Tour Scotland Photographs Sunset Scone Perthshire February 20th

Tour Scotland photograph shot this afternoon at sunset from a country road near Scone in Perthshire, Scotland. Shot these photographs at 5.30pm today.

Tour Scotland photograph shot this afternoon at sunset from a country road near Scone in Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Peat Cutting Orkney Scotland

Old photograph of Crofters cutting Peat on Orkney Islands, Scotland. For crofting families the annual peat cutting was a time consuming task that could involve the whole family and often the neighbours as well. The job of cutting, drying and transporting the peats home would have equated to about one months full time work for a man, and this was all done over the Spring and Summer months, a very busy time for crofters.



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Old Photograph Pollokshaws Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Pollokshaws, Glasgow, Scotland. Pollokshaws was a burgh until 1912 when it was annexed to the City of Glasgow. It was originally a village predominantly dedicated to weaving in the 17th century. A group of Flemish weavers were brought to the area in the 19th century by the landowners, the Maxwells of Pollok on account of their exceptional weaving skills.




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Old Photograph Coshieville Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of cars outside the hotel in Coshieville near Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland. Coshieville is in Strath Appin, Dull parish, Highlands Perthshire, 5½ miles North West of Aberfeldy, on a road leading northward to Tummel Bridge, over a pass 1262 feet high.



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Old Photographs Boddam Scotland

Old photograph of Boddam near Peterhead, Scotland. Like Peterhead, Boddam grew as a fishing town during the 18th century but until 1831, when the first of two harbours was constructed to the north of the lighthouse, boats had to be hauled onto shore by hand.

Old Photographs Invergordon Ross and Cromarty Scotland

Old photograph of Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. Invergordon is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland February Photograph Clan Moncrieff Coat Of Arms Abernethy Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of the Clan Moncrieff Coat Of Arms in the old graveyard in Abernethy, Perthshire, Scotland. The surname of Moncrieff was from the lands of Moncrieff in the parish of Dunbarny, Perthshire. Early records of the name mention Matthew Moncrieff who obtained a charter of the lands of Moncrieff and Balconachin in 1248. Thomas de Mouncref was a Scots prisoner of war, taken at Dunbar Castle in the year 1296. A notable member of the name was Colonel Sir Alexander Moncrieff (1829-1906) the Scottish soldier and engineer, born in Edinburgh. He invented the Moncrieff Pits and disappearing carriages for siege and fortress guns.

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Tour Scotland Video Punishment Jougs Abernethy Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the Punishment Jougs on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Abernethy, Perthshire, Scotland. Used as punishment for those found guilty of offence in Reformation Scotland. Miscreants would have this attached around their neck and be made to stand against the base of the tower. They would then proceed into the church to be reprimanded.


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Tour Scotland Video Pictish Symbol Stone Abernethy Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the Pictish Symbol Stone on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and small group to Abernethy, Perthshire, Scotland. This is a Class I symbol stone bearing a tuning fork above a crescent-and V-rod with a hammer on the left and an anvil on the right.


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Tour Scotland February Photographs Video Loch Tay Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of Loch Tay, Highland, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of Loch Tay, Highland, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of a Scottish Crannog in Loch Tay, Highland, Perthshire, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of Loch Tay, Highland, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Videos Parish Church Kenmore Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the interior of the Parish Church on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and small group trip to Kenmore, Highland, Perthshire, Scotland. The present cruciform building was largely constructed in 1760 by the 3rd Earl of Breadalbane. It was designed by architect William Baker and cost approximately six guineas.




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Tour Scotland February Photographs St Ninian's Cathedral Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of the interior of St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. St Ninian's belongs to the Scottish Episcopal Church and is home to a lively, caring congregation of people from many different backgrounds.

Tour Scotland photograph of the interior of St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the interior of St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot this morning of the interior of St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Stained Glass Window Dunfermline Abbey Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of a stained glass window in the Abbey on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Dunfermline, Fife. There are many fine examples of stained glass to be found in the Abbey.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Video Dunfermline Abbey Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland. The Abbey, whose foundation goes back to 1072, was built by King David I of Scotland in honour of his mother the saintly Queen Margaret.

Tour Scotland photograph of Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland. King Robert I, The Bruce, is commemorated at Dunfermline Abbey with the words "King Robert the Bruce" carved round the central tower. This was built in the early 19th century after the original tower fell in a violent storm. During restoration work, human remains considered to be those of King Robert the Bruce were found and reburied in a position later occupied by the pulpit.



Tour Scotland video of Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of Dunfermline Abbey Graveyard, Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland February Photographs Video Loch Leven Kinross Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Loch Leven, Perthshire, Scotland. On an island in this Scottish loch is Loch Leven Castle, one of the best and least changed examples of a fourteenth century keep remaining in Scotland. Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in Loch Leven Castle.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of Loch Leven, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of Loch Leven, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Queensferry RNLI Lifeboat Firth Of Forth

Tour Scotland travel video of the Queensferry RNLI Lifeboat on the Firth of Forth by the Forth Railway Bridge on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and small group trip to South Queensferry near Edinburgh, Scotland. The original RNLI Queensferry Lifeboat Station opened in 1967 at the Hawes Pier and was of a wooden construction, which was previously the ticket office for the ferries which ran between South and North Queensferry prior to the opening of The Forth Road Bridge. In 1989 it was replaced by a specially built Station which has been home to four Lifeboats the last of which was The Donald and Ethel Macrae. The new Atlantic 85 Lifeboat the “Jimmie Cairncross” was named by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.


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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Firth Of Forth South Queensferry

Tour Scotland video just before a storm over the Firth of Forth by South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland. Not long after I shot this video it snowed for a wee while in this area of Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph just before a storm over the Firth of Forth by South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Forth Railway Bridge Firth Of Forth Near Edinburgh

Tour Scotland travel video of the Forth Railway Bridge which spans the Firth of Forth, on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and small group trip to South Queensferry near Edinburgh, Scotland. The word Firth means Estuary in Scotland.


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Tour Scotland Video Crossing Forth Road Bridge February 18th

Tour Scotland video shot today crossing the Forth Road Bridge from South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland. The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge in east central Scotland. The bridge, opened in 1964, spans the Firth of Forth, connecting the capital city Edinburgh, at South Queensferry, to Fife, at North Queensferry.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of the Forth Road Bridge from South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of the Forth Bridges from Port Edgar, South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Just Reward Returning To Pittenweem Harbour East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of the Just Reward prawn boat returning to harbour on ancestry visit and trip to Pittenweem,East Neuk of Fife. Very windy this afternoon on the coast of Fife as this boat returned to harbour.



Tour Scotland video of the harbour in Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Fiona-S and Just Reward in the harbour in Pittenweem. Fiona-S is a Crab Boat.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Sunset Tay Bridge Dundee February 17th

Tour Scotland photograph shot this afternoon at sunset behind the Tay Railway Bridge by Dundee, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot this afternoon at sunset behind the Tay Railway Bridge by Dundee, Scotland. In this photograph a Diesel Passenger Train is crossing the bridge.

Tour Scotland photograph shot this afternoon at sunset behind the Tay Railway Bridge by Dundee, Scotland.

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The Tay Bridge disaster of December 28th 1879 shocked and horrified Victorian society. It came at the end of a terrible year for the British Empire. They had lost a whole army brigade in the Zulu War in January, and the Consul in Afghanistan had been butchered in September. The country was suffering a severe economic depression, partly because the rail network had opened up the country to products from abroad, such as cheap grain from the American prairies. And then the longest bridge in the world (approved by the Government) collapsed in a storm. This book describes the reinvestigation of the disaster from the original witness evidence and the set of photographs of the remains now held in Dundee City Library. It confirms everything concluded at the time: the bridge was badly designed, built and maintained. However, it is likely that metal fatigue helped bring the structure down that fateful night. Enlargements of the court pictures shows all the terrible design defects in the high girders section of the bridge, which brought it down. Warnings of the deteriorating state of the structure were ignored or concealed, and a whole train with at least 75 passengers and crew were lost that night. Never before (or since) has such an event occurred. The forensic re-investigation also shows why engineers had to convince the travelling public that they could build safely, the new bridge being the first result. However, it was the Firth of Forth bridge which came to symbolise that effort, a bridge which has become an icon to structural integrity. The book reveals that other engineers could build safe brisges from iron, especially Gustave Eiffel, whose iron pipe bridges still survive and carry trains in the Massif Centrale in France. His bridges predate the old Tay bridge by 10 years. And it his methods which have resulted in the brand new Millau road bridge in the same region. Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay: Reinvestigating the Tay Bridge Disaster of 1879 (Revealing History).

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Tour Scotland Photograph Golfer 18th Tee Old Golf Course St Andrews Februariy 17th

Tour Scotland photograph shot this afternoon of a golfer on the 18th Tee at the Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Got chatting to this gentleman from Dublin this afternoon, and offered to shoot a couple of photographs. He was delighted.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Swilcan Bridge Old Golf Course St Andrews Februariy 17th

Tour Scotland photograph shot this afternoon of the Swilcan Bridge on the Old Golf Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Without doubt the most famous bridge in all of golf.

Tour Scotland photograph shot this afternoon of the Swilcan Bridge on the Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot this afternoon golfers on the Swilcan Bridge on the Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photographs 18th Green Old Golf Course St Andrews Februariy 17th

Tour Scotland photograph shot this afternoon of golfers on the 18th Green at the Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot this afternoon of the 18th Green at the Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot this afternoon of the 18th Green at the Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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St Andrews. The Home of Golf. This is a lavish, full-colour exploration of the Scottish town whose name is synonymous with golf. St Andrews - once Scotland's greatest city, the cradle of its religion and the birthplace of its first university; today the ancient burg is known the world over as the spiritual home of golf, a place that evokes images of windswept seaside links and legendary golfing champions. "St Andrews: The Home of Golf" celebrates this unique haven of the game through striking pictures by renowned golf photographer Kevin Murray, while the authors' blend of history, personal observations and anecdotes distills centuries of golfing tradition into lively, atmospheric prose. Combined, they capture the immortal nature of all that is best about golf embodied in one of its most important and beautiful locations. As the Open Championship returns to St Andrews in 2010, St Andrews: The Home of Golf marks the 150th anniversary of golf's oldest and most prestigious tournament with a lavish visual journey along the medieval city's bustling cobbled streets, through the doors of many prestigious golf clubs residing within its venerable greystone walls, and around each one of St Andrews' several great courses - from the famous Old Course to the stunning new Castle Course. For those who know and love St Andrews, this book will evoke fond memories. For those still to make the pilgrimage and walk in the footsteps of golf's greatest players, "St Andrews: The Home of Golf" is a must-read that no lover of the game should be without. St Andrews: The Home of Golf.

Tour Scotland February Photographs Fish And Chip Shop Anstruther East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of the Fish and Chip Shop in Anstruther, Fife, Scotland. The Anstruther Fish Bar is an award winning fish and chip shop in Anstruther, a fishing village in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The Bar is situated on Shore Street in the village in which I was raised in Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of a Fish Fryer in the Fish and Chip Shop in Anstruther, Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the harbour in Anstruther, Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland February Photographs Scottish Fisheries Museum Anstruther

Tour Scotland photograph of the Courtyard at the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther, Fife, Scotland. Situated on the harbour front in Anstruther, in the heart of the Fife fishing community, the Scottish Fisheries Museum tells the story of fishing in Scotland and its people from earliest times to the present. I was raised in this fishing village in Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Courtyard at the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther, Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Courtyard at the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther, Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland February Photographs Pottery Crail East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of Pottery in Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.
Crail Pottery is set around a beautiful courtyard in the heart of historic Crail. Crail is famed for it’s picturesque harbour, historic buildings with pantiles and crow stepped gables and Crail Pottery.

Tour Scotland photograph of Pottery in Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of Crail Pottery, in Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Snowdrops Cambo Gardens East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of snowdrops at Cambo Gardens, Cambo House, Kingsbarns, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of snowdrops at Cambo Gardens on ancestry visit to Cambo House, Kingsbarns, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of snowdrops at Cambo Gardens on ancestry visit to Cambo House, Kingsbarns, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The estate of Cambo was granted to Robert de Newenham by a charter of King William the Lion. His descendents took the name "de Cambhou", and had settled in Fife by the early 14th century. Sir John de Cambhou fought at the Battle of Methven in 1306, but was captured by the English and hanged at Newcastle. In 1599 the estate was granted to Thomas Myretoun. In 1668, Sir Charles Erskine, the Lord Lyon King of Arms and brother of the 3rd Earl of Kellie, purchased the property from the creditors of Patrick Merton. The estate passed through the Erskine family to the 5th Earl of Kellie, who forfeited his lands after supporting the Jacobite rising of 1745. In 1759 Cambo was sold to the Charteris family, who bought it for their son who was studying at St Andrews University. Thomas Erskine, 9th Earl of Kellie bought the estate back in the 1790s. A successful merchant in Sweden, he invested heavily in improving the estate, building the picturesque Georgian estate farms, and carrying out extensive land drainage. He commissioned the architect Robert Balfour to remodel the house in 1795. His descendents continued the improvement of the estate through the 19th century, laying out ornamental gerdens, with a series of early cast iron bridges. The old house comprised a tower house with numerous additions, including a first-floor conservatory. It was destroyed by fire in 1878, after a staff party when the Erskine family was away. The present house was built on the same site between 1879 and 1884, to designs by the architects Wardrop & Reid.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Video Boarhills Church Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of Boarhills Church in Fife, Scotland. Standing alone by the road to St Andrews, the church was built in 1866, although there has been a burial ground here considerably longer. The architect was George Rae. Simple stone-built hall church with pointed windows and a porch.

Tour Scotland photograph of Boarhills Church in Fife, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of photographs of Boarhills in Fife, Scotland.

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