Old photograph of Pettycur, Fife, Scotland. Pettycur is located on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, opposite Edinburgh. There is a record of Pettycur being granted to the Royal Burgh of Kinghorn by King James V in 1541. It had previously belonged to the Earl of Morton but had fallen to the Crown.
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Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Tour Scotland Video Out Of The Blue Festival Fringe Edinburgh August 5th
Tour Scotland video shot today of Out Of The Blue singing on the Royal Mile at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. Oxford's all male vocal sensation in Edinburgh. These undergraduates provide a musical experience like no other. You can follow them on Twitter @ootboxford
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Tour Scotland Video Boats Misty Firth Of Forth
Tour Scotland video of boats on a misty Firth of Forth by the Forth Bridge at South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland. The Firth of Forth, Scottish Gaelic: Linne Foirthe, is the estuary, firth, of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth. It meets the North Sea with Fife on the north coast and Lothian on the south. It was known as Bodotria in Roman times. In the Norse sagas it was known as the Myrkvifiörd. The Kincardine Bridge, the Clackmannanshire Bridge, the Forth Road Bridge and the Forth Bridge carry traffic across the firth.
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Tour Scotland Video Single Track Road Scottish Highlands
Tour Scotland video of part of a drive on a single track road in the Scottish Highlands just North of Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland. This road was an old Military road.
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Tour Scotland Video Road To Tummel Bridge Village Highland Perthshire
Tour Scotland travel video of a road trip drive on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Tummel Bridge village, West of Pitlochry, Highland Perthshire. The small village of Tummel Bridge at the head of Loch Tummel takes its name from the Bridge that General Wade built here in 1733 to carry his Military Road south from Dalnacradoch on the A9 to his bridge at Aberfeldy. That old bridge still stands, although today it is only open to pedestrians, cyclists etc., with a much more boring structure carrying the road alongside.
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Tour Scotland Video Road To Kinlochleven Scottish Highlands
Tour Scotland travel video of part of a road trip drive on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Kinlochleven, Scotland. Kinlochleven is a village in Lochaber, in the Scottish Highlands and lies at the eastern end of Loch Leven. To the north lie the Mamores ridge; to the south lie the mountains flanking Glen Coe. Kinlochleven is the penultimate stop on the West Highland Way.
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Tour Scotland Video Walk Dean Cemetery Edinburgh
Tour Scotland video of a walk around Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland. Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh is a place of tranquility and unique beauty that today carries out funerals with the same sense of quiet dignity that it has been providing since it opened its gates in 1846. It was one of the first cemeteries in the Edinburgh to be laid out along formal lines and the trees that were planted more than a century ago have grown now to maturity, giving the Dean Cemetery the atmosphere of a peaceful garden.
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