times between 1930 and 1935. Among her hosts were Lord and Lady Aberdeen, The Duke and Duchess of Montrose, The Marchioness of Tweedale, and The National College of Teachers of the Deaf. Tweeddale, also known as Tweedale, is a historic district of Scotland, bordering Teviotdale and the Marches to the east, Liddesdale and Annandale to the south, Clydesdale to the west and Lothian to the north. It is within the historic former Peeblesshire. Helen Keller was an American lecturer, author, and activist. Deaf and blind since early childhood, and living in an era where most individuals similarly afflicted were consigned to an asylum, Helen Keller overcame her disabilities with the aide of mentor Anne Sullivan and rose to international renown. Keller used her fame to educate others about the blind and to raise funds for related charities.



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Old Photograph Dalnaspidal Scotland

Old photograph of Dalnaspidal in the Highlands of Scotland. The Battle of Dalnaspidal was a battle during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and one of the last engagements of the Scottish Civil War, bringing an end to the Royalist rising of 1651 to 1654. The Earl of Glencairn raised the Clan MacGregor from the Isle of Rannoch. He would have no difficulty recruiting them because one of their opponents was the Earl of Argyll, a Campbell, one of their hereditary enemies. Alexander, the 12th chief of Clan Robertson led his men from Fea Corrie. Both forces met above Annat and marched up the old path to Loch Garry. On the evening of 19 July 1654, Thomas Morgan surprised John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton at Dalnaspidal near Loch Garry on the Drumochter Pass. The Royalist horse had become separated from the foot. When Morgan's superior forces advanced towards them, most of Middleton's cavalry fled, leaving the infantry unprotected. As Morgan's cavalry continued to advance, the Royalist infantry also turned and ran. The fight at Dalnaspidal broke the Royalist insurrection in the Highlands. Although wounded, Middleton managed to escape into the mountains, but he was never able to gather a substantial force again. Monck wanted all the leaders of the uprising put to death, but the Protector and Council promised a pardon to all those who submitted. The Earl of Glencairn himself surrendered to General Monck in September 1654. Middleton escaped back to the Continent and rejoined Charles II at Cologne early in 1655.



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Old Photographs Whitsome Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, people and shop in Whitsome, a small rural village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Whitsome is located on the B6437, near Duns, Fogo, Ladykirk, Leitholm and Swinton.

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