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Tour Scotland Photographs Sunset River Tay Perth Perthshire August 22nd

Tour Scotland photograph shot this evening at sunset in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot this evening at sunset in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Flooding Rural Perthshire August 21st

Tour Scotland video shot today of flooding in rural Perthshire, Scotland.

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Perthshire is at the very heart of Scotland and one of the most popular regions for visitors, offering a variety of Highland and Lowland landscapes with some of the most scenic and accessible countryside for shorter walks as well as evidence of its rich history at every turn. "Perthshire 40 Town and Country Walks" features traditional tourist hubs, such as Pitlochry, Dunkeld and Killin (with its historical connections to the county), as well as countryside around Blairgowrie, Crieff and Aberfeldy, finishing up at the Fair City of Perth and nearby Kinross. Perthshire: 40 Town and Country Walks (Pocket Mountains).

Tour Scotland Photographs Flooding Rural Perthshire August 21st

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of flooding in rural Perthshire, Scotland. Sunny with periods of heavy rain today caused some flooding on the narrow country roads.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of flooding in rural Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of flooding in rural Perthshire, Scotland.

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Perthshire is at the very heart of Scotland and one of the most popular regions for visitors, offering a variety of Highland and Lowland landscapes with some of the most scenic and accessible countryside for shorter walks as well as evidence of its rich history at every turn. "Perthshire 40 Town and Country Walks" features traditional tourist hubs, such as Pitlochry, Dunkeld and Killin (with its historical connections to the county), as well as countryside around Blairgowrie, Crieff and Aberfeldy, finishing up at the Fair City of Perth and nearby Kinross. Perthshire: 40 Town and Country Walks (Pocket Mountains).

Tour Scotland Video Pipe Band Competition Crieff Highland Gathering

Tour Scotland video of the Pipe Band competition in Crieff in Perthshire, Scotland. A few of the Pipe Bands taking part in the competition at Crieff Highland Gathering. These Scottish Highlands games started in 1870 and have occured every year since with the two exceptions of 1914 to 1918 and 1939 to 1949 when no gatherings took place.

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Old Photograph Students On The Long Pier In St Andrews

Old photograph of University Students on the long pier in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The Sunday walk, when students process from the university chapel after the service to walk the length of St Andrews pier, still continues today. The University of St Andrews is a British public research university in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It is the oldest of the four ancient universities of Scotland and the third oldest university in the English-speaking world.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Rural Perthshire August 20th

Tour Scotland photograph shot today in rural Perthshire, Scotland. Sunny and breezy, with fast moving clouds today in Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today in rural Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today in rural Perthshire, Scotland.

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Perthshire is at the very heart of Scotland and one of the most popular regions for visitors, offering a variety of Highland and Lowland landscapes with some of the most scenic and accessible countryside for shorter walks as well as evidence of its rich history at every turn. "Perthshire 40 Town and Country Walks" features traditional tourist hubs, such as Pitlochry, Dunkeld and Killin (with its historical connections to the county), as well as countryside around Blairgowrie, Crieff and Aberfeldy, finishing up at the Fair City of Perth and nearby Kinross. Perthshire: 40 Town and Country Walks (Pocket Mountains).

Old Photographs Callander Scotland

Old photograph of Callander, Trossachs, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Pipe Bands Marching In Crieff Perthshire

Tour Scotland video shot today of Pipe Bands marching through Crieff in Perthshire, Scotland. Pipers marching to the games field at Crieff Highland Gathering. These Scottish Highlands games started in 1870 and have occured every year since with the two exceptions of 1914 to 1918 and 1939 to 1949 when no gatherings took place.

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Tour Scotland Video Of Biplanes Flying Above River Tay Newburgh Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of Biplanes flying above the River Tay on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip by Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. A flying display on Heritage Day in Newburgh. David Cyster in the Tiger Moth and Dai Heather-Hayes in the Pitts Special give a wonderful display of flying this afternoon. The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and was operated by the Royal Air Force and others as a primary trainer. The Tiger Moth remained in service with the RAF until replaced by the de Havilland Chipmunk in 1952, when many of the surplus aircraft entered civil operation. The Pitts Special, company designations S1 and S2) is a series of light aerobatic biplanes designed by Curtis Pitts. It has accumulated many competition wins since its first flight in 1944.

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Tour Scotland Video Scots Shepherd With Sheepdogs Scottish Highlands

Tour Scotland video of a Scots shepherd with his sheepdogs and sheep near Aviemore on visit to the Scottish Highlands, of Scotland.

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Old Photograph Lochcarron Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Lochcarron, Wester Ross, Scotland. Lochcarron is so called from an arm of the sea which it is intersected, and which derived its name from the river Carron, signifying in Gaelic a winding stream. At an early period, the parish here was in the possession of several Clan chiefs, the principle of whom was Macdonald of Gengarry, who had the western part of Strome. All these were gradually dispossessed by Seaforth Lord Kintail, who took the Castle of Strome in 1609. William and Alexander Mackenzie, who were brothers of this parish, were the authors of some popular Gaelic poetry.

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Old Photographs Tobermory Scotland

Old photographs of Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Legend has it that the wreck of a Spanish galleon, laden with gold, lies somewhere in the mud at the bottom of Tobermory Bay, although the ship's true identity, and cargo, are in dispute. Due to similarities in sailing conditions, in the mid 1800s emigrant sailors created the community of Tobermory, located in Ontario, Canada. This namesake town has twin harbours, known locally as " Big Tub " and " Little Tub ", which sheltered ships from the severe storms of Lake Huron. During World War II, Tobermory was home to Royal Navy training base HMS Western Isles under the command of the legendary Vice-Admiral Sir Gilbert Stephenson.

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Old Photographs Interior Blair Castle Scotland

Old photograph of the interior of Blair Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.

Old photograph of the interior of Blair Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Abbey Church Culross Fife

Tour Scotland video of the Abbey Church Culross, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish Church is located on a hillside overlooking the town of Culross.

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Old Photograph Train Station Montrose Scotland

Old photograph of railway staff outside the Train Station in Montrose, Scotland. The current station was opened in 1883 by the North British Railway on their North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway route linking Arbroath with the Scottish North Eastern Railway main line through Strathmore at Kinnaber Junction. This was essentially a continuation of the NBR main line from Edinburgh via the Tay Rail Bridge and allowed the company to accelerate its services between the Scottish capital and Aberdeen by an hour. Though the line received parliamentary approval in 1871, it wasn't until 1881 that the line was opened for goods traffic.

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Old Photograph Townhill Scotland

Old photograph of a shop, cottage, Tram and people in Townhill just North of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The origin of the village is thought to be from the coal mining industry. The ancient gallows of the burgh was erected about a mile north east of the town on the road to the Townhill Colliery at a place still named Gallow Bank.

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Tour Scotland Video Sir George Bruce Tomb Culross Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of the Sir George Bruce Tomb in Abbey Church on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Culross, Fife, Scotland. Sir George Bruce of Carnock, born 1550, died 1625, was a Scottish merchant and engineer. He was born in Carnock, near Dunfermline. King James VI, on a royal visit by to Culross, was invited by Sir George Bruce to visit one of his mines which tunnelled down beneath the sea bed. The King ventured into the tunnel which went far out into the Firth of Forth and found himself at a shaft point where the coal was loaded onto the ships. Alarmed to find himself surrounded by water at the top of the shaft, his Highness accused Sir George of an attempt on his life and declared that the whole affair was an act of treason! It was only when Sir George pointed out the rowing boat and explained that one could either use that or return by the tunnel from whence they came that the King relaxed again, and took the option of the boat journey.

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Tour Scotland Video Admiral Thomas Cochrane Memorial Culross Fife

Tour Scotland video of the Admiral Thomas Cochrane memorial in Culross, Fife, Scotland. Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, 1st Marquess of Maranhão, GCB, ODM, born 14th December 1775, died 31st October 1860, was a Scottish naval flag officer of the Royal Navy and radical politician. He was a daring and successful captain of the Napoleonic Wars, leading the French to nickname him Le Loup des Mers, The Sea Wolf.

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Tour Scotland Video Palace Culross Fife

Tour Scotland video of the Palace in Culross, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish palace was constructed between 1597 and 1611 by Sir George Bruce, the Laird of Carnock. Bruce was a successful merchant who had a flourishing trade with other Forth ports, the Low Countries and the Baltic countries. He had interests in coal mining and salt production, and is credited with sinking the world's first coal mine to extend under the sea. Although never a royal residence, James VI visited the Palace in 1617.

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Tour Scotland Video Palace Garden Culross

Tour Scotland video of the Palace Garden in Culross, Fife, Scotland. The restored 17th century garden, complete with raised beds, a covered walkway and crushed shell paths. The herbs, vegetables and fruit trees planted in the garden are those that would have been found in the early 17th century.

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Old Photograph Crofter Cottage Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofter carrying a basket of Peat outside his cottage on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Crofters have historically depended on peat as an essential, and often free fuel source, for heat and cooking in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. For generations, the labor-intensive process of cutting and harvesting peat was a central part of crofting life and community culture. Within crofting townships, individual crofts were established on the best land, and a large area of lesser quality hill ground was shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing. Crofters also harvested Peat which was an important source of fuel. The women often spun and dyed wool as well as hand knitting and weaving. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Roots in Scotland.

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Old Photograph Provand's Lordship Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Provand's Lordship, Glasgow, Scotland. Provand's Lordship was built in 1471 as part of St Nicholas's Hospital by Andrew Muirhead, Bishop of Glasgow, the Muirhead coat of arms is still visible on the side of the building.

Recorded in several spellings including Mairhead, Morehead, Moorehead, Moorhead, and Muirhead, this is a Scottish surname. It is of locational origin from any of the places in southern Scotland named with the northern Medieval English words " muir " meaning " moor ", plus " heid ", head or end of a valley. These places include Muirhead in the barony of Bothwell, and Mureheid in the diocese of Ross. The surname first appears on record at the end of the 14th Century. Early recordings include William de Murehede who witnessed a charter of lands of Cranshaw in 1401; Andrew Morheid, assizer at Lanark in 1432; David de Murhed,1 cleric in Glasgow in 1471; Richard Murhede, dean of Glasgow in 1491 and Thomas Mureheid or Moirheid, quarryman at Dunkeld, Perthshire in 1507.

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Old Photograph Student Golfer St Andrews Scotland

Old photograph of a student golfer in, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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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.

Old Photograph Black Watch Soldier St Andrews Scotland

Old photograph of a Black watch soldier from St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The Black Watch was formed at Aberfeldy in Perthshire in the early eighteenth century as an independent security force, or 'watch', to guard the approaches to the lawless areas of the Scottish Highlands.

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Old Photographs Murraygate Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people and Trams in Murraygate, Dundee, Scotland. The modern city centre is still divided into the six medieval thoroughfares: the Seagait, Murraygait, Nethergait, Overgait, Wellgait and the Cowgait, Gait” being an old Scots word for street, which all remain today, although the “Overgate” and “Wellgate” are now enclosed shopping centres.

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Old Photographs Leuchars Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Leuchars near St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Bearsden Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland. The Roman Antonine Wall runs through the town and the remains of a military Bath House can be seen near the town centre.

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Old Photograph Museum Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of the Museum in Paisley, Scotland. Sir Peter Coats funded the construction of the modern Paisley Museum and Central Library in 1871, built in a neo Classical style. Sir Peter Coats was born on 18 July 1808 in Paisley and is deeply associated with that town. He attended Paisley Grammar School and then the University of Glasgow, at first intending to study for as a minister. However he decided to follow his father, James Coats, as a thread manufacturer, largely in partnership with his younger brother Thomas Coats. Sir Peter had twelve children, five sons and seven daughters, with his wife Gloranna McKenzie, all staying together at Woodside House together with a small army of servants. Their eldest son Sir James Coats was made a baronet. He died in the Mustapha Superieur quarter of Algiers on 9 March 1890 aged 81. His body was returned to Paisley for burial in Woodside Cemetery, west of the town centre.

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Old Photograph Market Cross Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of the Market Cross in Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Balloch Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Balloch Castle on the southern tip of Loch Lomond, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built as a residence in 1808 by the architect Robert Lugar at the order of John Buchanan of Ardoch, a partner in the Glasgow Ship Bank. The Buchanans of Ardoch are descended from William Buchanan, first of Ardoch who was the eldest son of Thomas Buchanan of Gartincaber. The family are Cadets of Drummakill, via Gartincaber, Blairlusk, and Carbeth. John Buchanan of Ardoch, the bearer of these arms was fifth of Ardoch. He was born 1761 and married in 1785 Elizabeth Parkes. By this marriage he had, Mary who married Robert Finlay, John, and two daughters who died unmarried. John Buchanan of Ardoch took a leading part in the affairs of Dunbartonshire, and was appointed in 1794 as Deputy Lieutenant, and in 1820 Vice Lieutenant of the County. In 1821 he was elected Member of Parliament for the county. During his life time he purchased the estate of Balloch and built Balloch castle which until recently was in the possession of the Finlay family. He died in 1839.

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Old Photograph Dunbeath Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Dunbeath Castle, Caithness, Scotland. Although a castle has stood here since the 15th century, the present building is of mainly 17th century origin, with 19th century extensions. The first recorded laird was Alexander Sutherland. It later became the property of the Clan Sinclair through the marriage of the daughter of Alexander Sutherland to William Sinclair, the first Sinclair Earl of Caithness. The Sinclairs replaced the earlier structure with a four storey tower house in 1620.

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Old Photograph Longhope Orkney Scotland

Old photograph of Longhope, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Longhope is a coastal settlement on the island of South Walls which is one of the Orkney Islands off the northern coast of Scotland. South Walls is linked to Hoy by causeway; Longhope is the largest settlement on the two islands. An RNLI lifeboat has been stationed at Longhope since 1874; a former lifeboat station is now a museum. On 17 March 1969 the station suffered one of the worst tragedies in British lifeboat history when its lifeboat, T.G.B., was lost with all eight crew after answering a mayday call during severe storms. In total, as of 2004, the station has received 26 bravery honours.

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Old Photograph Overgate Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of the Overgate, Dundee, Scotland. The modern city centre is still divided into the six medieval thoroughfares: the Seagait, Murraygait, Nethergait, Overgait, Wellgait and the Cowgait, Gait” being an old Scots word for street, which all remain today, although the “Overgate” and “Wellgate” are now enclosed shopping centres.

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Old Photograph Prince's Dock Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Prince's Dock, Glasgow, Scotland. Prince's Dock on Govan Road, was originally known as Cessnock Dock and built between 1893 and 1897 for the Clyde Navigation Trust. The formal opening was performed by the Duchess of York on 10 September 1895.

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Old Photographs Annan Scotland

Old photograph of Annan, located 15 miles from Dumfries, Scotland. Each year in July, Annan celebrates the Royal Charter and the boundaries of the Royal Burgh are confirmed when a mounted cavalcade undertakes the Riding of the Marches. During his retreat from Derby, Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed in the High Street at the old inn. It was at Annan in December 1332 that Bruce supporters overwhelmed Balliol's forces to bring about the end of the first invasion of Scotland in the Second War of Scottish Independence.

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Tour Scotland Video Small Pipes Music Festival Auchtermuchty

Tour Scotland travel video of the Small Pipes being played on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. Hamish Moore playing the Small Pipes in the Square in Auchtermuchty. Scottish Smallpipes were one of the first documented bagpipes in Scotland, along with the Border pipes, which were popular in the Lowland areas of Scotland as far North as Aberdeen. Evidence shows them to have existed since the 15th century, Highland pipes can only be documented from the 16th Century, when they were used for dancing and entertainment in Court and castle, later they became popular amongst Burgh Pipers, and Town Minstrels until the early 19th Century, when the demise of the Town Pipers lead to their disappearing from the record. Being bellows blown this made them suitable for playing for long periods. Bellows blown smallpipes are believed to have entered Scotland via England, and the Continent of Europe, examples are preserved in many drawings, carvings, and paintings from 15th century onwards, and in Europe from the 12th century onwards.

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Tour Scotland Video Perch Creek Family Jugband Festival Fringe Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of The Perch Creek Family Jugband on the Royal Mile at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Perch Creek Family Jugband from Australia, sing and dance their unique blend of original and traditional repertoire, roving from bluegrass, old-time jazz, and country blues to whatever else they may just happen to fancy.

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Old Photograph Stenton Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Stenton, East Lothian, Scotland " Stenton" means "Stone town ". Originally, the parish was known as Pitcox, which was a chapel site linked to the Collegiate Church of Dunbar in 1342

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Old Photographs Armadale Scotland

Old photograph of Armadale, West Lothian, Scotland. Formerly known as Barbauchlaw, is an ex mining town which is also known for its brick manufacturing. It is named after Armadale in Sutherland, this estate being owned by Sir William Honeyman who later acquired the land of Barbauchlaw. Before the building of a new turnpike road between Edinburgh and Glasgow in 1786 the village of Armadale was little more than a rural farm community but its location at a main highway junction brought additional traffic and a toll house was built where the new road intersected with an existing road in the east of the estate. The discovery of large coal deposits and also ironstone in the area attracted the attention of a number of companies and several pits were sunk in the area. A school was first formed in the town also in 1819, and it eventually became necessary to build a dedicated school house in 1839 to accommodate the growing number of students. Tom Hanlin was born in Armadale on 28 August 1907. At the age of 14 he left school and worked on a farm for a year, then got a job at a mine where he worked for the next twenty years. While working as a miner he began to study at a journalism school in Glasgow. After a workplace accident in 1945, he spent three months in the Royal Infirmary, and he began to write stories and sell them, thus realising his childhood dream to be a Scottish fiction writer,.Hanlin died at home on 7 April 1953, after developing heart and breathing problems. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Tour Scotland Video Dunbar Castle East Lothian

Tour Scotland video of the ruins of the Castle at Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. For almost a thousand years the East Lothian fortress of Dunbar has been at the centre of events in Scottish history. The impregnable castle site in Dunbar harbour was defended by the Votadini tribe in Roman times, held by Northumbrian and Pictish warriors in Scotland's 'dark ages' and was finally captured by Kenneth MacAlpin, King of Scots in 849 AD.

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Old Photograph Union Street Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Union Street, Glasgow, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Sauchiehall Street Scotland

Old photograph of Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland. Sauchiehall Street began as a country lane leading from the city center to the outskirts, where wealthy merchants built homes, particularly on Blythswood Hill and Garnethill. The street was widened and developed in the 1840s, attracting more villas, tenements, shops, and ultimately, businesses. The street's name, meaning " willow meadow, " reflects its origins as a rural lane.

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Old Photograph Bucksburn Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Bucksburn, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Bucksburn was formerly a market village before being swallowed up by the spread of the city.

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Old Photographs Ellon Scotland

Old photograph of Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is situated 16 miles North of Aberdeen. Places of interest within the town include the ruins of Ellon Castle, surrounded by walls known as the Deer Dyke, and the Auld Brig.

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Old Photographs Maud Scotland

Old photograph of Maud in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Maud rose to prosperity in the nineteenth century as a railway junction of the Formartine and Buchan Railway that ran through Maud to Fraserburgh and Peterhead, but has always been the meeting place of six roads.

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Tour Scotland Video Bass Rock Firth Of Forth East Lothian

Tour Scotland travel video of the Bass Rock in the Firth Of Forth of the coast near >North Berwick, Scotland. This a a steep sided volcanic rock, 351 ft high at its highest point, and is home to a large colony of gannets. The rock is currently uninhabited, but historically has been settled by an early Christian hermit, and later was the site of an important castle, which was, after the Commonwealth, used as a prison. The island was in the ownership of the Lauder family for almost six centuries, and now belongs to Sir Hew Fleetwood Hamilton-Dalrymple. A lighthouse was constructed on the rock in 1902, and the remains of a chapel are located there. The Bass Rock features in numerous works of fiction, including Robert Stevenson's Catriona.

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Tour Scotland Video Tantallon Castle

Tour Scotland travel video of Tantallon Castle on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip near North Berwick, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built in the mid 14th century by William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas. It was passed to his illegitimate son, later created Earl of Angus, and despite several sieges, it remained the property of his descendants for much of its history. It was besieged by King James IV in 1491, and again by his successor James V in 1528, when extensive damage was done. Tantallon saw action in the First Bishops' War in 1639, and again during Oliver Cromwell's invasion of Scotland in 1651, when it was once more severely damaged. It was sold by the Douglases in 1699 and fell into ruin.

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Tour Scotland Video Tantallon Castle Dovecote East Lothian

Tour Scotland video of Tantallon Castle Dovecote and the Bass Rock on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip near North Berwick, Scotland. A dovecote or dovecot, in Scots: doocot, is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves. Dovecotes may be free-standing structures in a variety of shapes, or built into the end of a house or barn. They generally contain pigeonholes for the birds to nest. Pigeons and doves were an important food source historically in Western Europe and were kept for their eggs, flesh, and dung.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Glencoe Scottish Highlands

Tour Scotland photograph of Glencoe, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of Glencoe, Scotland.

Tour Scotland video of a drive West through Glencoe, Scotland.

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"You are hereby ordered to fall upon the rebels, the MacDonalds of Glencoe, and to put all to the sword under seventy. " This was the treacherous and cold-blooded order ruthlessly carried out on 13 February 1692, when the Campbells slaughtered their hosts the MacDonalds at the Massacre of Glencoe. It was a bloody incident which had deep repercussions and was the beginning of the destruction of the Highlanders. John Prebble’s masterly description of the terrible events at Glencoe was praised as " Evocative and powerful " Glencoe: The Story of the Massacre.