Photograph NorthLink Ferry Scotland

Photograph of a NorthLink Ferry going under the Forth Railway Bridge, Scotland. Not a ferry you normally see in the Forth Estuary.

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September 26th Photograph Forth Road Bridge Scotland

September 26th photograph of the Forth Road Bridge, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Christian Henderson Gravestone Saline Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of the Christian Henderson gravestone in the old graveyard cemetery in Saline, Fife, Scotland. In memory of Christian Henderson. " No standing stone shall tell my fame. A sinner saved is all the Christens claim. "

Henderson is a common Scottish surname. The name is derived from patronymic form of the name Hendry, which is a Scottish form of Henry. Some Hendersons also derive their name from Henryson. The surname Henderson is borne by numerous unrelated families in Scotland. For example, the Hendersons of Fordell, in Fife, were the chief Lowland family of the name. This family descended from a family of Henrysons, from Dumfriesshire. A branch of Clan Gunn also bears the name. According to tradition, this family descends from Henry Gunn, a younger son of a chief of the Gunns who lived in the 15th century. The Hendersons of Glencoe in the Highlands derive their surname from the Gaelic MacEanruig. The surname was unknown in England prior to the 17th century and is first mentioned in a marriage document between one of the Borders Hendersons and the daughter of a Carlisle merchant at Hexham. The surname is rendered in Scottish Gaelic as: MacEanraig or MacEanruig, masculine, and NicEanraig or NicEanruig, feminine.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Cottage Oakley Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of a derelict cottage near Oakley, Fife, Scotland. Oakley is a village located at the mutual border of Carnock and Culross parishes, Fife, about 5 miles West by North West of Dunfermline on the A907 road. The cottages were built in connection with the Forth or Oakley Iron works in 1846 now all gone along with the coal mining industry. Comrie Colliery closed in 1986, and the village took many years to recover from this major employer's demise.



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Photograph Train South Queensferry Scotland

Photograph of a diesel train on the Forth Railway Bridge, above the rooftops of South Queensferry, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Bagpiper Forth Railway Bridge South Queensferry

Tour Scotland photograph of a Scottish Bagpiper below the Forth Railway Bridge in South Queensferry, Scotland.



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September 26th Photograph Forth Railway Bridge Scotland

September 26th photograph of the Forth Railway Bridge, Scotland. Two diesel trains meeting on the famous bridge.

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Photograph Imperial Princess Scotland

Photograph of the Imperial Princess cruise ship anchored just East of the Forth Railway Bridge in the Forth Estuary, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Vehicle Breakdown Oakley Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of a vehicle breakdown in Oakley, Fife, Scotland. Not your typical vehicle, but a classic Rolls Royce.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Tullibole Castle

Tour Scotland photograph of Tullibole Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. Tullibole Castle is hidden by woodland on a gentle rise south of the Ochil Hills, on what was once a medieval royal way, Courtgate or Court Way, between the hunting forests of the Palace of Falkland and Stirling Castle. The present castle was built in 1608 and passed to the Moncrieffs about a hundred years later and has been the family's home ever since.



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Photograph Trees Coupar Angus Scotland

Photograph of two trees in a field just outside Coupar Angus, Scotland.

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Photograph Watchtower Gravestone Scotland

Photograph of an old gravestone leaning against the Watchtower, in the old burial ground at Coupar Angus, Scotland. Gravestone commemorating George Wighton. The Watchtower was used to observe, and guard against Scottish grave robbers.


Photograph of an old gravestone, and cross, leaning against the Watchtower, in the old burial ground at Coupar Angus, Scotland.


Photograph of old gravestones leaning against the Watchtower, in the old burial ground at Coupar Angus, Scotland.

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A Scottish Graveyard Miscellany explores in words and extraordinary pictures the folk art of Scottish graveyards from the eighteenth century, when gravestones began to be widely used, to the present day. Each old kirkyard is a riotous celebration of folk art: there are skulls and skeletons, ships and lighthouses, angels galore, carved portraits of our forebears and even a gravestone decorated with a picture of Bart Simpson and his skateboard! More than mere memorials, the graves are a collection of pages in stone taken from the history of Scottish everyday life. Scotland's kirkyards are not gloomy places to be shunned, but places to find vivid stories from the lives of people, without distinction of class or creed. There is much humour in this book, and the photographs throughout taken by the author illustrate better than words why we should look after the unique treasuries in our midst. The Scottish Graveyard Miscellany: The Folk Art of Scotland's Graves.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Cistercian Abbey

Tour Scotland photograph of the Cistercian Abbey in Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland. All that remains visible of the Cistercian abbey of Coupar Angus is a ruined gateway at the south west corner of the churchyard adjoining the 19th century Abbey Church. The Cistercian abbey of Coupar was founded in 1161 or 1162. The church was dedicated on the 15th of May, 1233. The last abbot was imposed upon the abbey in 1529 and by 1607 the last of the monks had died. The church had a minister in 1611 but by 1622 the walls were in ruins.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Abbey Church Coupar Angus

Tour Scotland photograph of Abbey Church in Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland. Abbey Church is on the Dundee Road in the historic town of Coupar Angus. Present church, built in 1859, sits on the site of a Cistercian Abbey dating back to the 12th Century. The church has a stone tower and spire that houses a 22 inch bell, made in 1712 and recast in 1888 by Robert Maxwell of Edinburgh.



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Old Photographs Coal Miners Scotland

Old photograph of a coal miner in Methil, Fife, Scotland.


Old photograph of a coal miner in Methil, Fife, Scotland.


Old photograph of coal miners in Methil, Fife, Scotland.


Old photograph of coal miners in Methil, Fife, Scotland.


Old photograph of coal miners in Methil, Fife, Scotland.


Old photograph of the mines in Methil, Fife, Scotland.


Old photograph of a pit pony down the mines in Methil, Fife, Scotland.


Old photograph of a pit pony down the mines in Methil, Fife, Scotland.

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Photograph Graveyard Tours Scotland

Photograph of a tour of the graveyard in East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland. I don't often get my tour Scotland vehicle this close to the gravestones my guests are looking for on their ancestry tour, but it does happen sometimes.

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Tour Scotland Photograph No Parking Sign Little Glenshee

Tour Scotland photograph of a passing place and No Parking Sign in Little Glenshee, Perthshire, Scotland. You can certainly park at these passing places on narrow Scottish roads, just long enough to take a photograph or two, but you shouldn't leave your vehicle there for a long period of time.



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Photograph Little Glenshee Wind Turbine Scotland

Photograph of an old wind turbine in Little Glenshee, Perthshire, Scotland.


Photograph of an old wind turbine in Little Glenshee, 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).

Photograph Little Glenshee Ford Scotland

Photograph of the ford on the minor road in Little Glenshee, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Photograph Little Glenshee Scotland

Photograph of Little Glenshee, Perthshire, Scotland.


Photograph of Little Glenshee, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Redgorton Church

Tour Scotland photograph of the church and cemetery in Redgorton, Perthshire, Scotland. The now unused Redgorton Parish Church was built in 1766. The New Statistical Account of Scotland published in 1834, described Redgorton as a parish, in the county of Perth, 4 miles from Perth; containing the villages of Bridgetown, Luncarty, Craighead, Cromwell-Park, and Pitcairn Green, and part of the late quoad sacra district of Stanley. This parish comprehends the three ancient, and now united, parishes of Redgorton, Luncarty, and St. Serf's, which are supposed to have been formed into one about the period of the Reformation. The parish is divided into two detached parts, the lower of which lies at the confluence of the Tay and the Almond, and the upper beyond the parish of Moneydie, at the foot of the Grampians. The church, built in 1776, is situated nearly in the middle of the lower part of the parish, and contains 700 sittings; it is well fitted up, but is very inconveniently placed for the population in the upper district, being from seven to eight miles distant from some of the inhabitants. A very handsome chapel of ease has been erected at Stanley. There are places of worship for members of the United Secession and Original Seceders.

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September 23rd Photograph Sunset Scotland

September 23rd photograph of sunset this evening at 7pm in Scotland.

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September 23rd Photograph Evening Scotland

September 23rd photograph shot at 6pm this evening in Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photographs Falkland Palace Fife

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of Falkland Palace, Fife, Scotland.





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Photograph Stained Glass Perth Cathedral Scotland

Photograph of a stained glass window in Perth Cathedral, Perth, Scotland. St Ninian's Cathedral or the Cathedral Church of St Ninian is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church in the Royal burgh of Perth.


Photograph of a stained glass window in Perth Cathedral, Perth, Scotland.


Photograph of a stained glass window in Perth Cathedral, Perth, Scotland.


Photograph of a stained glass window in Perth Cathedral, Perth, Scotland.


Photograph of a stained glass window in Perth Cathedral, Perth, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Wooden Cross Perth Cathedral

Tour Scotland photograph of a plain wooden cross in St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. St Ninian's Cathedral or the Cathedral Church of St Ninian is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church in the Royal burgh of Perth. It is the see of the Anglican Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, who is the ordinary of the Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane. The cathedral was built on the site of an older Dominican monastery and was one of the first to be built in Britain since the Reformation, both St. Columb's in Derry, Ireland and St. Paul's in London, England, are older, being consecrated in 1633 and 1710 respectively. It was designed by the English architect William Butterfield.



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Photograph Door Perth Cathedral Scotland

Photograph of a door inside Perth Cathedral, Perth, Scotland.

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Photograph Perth Cathedral Scotland

Photograph of Perth Cathedral, Perth, Scotland. St Ninian's Cathedral or the Cathedral Church of St Ninian is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church in the Royal burgh of Perth. The cathedral was built on the site of an older Dominican monastery and was the first to be built in Britain since the Reformation, being consecrated in 1850.


Photograph of Perth Cathedral, Perth, Scotland.


Photograph of Perth Cathedral, Perth, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Highland Cow Breakfast Scotland

Tour Scotland photograph of a Highland Cow having breakfast in the Highlands of Scotland. Highland cattle, Scottish Gaelic: Bò Ghàidhealach; Scots: Heilan coo, are a Scottish cattle breed. They have long horns and long wavy coats that are coloured black, brindle, red, yellow, white, silver, looks white but with a black nose, or dun, and they are raised primarily for their meat. They originated in the Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland and were first mentioned in the 6th century AD.



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