Tour Scotland Easter Video Panorama St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland Easter travel video of a panorama view of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. St Andrews, in particular the large cathedral built in 1160, was the most important centre of pilgrimage in medieval Scotland and one of the most important in Europe. Pilgrims from all over Scotland came in large numbers hoping to be blessed, and in many cases to be cured, at the shrine of Saint Andrew.

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Tour Scotland Easter Video Castle Coast St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland Easter travel video of the castle and coast on visit to St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. St Andrews Castle was the chief residence of the bishops, and later archbishops, of St Andrews. They were Scotland’s leading churchmen, and lived in a manner reflecting their exalted status. They also had to be prepared to defend themselves and the property of the Church, hence their strong castle.

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Tour Scotland Easter Video Swilcan Bridge Old Golf Course St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland Easter travel video of Swilcan Bridge on the Old Golf Course in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The Swilken Bridge, or Swilken Burn Bridge, is a famous small stone bridge in St Andrews Links golf course. The bridge spans the Swilken Burn between the first and eighteenth fairways on the Old Course, and has itself become an important cultural icon in the sport of golf.

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Tour Scotland Video Road Hole Old Golf Course St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of the Road Hole on the Old Golf Course on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and small group trip to St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. This one of the one of the world's most famous golf holes. Golfers using the back tees cannot see where their tee shots land; which is not unusual except that they must take aim over a corner of The Old Course Hotel. Other than rough, the main hazard in front of the green is a sand trap known as the Road Hole Bunker. Over the back of the green, hazards include a tarmac roadway, as well as an old stone wall. Both are in play; a wayward shot can lead a player to take their next stroke off the roadway or to hit the face of the wall and take their chances with the ensuing bounce.

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Old Photograph Family Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of a family from Paisley, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Firemen Perth Scotland

Old photograph of firemen in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Horse And Cart Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and cart in Dundee, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Victoria Road Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of Victoria Road, Dundee, Scotland. Victoria Road was built to give access to the north of the city by avoiding the unduly steep Hilltown, as a result of the Dundee Improvement Act of 1871; it followed the line of the old Bucklemaker Wynd, which had become something of a slum area but whose name is a reminder of the days before shoelaces displaced buckles, and of the eminence of Dundee in an earlier period in the manufacture of saddlery, sword belts, straps and scarf pins.



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Old Photograph Horse And Carriage Perth Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and carriage in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Mugdock Scotland

Old photograph of Mugdock located two miles North of Milngavie, Scotland. In the past the hamlet had more significance. In the year 750 a battle was recorded in the Annals of Ulster has having taken place between the Picts and the Britons. Talorgan son of Uurgust, brother of Unust king of the Picts, died there. The battle is also recorded by the medieval Welsh text Annales Cambriae which names the battle site as Mocetauc. This is fairly plausibly explained as Mugdock, which lies roughly in the area where the ancient Pictish and British kingdoms must have met.


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Old Photographs Ardrossan Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Ardrossan located in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Between 1841 and 1848 Ardrossan was a part of the West Coast Main Line equivalent of its time. The fastest route from London to Glasgow was by train to Fleetwood, and thence by packet boat to Ardrossan. Passenger services from Ardrossan harbour to Brodick on the Isle of Arran started in 1834, and services to Belfast in Ireland, later Northern Ireland, and the Isle of Man followed in 1884 and 1892 respectively. Clyde sailings were operated initially by the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company from Winton Pier and the Caledonian Railway from Montgomerie Pier. The Earl of Eglinton's ambitious plan for a canal link to Glasgow was never realised.



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Tour Scotland March Video Snowdrops Branklyn Garden Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of snowdrops and ferns on visit to Branklyn Garden in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland March Close Up Video Peacock Scone Palace Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland close up video shot today of a Peacock on the grounds of Scone Palace, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Winter March Video Mortuary Chapel Scone Palace Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter March travel video of the Mortuary Chapel on Moot Hill on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Scone Palace by Perth, Perthshire. Scone Palace Mortuary Chapel or Mausoleum is located on Moot Hill by the replica of the Stone of Destiny. The aisle was part of the old Parish Church of Scone, which is believed to have been built about 1624. Within the Mausoleum, there is a fine baroque memorial to David, 1st Viscount Scone who died in 1631 and a dormer pediment, which probably came from the 17th century palace. David was a Scottish courtier, comptroller of Scotland and captain of the king's guard, known as Sir David Murray of Gospertie, then Lord Scone, and afterwards Viscount Stormont. He is known for his zeal in carrying out the ecclesiastical policy of James VI and I.

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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Fire And Rescue Service Launch Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Scottish Fire And Rescue Service Launch by the River Tay on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. A mock water rescue was just one of the activities at the North Inch Park by the river. Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs Roseanna Cunningham joined the Chief Officer and the Chair of the new Scottish Fire and Rescue Service at this public event to launch the inception of a new single Service.

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Tour Scotland Video Sheep On The Road Glen Sherup Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of sheep on the road on the drive to visit Glen Sherup on in the Ochil Hills of Perthshire, Scotland. Rush hour on a narrow Scottish road. The Ochil Hills is a range of hills in Scotland north of the Forth valley bordered by the towns of Stirling, Alloa, Kinross, Auchterarder and Perth. The only major roads crossing the hills pass through Glen Devon, Glen Eagles and Glenfarg, the latter now largely replaced except for local traffic by the M90 Edinburgh to Perth motorway cutting through the eastern foothills. The hills are part of a Devonian lava extrusion whose appearance today is largely due to the Ochil Fault which results in the southern face of the hills forming an escarpment.

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Old Photograph Branxholme Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Branxholme Castle located three miles South West of Hawick, Scotland. The present castle is on land owned by the Clan Scott since 1420. The Earl of Northumberland, England, burned the first castle in 1532. The next held out against the English in the War of the Rough Wooing in 1547. But in due course the Scotts themselves slighted the castle in 1570, the English, under the Earl of Essex, finishing the job with gunpowder. Within a decade Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch had commenced the rebuilding. The Scotts were during these troubled years frequently the Wardens of the Middle March. The castle was extensively remodelled by William Burn in 1837 for the 5th Duke of Buccleuch. The Branksome Hall School in Toronto, Canada, is named after this castle, and has been given a replica of a mantle from the castle.



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Old Photograph Craigston Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Craigston Castle, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. A historic home of the Urquhart family. It was built 1604-1607 by John Urquhart of Craigfintry, known as the Tutor of Cromarty. The castle is composed of two main wings flanking the entrance and connected by an elevated arch, and surmounted by a richly corbelled parapet, regarded by many as one of the finest examples in Scotland. There are bases for corner turrets near the top corner of each wing, but the turrets themselves do not appear to have ever been completed. The wood carvings in the drawing room depict biblical themes and Clan Urquhart heraldic artifacts.



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Old Photograph Midmar Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Midmar Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The present structure was erected on the site of an earlier tower, destroyed by forces loyal to Mary Queen of Scots, during her punitive expedition against the Earl of Huntly in 1562. This expedition culminated in the Battle of Corrichie at which George Gordon of Midmar fought. He was subsequently deprived of his lands, though they were restored in 1565, after which he employed George Bell to build a new castle. In 1594 the castle was attacked after the Battle of Glenlivet.



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Old Photograph Monzie Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Monzie Castle near Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland. This is a large castellated Scottish mansion which incorporates a small early 17th century L-plan tower house, much extended and remodelled in 1791. It was a property of the Clan Campbell from early times until 1869, when it was sold to the Johnstones of Lathrisk.



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Old Photograph Castlemilk House Scotland

Old photograph of Castlemilk House, South of Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish house was built around the 15th century Castlemilk Tower, but was demolished in 1969 to make way for the Castlemilk housing estate. The lands of Cassilton of Carmunock were acquired by the Stuarts of Castlemilk in Dumfriesshire in the 13th century, and in the 16th century they renamed the estate Castlemilk. In 1937 the estate was acquired by Glasgow Corporation for housing, but the outbreak of the Second World War delayed building work. The mansion was used to accommodate evacuees from the city until the end of the war, and then as a children's home until closed in 1968.



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Old Photograph Ethie Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Ethie Castle located three miles North of Arbroath, Scotland. This Scottish castle dates to around 1300, when the monks at nearby Arbroath Abbey built a sandstone keep. It passed through the hands of the de Maxwell family and into the ownership of Scotland's last Cardinal, David Beaton who was murdered in St Andrews in 1546. The castle was purchased in 1665 by the Carnegie family, who later became the Earls of Northesk, and was owned by them through to 1928 until it was bought by William Cunningham Hector. The castle is reputed to be the basis for the fictional Castle of Knockwhinnock in Sir Walter Scott's novel The Antiquary. Sir Walter Scott was a close friend of William Carnegie, 8th Earl of Northesk and frequently stayed at Ethie Castle. The castle was restored by the chief of the Forsyth Clan, Alistair Forsyth and it now serves as the clan's seat. The castle is presently owned, however, by the de Morgan family and has been converted for use as a hotel.



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Old PhotographsCardoness Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Cardoness Castle located South West of Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. By 1628 Cardoness belonged to John Gordon of Clan Gordon head pf a family with whom the McCullochs had long feuded. In 1690 Sir Godfrey McCulloch shot dead John Gordon's son, William Gordon. Sir Godfrey escaped to France, but was spotted in Edinburgh in 1697 and beheaded on the Maiden, the Scottish equivalent of the guillotine.




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Old Photographs Isleornsay Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Isleornsay on the Isle Of Skye, Scotland. Emigration from the Highlands and Islands was endemic in the 19th century and the company that ran the Isleornsay store, MacDonald and Elder, acted as emigration agents from the early 1800s. In 1822 they advertised that they were able to " to fit out transports for the conveyance of passengers from Inverness and the West Coast of Scotland to the east coast of Canada. " In the 1830s a programme of assisted passages to Australia from the Sleat peninsula was organised. The William Nicol sailed to Sydney from Isleornsay in July 1837 with 322 passengers including 70 families from Sleat. At the time it was reported that so many local people wished to emigrate that the ship could not accommodate all those who wanted to embark.



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Old Photograph Maxwelltown Observatory Scotland

Old photograph of Maxwelltown Observatory, Dumfries, Scotland. The four storey tower was originally built in 1798 as a windmill on Corbelly Hill, the highest point in Maxwelltown. In 1834, the derelict windmill was purchased by the newly formed Dumfries and Maxwelltown Astronomical Society, primarily due to the efforts of local merchant Robert Thomson. The observatory opened to paying members in August 1836. Maxwelltown was a hamlet known as Bridgend up until 1810, in which year it was erected into a burgh of barony under its present name. Maxwelltown comprises several suburbs, including Summerhill, Troqueer, Janefield, Lochside, Lincluden, Sandside, and Summerville.


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Old Photograph Caddonfoot Church Scotland

Old photograph of Caddonfoot Church near Galashiels, Borders, Scotland. This Scottish parish church was built in 1861, primarily in whinstone, but with red sandstone window dressings. It has a slate roof. It is built on the shoulder of a hill.



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Old Photograph Tomnahurich Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of Tomnahurich Bridge, Inverness, Highlands, Scotland. The building which is probably the bridge keeper's cottage, is shown on the South East side of Tomnahurich Bridge. The Tomnahurich Swing Bridge carries the main A82 road across the Caledonian Canal on the outskirts of Inverness. Both the road and the canal run along the Great Glen, linking Inverness with Loch Ness and Fort William.



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Tour Scotland Video Drive To Glen Sherup Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of part of the drive to visit Glen Sherup on in the Ochil Hills of Perthshire, Scotland. The Ochil Hills is a range of hills in Scotland north of the Forth valley bordered by the towns of Stirling, Alloa, Kinross, Auchterarder and Perth. The only major roads crossing the hills pass through Glen Devon, Glen Eagles and Glenfarg, the latter now largely replaced except for local traffic by the M90 Edinburgh to Perth motorway cutting through the eastern foothills. The hills are part of a Devonian lava extrusion whose appearance today is largely due to the Ochil Fault which results in the southern face of the hills forming an escarpment.

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Tour Scotland Winter Video Drive To Glen Devon From Gleneagles

Tour Scotland Winter video of part of the drive to Glen Devon on the A823 road through the Ochil Hills after visit to Gleneagles, Perthshire, Scotland. Glen Devon is a picturesque glen in Perthshire, located near the small town of Auchterarder. The glen stretches south eastwards from the source of the River Devon to Yetts o' Muckhart.

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Tour Scotland Winter Video Drive To Gleneagles Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter travel video of part of a road trip drive to Gleneagles, Perthshire, on ancestry, genealogy, history visit over the Ochil Hill. The name's origin has nothing to do with eagles, and is a corruption of eaglais or ecclesia, meaning church, and refers to the chapel and well of Saint Mungo, which was restored as a memorial to the Haldane family which owns the Gleneagles estate.

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Old Photograph Innerwick Scotland

Old photograph of Innerwick located five miles from Dunbar, Scotland. Innerwick Castle was originally a Stewart stronghold, then passed to a grandson of Walter Fitz Gilbert de Hamilton, and remained in the Hamilton family, until its destruction. Alongside nearby, Thornton Castle, a fortalice owing allegiance to the Earls of Home, it was destroyed after a siege by the invading forces of the Duke of Somerset, during the Rough Wooing. James William Hunter was born at Thurston Manor near Innerwick in Eastin 1783, the son of Robert Hunter of Thurston Manor and his wife Isabella Ord. The family was related to the Hunters of Hunterston. From around 1798 he served in India then returned to Scotland to run the family estates following the death of his father.His main claim to fame is the improvement to the mechanical odometer in 1827, creating a single-handed and single-wheeled device, setting a series of three 100-tooth cogs against 101-tooth cogs, attached to a wheel of circumference either 6 or 10 feet.[1] This created a very convenient apparatus for land measurement, and is still the basis for modern day mechanical surveying odometers. The larger version was attached to the rear of a carriage and was the first known instrument calculating total vehicle distance travelled in a precise and visually clear way. In 1820 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He died in Leamington (where the family held a second estate) on 3 December 1844.



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Old Photographs Scottish Tour Guide Highland Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a Scottish Tour Guide in Highland Perthshire, Scotland.

Old photograph of a Scottish Tour Guide in Highland Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Witch Knowe Inverkeithing Scotland

Old photograph of Witch Knowe, Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland. There were local witch hunts and trials in Inverkeithing, which only abated, according to tradition, when the wives of the magistrates were accused.



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Old Photograph Ploughing Orkney Scotland

Old photograph of crofters ploughing on the Orkney Islands, Scotland. In the 17th century, Orcadians formed the overwhelming majority of employees of the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada. The harsh climate of Orkney and the Orcadian reputation for sobriety and their traditional skills made them ideal candidates for the rigours of the Canadian north.



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Old Photograph Letterfearn Scotland

Old photograph of Letterfearn village on the western shore of Loch Duich two miles South of Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland. Its name is derived from the Gaelic elements leitir, meaning " slope " or " hillside," and fearna, meaning " alder tree," suggesting it was originally settled on an alder-covered hillside.



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Old Photograph Doocot Dirleton Scotland

Old photograph of the doocot by Dirleton Castle, East Lothian, Scotland. A 16th century beehive type doocot, or pigeon house. Dirleton Castle is a medieval fortress in the village of Dirleton. It lies around 2 miles west of North Berwick, and around 19 miles east of Edinburgh. The oldest parts of the castle date to the 13th century, and it was abandoned by the end of the 17th century. Begun in around 1240 by John De Vaux, the castle was heavily damaged during the Wars of Scottish Independence, when it was twice taken by the English. In the 14th century, Dirleton was repaired by the Haliburton family, and it was acquired by the Ruthvens in 1505. The Ruthvens were involved in several plots against Mary, Queen of Scots, and King James VI, and eventually forfeited the castle in 1600. Dirleton ceased to be a residence, although Oliver Cromwell was forced to besiege the castle to flush out a band of marauders, during the Third English Civil War in 1650. The damaged castle was then acquired by John Nisbet, Lord Dirleton, who decided to build a new country house on the nearby Archerfield Estate. The Nisbet family of Dirleton continued to maintain the castle's gardens, before handing Dirleton into state care in 1923.



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Tour Scotland Video Best Bacon Roll In The World

Tour Scotland video of the best Bacon Roll in the world at The Horn Cafe located on the A90 between Perth and Dundee, Scotland. Priced at only £3.60 this snack boasts 15 rashers of finest local streaky bacon, crammed into a soft roll.

Tour Scotland photograph of the best Bacon Roll in the world at The Horn Cafe located on the A90 between Perth and Dundee, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Glendaruel Scotland

Old photograph of Glendaruel, Cowal, Argyll, Scotland. Glendaruel is thought to be one of the glens praised in the Gaelic poem The Lament of Deirdre,in which reference is made to a Glenndaruadh. It is found in the 15th-century Glenmasan manuscript, which may go back to an original written down in 1238. Deirdre is a tragic heroine in Irish mythology, and in the poem she is lamenting the necessity of leaving Scotland to return to Ireland.



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Old Photograph Struy Scotland

Old photograph of Struy located ten miles South of Beauly, Scotland. Struy is a small Scottish hamlet at the convergence of the River Farrar and River Glass in the Highland region.


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Old Photograph Stotfield Scotland

Old photograph of Stotfield, Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland. Stotfield has now been absorbed into Lossiemouth but originally it was a small farm town in Moray that was established in the Middle Ages. Stotfield's close proximity to the sea eventually led it to develop a small fishing fleet. A storm struck the Moray Firth on 25th of December 1806. The village lost its entire fleet of three fishing boats. More importantly, it lost all of its able bodied men and youths in one afternoon hour. Those who perished in the first boat, Joseph Young Senior, Skipper, Joseph Young Junior, son to aforementioned, Alex Young, also son to Joseph Young, William McLeod, Elder, John McLeod, son of the aforementioned, Alex Edward, Junior, Robert Edward, brother of aforementioned. Those who perished in the second boat, Alex Edward, Skipper, William Edward, son of aforementioned, William Edward, Senior, brother to Alex Edward, John Edward, son to “Little” John Edward, William Baikie, James Edward, Boatswain, James Edward, son of aforementioned. Those who perished in the third boat, James Mitchell, Skipper, William Crocket, cousin by marriage to James Mitchell, John Young, John Edward Junior, Alex Main, from Nairn, James McLeod, from Nairn, John Edward, Senior.



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Old Photograph Tour Vehicle Glenshee Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a tour vehicle in Glenshee, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Bedding Plants Scone Perthshire

Tour Scotland video shot today of Bedding Plants on visit to Bonhard Nursery near Scone, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Bedding Plants are either planted in the border or in hanging baskets. or patio containers. There are many varieties.

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Tour Scotland Video Clootie Dumpling Scone Perthshire

Tour Scotland video shot today of snow falling on my Clootie Dumpling on visit Bonhard Nursery near Scone, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Left my food in the garden for a minute at lunchtime and when I returned a gentle snow was falling on my food, aye, that kind of late March in Scotland. The name originates from the use of a cloth or clout to boil the dumpling in. They are specially popular in the Highlands at Hogmanay when a giant-sized sustain people through the night. Recipes are seldom written down since it is strictly a rule-of-thumb affair and therefore no two dumplings ever taste the same. This is a fairly rich but not too heavy one. It is worth making a large one since its leftovers provide useful breakfasts fried with bacon. Slices may be wrapped in foil and heated through in the oven and served with cream for a pudding.
1 Ib plain flour (500 g)
6 oz breadcrumbs (175 g)
Half Ib sultanas (250 g)
Half Ib currants (250 g)
4 oz raisins (125 g)
1 tsp baking powder
5 tsp salt
2 tsp each of cinnamon, mixed spice and ginger
4 oz chopped mixed peel (125 g)
Half Ib brown sugar (250 g)
Half Ib finely chopped suet(250 g)
2 grated cooking apples
2 grated carrots
Half Ib black treacle (250 g)
2 eggs
Zest and juice of one orange or lemon
Milk to mix

Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl, using the milk to mix to a soft consistency. Half-fill a very large pot with water and bring to the boil. Add a large piece of cotton or linen cloth to the boiling water and leave in it for a few minutes. Lift out with some tongs, allow excess water to drip off then lay out. Sprinkle with a thin layer of flour to form a seal. Add the mixture, draw up the edges and tie up with some string leaving a little room for expansion.

Put a plate in the bottom of the pan and then add the dumpling. The water should come about three quarters of the way up the dumpling. Bring to simmering point, cover and cook for about 3 hours. Check the water level occasionally. The dumpling can also be boiled in a greased pudding bowl. Half the mixture will fill a 3 pt (1 and half L) bowl. Cover the top with foil or greaseproof paper and tie securely. Check the water level occasionally to keep the level about half-way up the bowl.

To turn out dumpling and serve, fill up a basin with cold water and have ready a bowl that the dumpling will fit neatly into. Also a large, round, heated ashet or plate.
First dip the pudding into the cold water for one second only. This prevents the dumpling sticking to the cloth. Now put it into the bowl and loosen the string. Open out the cloth and hang over the sides of the bowl. Put the serving dish over the bowl, invert it and then
remove the cloth carefully. Dry off in the oven or in front of a fire. Sprinkle with some caster sugar and eat hot with cream or custard.

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Tour Scotland Drive Bonhard Nursery Scone Perthshire

Tour Scotland video shot today of a drive to visit Bonhard Nursery near Scone, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Bonhard Nursery is a family run business by the Buchan family Martin, Karen Mike and Danielle.

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Old Photograph Fetteresso Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Fetteresso Castle just West of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This building is known to have been owned by the Strachans, but passed by marriage in the 14th century to the Clan Keith Earls of Marischal, who built the towerhouse. The Earls of Mariscal also held the nearby fortress, Dunnottar Castle.


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Old Photograph Ponies Isle Of Arran Scotland

Old photograph of ponies on a beach on the Island of Arran, Scotland. At one time Highland ponies lived on at least eleven of the Western Isles, including; Islay, Jura, Lewis, Harris, Barra, Rum, Skye, Eriskay, Mull, the Uists and Arran. Those on Eriskay and Barra were of a lighter build and smaller size than the other island and mainland animals.



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Old Photograph The Scores St Andrews Scotland

Old photograph of The Scores street in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The establishment of the present town began around 1140 by Bishop Robert on an L-shaped hill, possibly on the site of the ruined St Andrews Castle. According to a charter of 1170, the new burgh was built to the west of the Cathedral precinct, along Castle Street and possibly as far as what is now known as North Street. This means that the layout may have led to the creation of two new streets, North Street and South Street, from the foundations of the new St Andrews Cathedral filling the area inside a two sided triangle at its apex. The northern boundary of the burgh was the southern side of the Scores, the street between North Street and the sea, with the southern by the Kinness Burn and the western by the West Port. The burgh of St Andrews was first represented at the great council at Scone Palace by Perth, Perthshire, in 1357.



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Old Photograph Cottages Nine Mile Burn Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Nine Mile Burn located two miles North of Carlops, Midlothian, Scotland. The name Carlops derives from Witches' Leap as near the South of the village there are two exposed rock faces about 20 metres in height facing each other with a similar distance between them. Folklore maintained that witches would leap from one face to the other, over the chasm, for entertainment of an evening.



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Old Photograph Cottages Foulden Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Foulden in the Borders, Scotland. This Scottish village is located not far above the Whiteadder Water, and 7 miles west of Berwick-upon-Tweed. In the 17th century the barony of Foulden and its lands were conveyed to Sir John Wilkie, a rich burgess of Lanark. In 1696 John Wilkie's residence in Foulden had six taxable hearths, virtually everyone else in the vicinity having just one. Foulden remained with this family until they failed in the male line with James Bruce Wilkie of Foulden, a Captain in the King's Own Scottish Borderers Regiment, who died December 12, 1935.



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Old Photographs Leitholm Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, shop, car and people in Leitholm located four miles North of Coldstream, Borders, Scotland. This Scottish village was founded, along with Eccles, by settler John Edgar. Other places nearby include the Crosshall cross, Duns, Eccles, Ednam, Fogo, Greenlaw, Hume Castle, Polwarth, Westruther.



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