Tour Scotland Photographs Video Coast And Cottages Pittenweem East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of coast and cottages in Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of coast and cottages in Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of coast and cottages in Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland January Photographs Harbour St Monans East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of the harbour in St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of the harbour in St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video shot today of the harbour in St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland January Photographs Eastern Cemetery St Andrews

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of the Eastern Cemetery by the Cathedral ruins in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of the Eastern Cemetery by the Cathedral ruins in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of the Eastern Cemetery by the Cathedral ruins in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of the Eastern Cemetery by the Cathedral ruins in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video shot today of the Eastern Cemetery by the Cathedral ruins in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland January Photograph Coast And Castle St Andrews

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of the coast and castle in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video shot today of the coast and castle in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Winter Video Walk In Snow To Huntingtower Castle

Tour Scotland Winter video of a walk in the snow to Huntingtower Castle, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Huntingtower Castle once known as Ruthven Castle or the Palace of Ruthven is situated about 3 miles from the centre of Perth, on the main road to Crieff. The Castle was built in stages from the 15th century by the Clan Ruthven family and was known for several hundred years as the Palace of Ruthven. In the summer of 1582, the castle was occupied by the 4th Lord Ruthven, who was also the 1st Earl of Gowrie, and his family. Gowrie was involved in a plot to kidnap the young King James VI, son of Mary, Queen of Scots. During 1582 Gowrie and his associates seized the young king and held him prisoner for 10 months. This kidnapping is known as the 'Raid of Ruthven' and the Protestant conspirators behind it hoped to gain power through controlling the king. James eventually escaped and actually forgave Gowrie, but after a second abortive attempt by Gowrie and others to overthrow him, Gowrie was finally executed and his property, including Huntingtower, was forfeited to the crown. The Castle and lands were restored to the Ruthven family in 1586. However in 1600, the brothers John and Alexander Ruthven were implicated in another plot to kill King James VI and were executed. This time, the king was less merciful: as well as seizing the estates, he abolished the name of Ruthven and decreed that any successors would be ineligible to hold titles or lands. Thus the House of Ruthven ceased to exist and by royal proclamation the castle was renamed Huntingtower. The Castle remained in the possession of the crown until 1643 when it was given to the family of Murray of Tullibardine, from whom the Dukes of Atholl and Mansfield are descended. John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl resided in the Castle, where his wife Lady Mary Ross bore a son 7 February 1717. The Castle began to be neglected and after Lady Mary died in 1767, it was abandoned as a place of residence except by farm labourers. Today, the Castle can be visited by the public and is sometimes used as a venue for marriage ceremonies. It is in the care of Historic Scotland and is open to the public.

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Tour Scotland Winter Video Black Watch Memorial Dundee

Tour Scotland Winter video of the Black Watch Memorial in Dundee, Scotland. A windy morning at the larger than life bronze statue of a Black Watch soldier which stands at Powrie Brae against the backdrop of the Angus countryside and commemorates the sacrifice of over 440 soldiers of the fourth and fifth Battalion Black Watch who died in the Second World War. The Black Watch lost nearly 1400 men during World War 2, almost a third of them from the fourth and fifth battalions.

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Old Photograph Fisher Folks Cottage Cellardyke East Neuk Of Fife

Old photograph of Fisher folks cottage at the harbour in Cellardyke by Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. I was raised in this fishing village on the East coast. Cellardyke was formerly known as Nether Kilrenny, or Silverdyke, and the harbour as Skinfast Haven, a name which can still be found on maps today. The harbour was built in the 16th century and was rebuilt between 1829 to 1831. Around 200 fishing boats were once based here but much of the fleet was destroyed by a storm in 1898, with most of those left intact relocating a short way down the coast to Anstruther.



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Old Photograph Enzie Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and cart outside cottages in Enzie, Scotland. Enzie used to have a railway station that was served by trains on the Buckie and Portessie Branch north of Keith. The station was opened by the Highland Railway in 1884 and had a short life with services being suspended during World War I on 9 August 1915 and the rails south of Buckie removed, although it was hoped to restart services. The line remained closed in 1923, when the Highland Railway was absorbed by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. After this the track was relaid, but services were not restarted and the track removed again in 1937. The station site is now occupied by a house.



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Old Photographs Balerno Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Balerno by Edinburgh, Scotland. The earliest written records of Balhernoch or Balernach are found in the late 13th century. The 18th Century brought substantial development to the area, with many new flax, snuff and paper mills springing up around the Water of Leith, evidence of flax production can be seen in Harlaw Woods. These mills were a prominent feature of village life until fairly recently.

Old photograph of Balerno by Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Winter Video Clydesdale Horses North Fife

Tour Scotland Winter video of Clydesdale Horses in North Fife near St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The Clydesdale is a breed of draught horse derived from the farm horses of Clydesdale, Scotland, and named after that region. The breed was developed from Flemish stallions imported to Scotland and crossed with local mares. The first recorded use of the name " Clydesdale " for the breed was in 1826, and by 1830 a system of hiring stallions had begun that resulted in the spread of Clydesdale horses throughout Scotland and into northern England. I really enjoy seeing these fine animals.

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Tour Scotland Winter Video Site Of Battle Of Black Earnside

Tour Scotland Winter video of the site of Battle Of Black Earnside in Fife, Scotland. At Blackearnside, a forest of alders, to the east of Newburgh, William Wallace defeated Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke in 1298. The forest is no longer there, but the video above was shot from the site of the battle. The words on a plaque at the site; " Black Earnside, 12th June 1298. On this site a major tactical battle was fought and won for Scotland by their guardian, Sir William Wallace, against the Earl of Pembroke, who was acting on the orders of his English master, Edward Plantagenet. This plaque has been erected by the people of Newburgh in recognition of the part played by their forebears in assisting Sir William Wallace in defence of our country. You were the flowers of Scotland and your grandchildren thank you.



Tour Scotland Winter video of a drive to the site of Battle Of Black Earnside in Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Video Abdie Church North Fife

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of the Abdie and Dunbog Parish Church near Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish church is located within a small walled grassy area, with trees, to the east of Grange of Lindores. It is reached by a minor road from the A913. This church was built in 1827 to replace the old Kirk, St Magridin's.



Tour Scotland Winter video of the Abdie and Dunbog Parish Church near Newburgh, Fife, Scotland.



Tour Scotland Winter video of the drive to Abdie and Dunbog Parish Church near Newburgh, Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Video Lindores Loch North Fife

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of Lindores Loch, North Fife, Scotland. Lindores Loch is a freshwater loch situated in North Fife in the Parish of Abdie. The Loch has for many years been used as a fishery and is well known for its abundant fish life. The old Abdie Parish Church ruins are close to the north shoreline. The ruins of Inchrye House, a grand Victorian Gothic house to which estate the loch once belonged, lay to the East. The rail line between Perth and Ladybank is located on the west shoreline. The loch was an important source of water for powering mills in the Lindores valley, where up to 13 mills of various types operated from the Middle Ages up to the 20th century.



Tour Scotland Winter video of Lindores Loch, North Fife, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Kelp Gatherer Isle Of Harris Scotland

Old photograph of a Kelp gatherer outside his cottage on Island Of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Seaweed was gathered from the coastline at low tide and laid out to dry before being burned in a kelp kiln. Kelp making was the changing or conversion of seaweed into ash, which was used in many things, particularly the production of soda and iodine.



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Old Photograph Fisherman Cottage Isle Of Lewis Scotland

Old photograph of a fisherman outside his cottage on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Lewis has a Presbyterian tradition and a rich history. It was once part of the Norse Kingdom of Mann and the Isles. Today, life is very different from elsewhere in Scotland, with Sabbath observance, the Gaelic language and peat cutting retaining more importance than elsewhere. Lewis has a rich cultural heritage as can be seen from its myths and legends as well as the local literary and musical traditions.



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Old Photograph Crofter Washing Wool Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of a crofter washing wool on the Isle Of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Crofters on Skye made the news during the 1880s via a series of rent strikes and land raids organised as part of the fight for fairer land laws. This led them into sometimes violent conflict with the authorities. Along with three other men, John Macpherson was jailed in 1883 for his part in a dispute over the lease of Waterstein Farm in Glendale. Attempts were made to deliver more court orders in January 1883. When these failed, Malcolm MacNeill of Colonsay, an experienced civil servant, was dispatched by gunboat to negotiate with the people of Glendale. Led by Macpherson, four men agreed to stand trial and were sentenced to two months imprisonment in Edinburgh in March 1883.



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Old Photographs Island Of Coll Scotland

Old photograph of Island Of Coll, West of Isle Of Mull, Scotland. This Scottish island was home to a branch of the Clan Maclean for 500 years, not all of which were peaceful. In 1590 the Macleans of Duart invaded their cousins on Coll with the intention of taking the island for themselves. A battle was fought at Breachacha Castle where the Coll clan overwhelmed the Duarts, chopped off their heads and threw them in the stream, which is still known as " the stream of the heads ". The Macleans of Coll retained their baronial fief and Castle of Breachacha until 1848 when Alexander Maclean of Coll emigrated to Natal, South Africa where he died unmarried.





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Old Photograph Turning The Soil Shetland Scotland

Old photograph of Crofters turning the soil on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Crofting is a form of land tenure and small scale food production particular to the Scottish Highlands, the islands of Scotland, and formerly on the Isle of Man. Within the 19th century townships, individual crofts were established on the better land, and a large area of poorer quality hill ground was shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing of their livestock. Crofts theses days are only found in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, in the former counties of Argyll, Inverness, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland, Caithness, Orkney and Shetland.



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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Video River Garry Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of the River Garry on visit to Highland Perthshire, Scotland. The River Garry, Scottish Gaelic: Gar / Abhainn Ghar, is a major tributary of the River Tummel, itself a tributary of the River Tay, in the traditional county of Perthshire in the Scottish Highlands. It emerges from the northeastern end of Loch Garry, just to the southeast of the Pass of Drumochter, and flows southeastwards and eastwards down Glen Garry to the narrow Pass of Killiecrankie beyond which it joins the Tummel. Glen Garry provides the main route northwards for both the A9 road and the railway from Perth to Inverness.



Tour Scotland Winter video of the River Garry on visit to Highland Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Video Murrayshall Golf Course Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of Murrayshall Golf Course by Scone, Perthshire, Scotland. Measuring 6441 yards, the championship course lies on 350 acres of rolling parkland. The course was designed by Hamilton J. Stutt, the grandson of the great James Braid's chief foreman. He was the son of John R Stutt, born 1897, died 1990, the builder of many courses designed by James Braid, and as a boy accompanied his father to several golf construction sites. He was educated at Glasgow Academy and St Andrews University in Fife, where he studied mathematics and botany. He represented the university at both golf and tennis. In the 1960s he gave up the family construction business so that he could devote all his time to golf course architecture. He spoke French, German, Spanish and Norwegian and worked on more than 120 projects in Europe, Scandinavia and the Middle East. He was a member of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews and president of Parkstone Golf Club.



Tour Scotland Winter video of Murrayshall Golf Course by Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Winter Video Drive To Foss Loch Tummel Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter video of a drive to Foss by Loch Tummel in, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the interior of Foss Church by Loch Tummel in, Perthshire, Scotland. The church of Foss was founded by St Chad about 650, but the church on the site became a ruin at the time of the Reformation, and it was not until about 1820 that a new church was built on the old site.

Tour Scotland photograph of the interior of Foss Church by Loch Tummel in, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Crofters Carding Wool Shetland Scotland

Old photograph of Crofters carding wool in a cottage on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Cloth making was women’s work and the tedious chores were often enlivened by groups of carders and spinners coming together to sing while they toiled. Before the Cheviot and Blackface sheep were introduced to the Islands, the small native tan-faced sheep was shorn for its wool.



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Old Photograph Golf Course Carnoustie Scotland

Old photograph of the Golf Course in Carnoustie, Scotland. The town is at the mouth of the Barry Burn on the North Sea coast in Angus. It was founded in the late 18th century, and grew rapidly throughout the 19th century due to the growth of the local textile industry. It was popular as a tourist resort from the early Victorian era up to the latter half of the 20th century, due to its seaside location, and is best known for its associations with golf.



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Old Photographs Ballinluig Scotland

Old photograph of Ballinluig, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is located on the banks of the River Tummel four miles South East of Pitlochry. It developed with the building of the Highland Railway, and sat where a branch line went off to Aberfeldy, both the branch line and Ballinluig station were closed in 1965.





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Old Photograph Corn Mill Scotland

Old photograph of a Corn Mill on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The first mills in Scotland were probably Norse mills, also known as Greek mills, so it is not surprising that examples are still to be found in the Orkneys, Shetland and in the Western Isles. Such mills were in use over 2,000 years ago, their simple design being easy to construct with even rudimentary expertise. The design was very simple: a stream of fast moving water drove a rotating set of paddles beneath the mill floor, directly turning the millstone above.



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Old Photograph Crofter With Pony Shetland Pony Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofter with a Shetland pony on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Shetland ponies originated in the Shetland Isles, located northeast of mainland Scotland. Small horses have been kept on the Shetland Isles since the Bronze Age. People who lived on the islands probably later crossed the native stock with ponies imported by Norse settlers. Shetland ponies also were probably influenced by the Celtic pony, brought to the islands by settlers between 2000 and 1000 BCE. The harsh climate and scarce food developed the ponies into extremely hardy animals. Shetland ponies were first used for pulling carts, carrying peat, coal and other items, and plowing farm land. Then, as the Industrial Revolution increased the need for coal in the middle off the 19th century, thousands of Shetland ponies traveled to mainland Britain to be pit ponies, working underground hauling coal, often for their entire, often short, lives. Coal mines in the eastern United States also imported some of these animals. The last pony mine in the United States closed in 1971.



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Old Photographs Drymen Scotland

Old photograph of Drymen located to the East of Loch Lomond, Scotland. This Scottish village is often used as an overnight stop for hikers on the West Highland Way, and forms the western end of the Rob Roy Way. The Scottish family name Drummond is derived from an old form of the village's name.



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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Videos Edradour Whisky Distillery Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of Edradour Whisky Distillery by Pitlochry, Perthshire,Scotland.



Tour Scotland Winter video of Edradour Whisky Distillery by Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. Established in 1825, the distillery was traditionally run by three men but now there are just two. Only twelve casks are produced each week. Edradour takes it water from a stream on Ben Vrackie called Edradour burn.



Tour Scotland Winter video of the road to Edradour Whisky Distillery by Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Winter Video Road To Struan Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter video of part of the drive to Struan near Blair Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. Clan Donnachaidh, sometimes known as Clan Robertson, is a Scottish clan. William Forbes Skene, Historiographer of Royal of Scotland, wrote in 1837 that: " the Robertsons of Struan are unquestionably the oldest family in Scotland, being the sole remaining branch of that Royal House of Atholl which occupied the throne of Scotland during the 11th and 12th centuries. " Struan was a traditional Scottish boy's name, commonly given to the chief of the Robertson Clan or Duncan Clan.

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Tour Scotland Winter Video South Loch Tummel Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter video of a drive along the icy South road by Loch Tummel in, Perthshire, Scotland. Driving behind the snow plough, otherwise I would not have attempted this road. A lovely winding route if sometimes quite hilly.

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