Old Photograph Laggan House Scotland

Old photograph of Laggan House, Ballantrae, Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish house was built around 1868 by Charles MacGibbon, whose son David was a noted architect and historian of his day. During the Second World War, the house, now rebuilt, was the base for the WW11 Light Scout Car Secret Unit and was visited by Churchill himself on several occasions. It was also used as a field hospital during the War.


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Old Photograph Belfield House Scotland

Old photograph of Belfield House, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish house was the residence of Misses Margaret, Jane, and Elizabeth Buchanan, daughters of George Buchanan of Woodlands, Glasgow, who died in the order of seniority, the youngest on the 23rd April, 1875. During their lifetime they jointly executed a will, and although subject to the alternation of the last survivor it substantially remained as agreed upon, and conferred a large sum of money to the Merchants’ House of Glasgow.

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Old Photograph Loretto School House Scotland

Old photograph of Loretto School house in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. Musselburgh is the largest settlement in East Lothian, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, six miles east of Edinburgh city centre. This is the oldest Scottish boarding school, founded by the Reverend Thomas Langhorne in 1827. Langhorne came from Crosby Ravensworth, near Kirkby Stephen. The school was later taken over by his son, also Thomas Langhorne. The last link with the Langhorne family was John Langhorne, who was master at Loretto from 1890 to 1897 and later headmaster at the John Watson's Institution. Loretto was the under the headmastership of Dr Hely Hutchinson Almond, a distant relative of Thomas Langhorne. The school's name derives from Loretto House, in which Langhorne was living at the time he started the school, which in turn was based on the dedication of a chapel to Our Lady of Loreto, which can traced back to the 12th century on the site of the school.



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Old Photograph Ardwell House Scotland

Old photograph of Ardwell House, Rhins of Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland. On the grounds of this Scottish mansion house, on a ridge above the road, are the remains of a medieval motte; the castle bailey may have stood to the north. In addition, south of the church are the ruins of Killaser Castle, the ancestral home of the McCullochs, who formerly held Ardwell,Stoneykirk, Rhinns, Wigtownshire. Near High Ardwell, on the other side of the peninsula, are the remains of Doon Castle, the best example of an Iron Age broch in Dumfries and Galloway. Ardwell used to hold the Leek Fair, where plants were sold.

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Old Photograph Milton Lockhart House Scotland

Old photograph of Milton Lockhart House by Carluke, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1987 the remains of Milton Lockhart House were transported to Japan by a famous Japanese film star and director Masahiko Tsugawa, and re-erected at Takayama-murain the unma-Ken region of Japan. The new owners renamed the castle Lockheart Castle. The Castle is now designated a Lover's Sacred Ground where couples marry and ring a bell on the top floor of the tower to bring eternal love and leave their names written on a heart shaped shell.

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Old Photograph Boquhan House Scotland

Old photograph of Boquhan House located a mile East of Kippen, near Stirling, Scotland. The original house on this site dating from the 18th century was a property of the Campbells.

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Old Photograph Kettins Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Kettins, Perthshire, Scotland. Historically, the village had a local economy supported by linen weaving and bleaching for the Dundee market. This Scottish village is located about 14 miles northeast of Perth and 11 miles northwest of Dundee. It is 1 mile from Coupar Angus, north of the A923 road.



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Old Photograph Bridge Crocketford Scotland

Old photograph of the bridge at Crocketford located on the A75 road around 9 miles west of Dumfries, Scotland. This Scottish village also known as Nine Mile Bar, is one of only two settlements that are not bypassed by the A75 ( along with Springholm which is around 2 miles to the south west ).



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Old Photographs Scarinish Scotland

Old photograph of house and cottages in Scarinish, the main village on the Isle of Tiree located South West Of Coll which is West of Isle Of Mull, Scotland. There is a ferry service from here to Oban on the Scottish mainland.



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Old Photograph Kintra Scotland

Old photograph of crofters cottages in Kintra, Ceann na Tràgha in Gaelic, on the North Western coast of Ross of Mull in the south of the Isle of Mull, Scotland. The village was founded in the 1770s by the 5th Duke of Argyll as part of an effort to establish a fishing industry in the region. n 1851, the census recorded 100 residents.



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Old Photograph Newton Of Balcormo Scotland

Old photograph of field and farm worker cottages in Newton Of Balcormo near Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. A small settlement located near Kellie Castle. It's known for its historical coal mining activity, specifically the Newton of Balcormo pit, which was likely operating around the same time as the Kellie Castle Colliery.


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Old Photographs Dulnain Bridge Village Scotland

Old photograph of Dulnain Bridge village located three miles South West of Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland. This Scottish village lies near to the A95, in the Cairngorms National park. The village comprises two communities. Dulnain Bridge itself is centred to the north of the bridge over River Dulnain, and this particular part of the village lies in Morayshire. The crofting community of Skye-of-Curr stretches for a mile to the south, and this is in Inverness-shire.

Old photograph of Dulnain Bridge village located three miles South West of Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Thundergay Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Thundergay by Pirnmill, Isle of Arran, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Standing Stone Bressay Scotland

Old photograph of a standing stone on the Island of Bressay, Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Bressay Stone is an outstanding example of Pictish art. The slender sides are engraved with ogham, and the two faces with various examples of knotwork, and imagery. The top of each face has a cross. On one side, there is an engraving of two men with crosiers, as well as various animals including horses, pigs, and what appears to be someone in the process of being swallowed by two sea monsters. It has been suggested that this is Jonah.



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Old Photograph Candacraig House Scotland

Old photograph of Candacraig House in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish house built in 1835 by architect John Smith, was for may years the home of comedian Billy Connolly and his wife, Pamela Stephenson.



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Old Photograph Levenhall Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and Tram in Levenhall, Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. Musselburgh is the largest settlement in East Lothian, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, six miles east of Edinburgh city centre. Musselburgh was first settled by the Romans in the years following their invasion of Scotland in AD80. They built a fort a little inland from the mouth of the River Esk and bridged the river here. In doing so they established the line of the main eastern approach to Scotland's capital for most of the next two thousand years. The bridge built by the Romans outlasted them by many centuries. It was rebuilt on the original Roman foundations some time before 1300, and in 1597 it was rebuilt again, this time with a third arch added on the east side of the river. The Old Bridge is also known as the Roman Bridge and remains in use today by pedestrians. To its north is the New Bridge, designed by John Rennie the Elder and built in 1806. This in turn was considerably widened in 1925. Musselburgh Racecourse is a horse racing venue located in the Millhill area of Musselburgh. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.


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Old Photograph Orchestra Carlingnose Barracks Scotland

Old photograph of an orchestra from Carlingnose Barracks in North Queensferry in Fife, Scotland. The coast battery on Carlingnose Point was built between May 1899 and July 1901. In a large scale revision of the defences of the Forth it was decided that the two 6 inch guns and Gunners should be moved to the new battery at Pettycur, Kinghorn, and the guns were transferred in November 1916.



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Old Photograph Pitkeathly Wells Scotland

Old photograph of Pitkeathly Wells located two miles from Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, Scotland. Wells in this area produced the Pitkeathly mineral waters, which were drunk and used as baths from 1785 to 1949. A Dr. Horsley once recommended their use in curing hiccups, cancer, cholera, and epilepsy. The mineral spa flourished all through the Victorian era, with baths, tea rooms, and lawns for tennis, bowls and croquet. During this time, nearby Bridge of Earn served as a spa town for the wells. The water, sold in jars, could be purchased as far away as London. Schweppes took over the springs in 1910 and bottled the water in a plant employing thirty people. In 1927, a disastrous fire ended the bottling operation. The mineral spa was closed in 1949. A kind of Scottish bannock is also named after the village.



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Tour Scotland Video Sheep On The Road Near Auchterarder Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of sheep on the road near Auchterarder in Perthshire, Scotland. Rush hour on a narrow Scottish road.

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Old Photograph Muir Of Fowlis Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and Post Office in Muir Of Fowlis by Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is a small hamlet in the Howe of Alford, approximately 26 miles west of Aberdeen. The area is defined by its deep agricultural roots.


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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Sheepdog Herding Ducks Kirriemuir

Tour Scotland video of a sheepdog herding ducks on visit to the Agricultural Show in Kirriemuir, Scotland. The show has been running since 1877 and has survived two world wars, two foot and mouth epidemics and the Scottish Weather.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Small Group Ancestry Visit Rosslyn Chapel

Tour Scotland wee video of photographs from a small group ancestry visit to Rosslyn Chapel near Edinburgh, Scotland. The chapel was founded by William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness of the Sinclair family, a noble family descended in part from Norman knights from the commune of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte in northern France. Over the years the chapel has featured in speculative theories regarding Freemasonry and the Knights Templar.

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Old Photograph House of Cromar Scotland

Old photograph of House of Cromar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish house was built in 1905 by Lord Aberdeen, as a country retreat for his wife. John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, born 3rd of August 1847, died 7th of March 1934, was known as The Earl of Aberdeen from 1870 to 1916, was a Scottish politician. Born in Edinburgh. Hamilton-Gordon held office in several countries including serving twice as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and serving from 1893 to 1898 as the seventh Governor General of Canada. Aberdeen lived the later stages of his life at the House of Cromar in Tarland, Aberdeenshire, which he had built and where he died in 1934. His son, George, succeeded to the marquessate. House of Cromar passed to Sir Alexander MacRobert in 1934 and it became Alastrean House. It was leased to the RAF Benevolent Fund in 1984.



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Old Photograph Milnegraden House Scotland

Old photograph of Milne Graden house near Coldstream,Borders, Scotland. This Scottish house was built by Sir David Milne, born May 1763, died 5 May 1845, who was a Royal Navy admiral. Born in Musselburgh, East Lothian, he entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1779. He served in the West Indies from 1779 to 1783, seeing action in the Caribbean during the American Revolutionary War and in Lord Howe's final relief of the French and Spanish siege of Gibraltar in 1782. From 1783 to 1793, he served in the East Indies. Promoted to commander, he defeated a French division off Puerto Rico on 5 June 1795, and, in 1796, he participated in the capture of the Dutch colonies of Demerara, Essequibo and Berbice, becoming the British governor of Netherlands Guiana. He continued to fight against the French in Santo Domingo, from 1797 to 1799, and, in 1800, he captured the French frigate La Vengeance off the coast of Africa. He was later in life briefly a Member of Parliament for Berwick upon Tweed.



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Old Photograph Callert House Scotland

Old photograph of Callert House by Loch Leven in the Highlands of Scotland. This Scottish mansion house, now in ruins, was built for Sir Duncan Cameron of Fassifern in the 1830s and replaced a previous Callert House that had been burned down. Duncan, born 1775, died 1863, was the son of Sir Ewen Cameron of Fassifern, he became a prominent civic figure and developed much of Fort William. A Cameron daughter married a Fairfax-Lucy of Charlecote, Oxfordshire in late 19th century and later inherited Callert.



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Old Photograph Fasque House Scotland

Old photograph of Fasque House near Fettercairn located North West of Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish house was the property of the Ramsays of Balmain, and the present house was completed around 1809, replacing an earlier house. It was purchased in 1829 by Sir John Gladstone, 1st Baronet, father of William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister to Queen Victoria, who spent much of his childhood here. Fasque was a family home of the Gladstones until the 1930s.


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Old Photograph Crofters Cottage Luib Skye Scotland

Old photograph of a crofters cottage in Luib, Isle Of Skye, Scotland. The place of Luib in history was ensured by the brief visit of Bonnie Prince Charlie during his flight after the collapse of the 1745 rising.



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Old Photographs Brackley Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Brackley Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish house was designed by Dan Gibson 1898 for Sir James Mackenzie originally called Braickley House renamed when the 1870 mansion designed by Sir Samuel Morton Peto burnt down. This house is built on the site of the old castle of that name. It suffered at the hands of the troops of General Mackay and probably from those of the Royalists in 1715 and 1745.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Gaelic Poets Memorial South Uist Outer Hebrides

Tour Scotland photograph of the Gaelic Poets Memorial on South Uist, Scotland. In memory of two Gaelic poets, Donald MacIntyre, also known as The Paisley Bard, born 1889, died 1964, and his nephew, Donald John MacDonald, born 1919, died 1986.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Gaelic Poets Memorial on South Uist, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Small Group Ancestry Tour 7

Tour Scotland wee video of photographs from a small group ancestry tour of Scotland. Includes visit to Aberfeldy Whisky Distillery, Airth Castle, Alyth Bridge, Alyth Church, Anstruther Fife, Ardoch Church, Ballathie House Hotel, Blairgowrie, Blairingone Church, Braco, Carnbee Church, Csstle Huntly, Coupar Angus Pipe Band, Dairsie Castle, Dairsie Church, Dollarbeg Castle, Falkirk Wheel, Forter Castle, Gleneagles Hotel Perthshire, Grangemuir House, Hatton Castle, Inverkeithing Church, Kellie Castle, Kincardine Parish Church, Kinloch House Hotel, Linlithgow Palace, Lordscairnie Castle, Lower Largo East Neuk of Fife, Pittenweem Church, Rattray Parish Church, Scotscraig Golf Club, Spittalfield village, St Michaels Parish Church Linlithgow, Tayport West Lighthouse, Tealing Earth House, Tulliallan Old Church and Cemetery.

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Tour Scotland Video Louis Davidson Singing Atlantic City Pub Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the sight and sounds of Louis Davidson singing a cover version of Atlantic City by Bruce Springsteen on visit and trip to a pub in Perth, Perthshire.

Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night,
Now they blew up his house too.
Down on the boardwalk they're gettin' ready for a fight,
Gonna see what them racket boys can do.

Now there's trouble busin' in from out of state,
And the D.A. can't get no relief.
Gonna be a rumble out on the promenade,
And the gamblin' commissions hangin' on by the skin of its teeth.

Everything dies, baby that's a fact,
But maybe everything that dies, someday comes back.
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty,
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City.

Well I got a job and tried to put my money away,
But I got debts that no honest man can pay.
So I drew what I had from the Central Trust,
And I bought us two tickets on that Coast City bus.

Everything dies, baby that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies, someday comes back.
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty,
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City.

Now our luck may have died, and our love may be cold,
But with you forever I'll stay.
We're goin' out where the sands turnin' to gold,
So put on your stockin's cause the nights gettin' cold.

And everything dies, baby that's a fact,
But maybe everything that dies, someday comes back.

Now I been lookin' for a job. but it's hard to find,
Down here it's just winners and losers, and don't get caught on the wrong side of that line.
Well I'm tired of comin' out on the losin' end,
So honey, last night I met this guy, and I'm gonna do a little favor for him.

Well I guess everything dies, baby that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies, someday comes back
So fix your hair up nice, and fix yourself up pretty,
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City.

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Tour Scotland Video Chris Marshall Singing Natural Blues Pub Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the sight and sounds of Chris Marshall singing a cover version of Natural Blues by Moby in a pub on visit and trip to Pub in Perth, Perthshire.

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God

Went down the hill
Other day
Soul got happy
And stayed all day

Went down the hill
Other day
Soul got happy
And stayed all day

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God

Went in the room
Didn't stay long
Looked on the bed
And brother was dead

Went in the room
Didn't stay long
Looked on the bed
And brother was dead

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God

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Tour Scotland Video Rory Yates Singing Tryst Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Rory " Rowdy " Yates singing The Tryst in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The Tryst is a poem in Scots by William Soutar.

O luely, luely cam she in
And luely she lay doun:
I kent her be her caller lips
And her breists sae sma' and roun'

A' thru the nicht we spak nae word
Nor sinder'd bane frae bane:
A' thru the nicht I heard her hert
Gang soundin' wi' my ain

It was about the waukrife hour
Whan cocks begin to craw:
That she smool'd saftly thru the mirk
Afore the day wud daw.

Sae luely, luely cam she in
Sae luely was she gaen:
And wi' her a' my simmer days
Like they had never been.

Glossary of Scots words: luely - softly; Kent - knew; caller - fresh; breists - breasts; sinder'd - parted; bane - bone; gang - go; waukrife - wakeful; smool'd - slipped away; mirk - dark; afore - before; wud - would; daw - dawn;gaen - gone; simmer - summer

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Old Photograph Southfield House Scotland

Old photograph of Southfield House near Liberton located just South of Edinburgh, Scotland. This Scottish house was built in 1875 by architect John Chesser and in 1902 became part of the Royal Victoria Sanatorium which closed in 1999, after spending some years as a hospital for the care of the elderly.



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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Accordion And Fiddle Music Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of traditional Scottish accordion and fiddle music on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire. Grant McFarlane from Paisley by Glasgow, on accordion with Mhairi Mackinnon on fiddle accompanied by Alistair Cassidy and Ian Bain.

The surname MacFarlane, and other variations of the name, are Anglicisations of the Gaelic patronymic Mac Pharlain, meaning " son of Parlan ". Clan MacFarlane is a a Highland Scottish clan. Descended from the ancient Earls of Lennox, the MacFarlanes occupied the land forming the western shore of Loch Lomond from Tarbet up-wards. From Loch Sloy, a small sheet of water near the foot of Ben Voirlich, they took their war cry of Loch Slòigh. The clan was noted for the night time cattle raiding of neighbouring clan lands, particularly those of Clan Colquhoun, and as such a full moon became known locally as " MacFarlane's Lantern. The ancestral lands of the clan were held by the chiefs until they were sold off for debts, in 1767.

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Old Photograph Kirkhope Tower Scotland

Old photograph of Kirkhope Tower located seven miles from Selkirk, Borders, Scotland. This Scottish tower was burnt and its stock removed during the campaign of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk in the early stages of the Rough Wooing of Mary, Queen of Scots, by King Henry VIII of England. The actual raiding itself was carried out by members of the cross border " Riding Family " of Clan Armstrong.



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Old Photograph Lundin Tower Scotland

Old photograph of Lundin Tower at Lundin Links by Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. This is a lofty rubble built Scottish tower, once a part of old Lundin House which was demolished in 1876. The tower has been altered but appears to date from the late 16th or early 17th century. There was a castle here in the 14th century, belonging to the Lundin family, who held the property from the 12th century. It passed by marriage to the Drummonds in 1670, who were forfeited after the 1745 Jacobite Rising. Mary, Queen of Scots is said to have stayed at the tower in 1565.



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Old Photograph Irongray Parish Church Scotland

Old photograph of Irongray Parish Church near Dumfries, Scotland. This Scottish church stands on an ancient holy site. The present church was rebuilt in 1803 with the tower added in 1872. Robert Crawford, minister of the parish, and many of his congregation, " came out " at the Disruption. Sir Walter Scott erected a tombstone in the churchyard over the grave of Helen Walker known as Jeanie Deans.



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Old Photograph Fearn Abbey Scotland

Old photograph of Fearn Abbey located to the South East of Tain in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. The original Fearn Abbey was established in either 1221 or 1227 by Premonstratensian canons from Whithorn Priory. Originally founded at " Old Fearn " near Edderton, it was moved by 1238 to " New Fearn " further east, perhaps to take advantage of better agricultural lands. The Abbey was rebuilt between 1338 and 1372 on the orders of William III, Earl of Ross. Following the Reformation the Abbey remained in use as a parish church, but disaster struck in 1742 when the flagstone roof collapsed during a service killing many members of the congregation. A new church was then built adjacent to the old ruined church, but it itself had fallen into a ruinous state by the early 1770s. Accordingly, part of the original ruined Abbey was rebuilt in 1772 and again became the parish church as part of the Established Church of Scotland. The current building thus substantially dates from 1772, but incorporating parts of the medieval structure.



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Old Photograph Blairingone Village Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Blairingone village located three miles South East of Dollar in Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish village was once a base for the serious manufacture of weapons of war, the twin forges of the village Blacksmiths being maintained by the easily obtained surface coal in the area. Materials like Limestone, Alum, Iron-ore, Whinstone and Sulphur as well as coal were mined here on a regular basis. History records that the Fossoway area and over into Fife contained the most ancient coal mining operations in Scotland. During the 1700s a wagon way complex included a track from Blairingone for carrying coal which also connected the North Fife coal fields and the lime burners at Limekilns on the Forth Estuary.


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Old Photograph Blairingone Church Scotland

Old photograph of Blairingone church located three miles South East of Dollar in Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish church is located in the Parish of Fossoway. The church, now a private home, was built in the early 1800's on an elevated position overlooking the surrounding countryside of Clackmannanshire and Perth and Kinross.

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Old Photographs Powmill Scotland

Old photograph of Powmill village located five miles South West of Kinross in Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish village now has a small milk barn which serves hot meals and snacks. It also sells jams and other local produce. Beside the milk barn there is a small garden centre and a gift shop. The milk barn is a popular stop for tourists who are travelling to St Andrews in Fife.

Old photograph of Powmill village located five miles South West of Kinross in Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Kearvaig Beach Cape Wrath Sutherland

Tour Scotland video of a windy day visit to Kearvaig Beach, Cape Wrath in Sutherland, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Mhairi Mackinnon Fiddle Music Pub Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the sight and sounds of Mhairi Mackinnon playing traditional Scottish fiddle music in a Pub on visit to and trip to Perth, Perthshire. Mhairi on fiddle with Grant Mcfarlane on accordion accompanied by Alistair Cassidy and Ian Bain.

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Tour Scotland Video Grant McFarlane Accordion Music Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Grant McFarlane from Paisley by Glasgow playing traditional Scottish accordion music in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Grant on accordion with Mhairi Mackinnon on fiddle accompanied by Alistair Cassidy and Ian Bain. The accordion originated in Italy in the early 19th century and became popular all over Europe. It quickly found its place in Scottish music, its greater power lending itself to playing alongside the fiddle in dance bands, and its complexity allowing it to play a wide variety of tunes and styles.

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Tour Scotland Video Scots Singer Fiona Hunter Pub Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the sight and sounds of Scots singer Fiona Hunter singing in a Pub on visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire. Fiona Hunter is one of Scotland's foremost traditional singers, in this video she is accompanied by Mike Vass, Scottish Composer, Producer and Multi-instrumentalist from Glasgow

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Old Photograph Dippin Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Dippin village, Scottish Gaelic: An Dipinn, Island of Arran, Scotland. Arran has several other villages, mainly around the shoreline. Brodick is the site of the ferry terminal, several hotels, and the majority of shops. Brodick Castle is a seat of the Dukes of Hamilton. Lamlash, however, is the largest village on the island. Other villages include Lochranza, in which the Blackwood Davidson family had their principal seat, Lochranza Castle and Catacol in the north, Corrie in the north east, Blackwaterfoot in the south west, Kildonan in the south and Whiting Bay in the south east.



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Old Photograph Garmouth Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Garmouth on the coast of Moray, Scotland. This Scottish village has a claim to fame as the landing point of King Charles II on his return from exile in 1650 AD. He signed the 1638 National Covenant and the 1643 Solemn League and Covenant shortly after coming ashore. The Solemn League and Covenant was an agreement between the Scottish Covenanters and the leaders of the English Parliamentarians in 1643 during the First English Civil War. On 17 August 1643 the Church of Scotland accepted it and on 25 September 1643 so did the English Parliament and the Westminster Assembly. General assent was obtained for the Solemn League and Covenant throughout Scotland and England by allowing the populace to sign it. After the Restoration the English Parliament passed the Sedition Act 1661, which declared that the Solemn League and Covenant was unlawful, was to be abjured by all persons holding public offices, and was to be burnt by the common hangman.



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Old Photograph United Free Church Dyce Scotland

Old photograph of the United Free Church in Dyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish church, now demolished, was often called West Church, and it stood in a prominent town location in Dyce, to the north-west of Aberdeen. The church was built in the 1870s as the town of Dyce grew from the 1860s after the construction of a railway and station here.



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Old Photograph Nunraw Abbey Scotland

Old photograph of Nunraw Abbey by Haddington, Scotland. Nunraw Abbey or Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw is a working Trappist ( Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae ) monastery. It was the first Cistercian house to be founded in Scotland since the Reformation. Founded in 1946 by monks from Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea, Ireland, and consecrated as an Abbey in 1948, it nestles at the foot of the Lammermuir Hills on the southern edge of East Lothian. The estate of the abbey is technically called White Castle after an early hill-fort on the land. Originally owned by the Cistercian Nuns of Haddington, the area that they settled becoming known as Nunraw, meaning Nun's Row. The Nunnery of Haddington was founded by Ada de Warenne, Countess of Huntingdon and daughter of the Earl of Surrey, soon after the death of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, and the small evidence that is available suggests that Nunraw was a Grange of that convent.



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