Tour Scotland Photograph Castle Wearie Benbecula Outer Hebrides Scotland

Tour Scotland photograph of a Castle Wearie also known as Borve Castle on Benbecula, Scotland. An island of the Outer Hebrides in the Atlantic Ocean. The island lies between the islands of North Uist and South Uist, to which it is connected by road causeways. The well known tune The Dark Island was written by accordionist Iain MacLachlan from Benbecula. The now ruined tower house was occupied by the Macdonalds of Benbecula until the early 17th century.


Dark Island being sung at a Folk Night in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Crail East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland video of photographs of Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Built around a harbour, Crail has a particular wealth of vernacular buildings from the 17th to early 19th centuries. The Crail Golfing Society is the seventh oldest in the world, formed in 1786. Their oldest course, Balcomie, was formally laid out by Tom Morris Senior. in 1894, but competitions had been played there since the 1850s. Despite the fact that the home of golf is now Crail’s neighbour, St Andrews, Crail was the first to have a golf course.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs St Monans East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland video of photographs of St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. St Monans Church is situated within its kirkyard just to the west of the village on the very edge of the sea. It is perched on a low rock, over a small valley with a burn. As seen from most directions it has the sea as a backdrop. A more modern cemetery stands further westwards on the upper slopes of the little hill. This contains the local war memorial.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Pittenweem East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland video of photographs of the fishing village of Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The white houses with red roofs illustrate the classic East Neuk building style, influenced by trade with the Low Countries, Belgium and the Netherlands. The East Neuk offered natural trading ports for Dutch and Belgian captains as they sailed up past the east coast of England. These ships brought red pantiles as ballast, and the locals soon found them to be excellent roofing material.

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Old Photographs Kilbarchan Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and people in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland. The name of this Scottish village means " cell (chapel) of St. Barchan ". It is known for its former weaving industry. At one time there were 800 weavers in this village.



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Old Photographs Strome Scotland

Old photograph of Strome, on the South bank of Loch Carron, Wester Ross, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Tyndrum Scotland

Old photograph of Tyndrum in the Highlands of Scotland. This is a small Scottish village whose Gaelic name translates as " the house on the ridge ". It lies in Strathfillan, at the southern edge of Rannoch Moor. The village is notable mainly for being at a junction of transport routes to Glencoe to the North, Oban to the West and Crianlarich to Loch Lomond and Glasgow to the South.





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Old Photograph Ayr Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people and buildings in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayr was established as a Royal Burgh in 1205, serving as Ayrshire's central marketplace and harbour throughout the Medieval Period. In 1652, the town was used as a base and fortress for some of Oliver Cromwell's men. The Tam O' Shanter Inn is celebrated as the place where Robert Burns famous fictional hero Tam o’ Shanter and his drouthy cronies met prior to Tam’s famous ride from the witches. The poem describes Tam’s homeward journey, after a long evening at the Inn, and the terrible visions he witnesses. Riding his grey mare, Meg, Tam comes across a coven of witches, warlocks and the Devil himself at the ruined church of Kirk Alloway. Knowing that witches can’t cross water, he heads for the Brig o’ Doon. Unfortunately, though Tam does escape, one of the witches grabs Meg’s tail and pulls it off, and Burns ends his tale with this warning for drinkers. Ayr Racecourse is a well known racecourse in Scotland and hosts both National Hunt and flat racing. It has the largest capacity in Scotland for horse racing, During the 19th and 20th Centuries, Ayr became a popular holiday resort. This was due to its fine sandy beach and the construction of the rail link to Glasgow which was completed in 1840. 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 Cuilfail Scotland

Old photograph of Cuilfail near Oban, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Otter Ferry Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Otter Ferry on the eastern shore of Loch Fyne, Scotland. Previously the site of a ferry across Loch Fyne. Otter Ferry is situated 9 miles from Portavadie where you can catch the ferry to Tarbert. Loch Fyne is a popular area for sport diving and fishing. It is also a popular tourist destination with attractions such as Inveraray Castle and the nearby ruins of Castle MacEwen and Old Castle Lachlan. Dolphins, seals and otters inhabit the loch, and basking sharks can appear in its waters during the summer months.



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Old Photograph Crofters Cottage North Uist Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofters cottage on North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Scar Orkney Scotland

Old photograph of the village of Scar, Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland. The Scar boat burial is a Viking boat burial near the village. The burial, which dates to between 875 and 950 AD, contained the remains of a man, an elderly woman, and a child, along with numerous grave goods.

Old photograph from Scar, Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Anstruther East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland video of photographs of Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Also known as Anster, Ainster and Enster. I was raised here, attending Cellardyke Primary School and Waid Academy. Herring fishing remained a feature of the area until the mid 20th century when, after a record catch in 1936, the shoals mysteriously declined until the industry effectively disappeared by 1947. Sir James Lumsden, a soldier of fortune under Gustavus Adolphus, distinguished by the Thirty Years' War, was born in the parish of Kilrenny by Anstruther in 1598. Dr Thomas Chalmers, co-founder of the Free Church of Scotland, was born in Anstruther Easter, where his house has been preserved. David Martin, born 1737, died 1798, the painter and engraver; John Goodsir, born 1814, died 1867. the anatomist; and Robert Fowler, born 1853, died 1926, artist, were natives of Anstruther. Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart, born 1887, died 1970), director-general of the Political Warfare Executive during World War II, was also born in Anstruther. Speirs hails from Anstruther. It was also the childhood home of BBC Radio 1 DJ Edith Bowman. Anstruther has also become known as the base for the Fence Collective, a network of nu-folk musicians.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Old Golf Course St Andrews

Tour Scotland video of photographs of the Old Golf Course in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The oldest and most iconic golf course in the world. The Swilcan Bridge and Hell Bunker are recognised across the globe, yet the greatest feature of the Old Course is that despite its grand status it remains a public golf course, open to all.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Cathedral Ruins St Andrews

Tour Scotland video of photographs of the Cathedral ruins in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. This was the seat of the Bishops, later Archbishops, of St Andrews from its foundation in 1158 until it fell into disuse after the Reformation.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Lifeboat Anstruther East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland video of photographs of the Kingdom Of Fife Lifeboat in Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The Anstruther Lifeboat Station was founded in 1865, and the present Lifeboat is a 12 metre Mersey Class Fast Carriage Boat called The Kingdom of Fife.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Long Pier Harbour St Andrews

Tour Scotland video of photographs of the long pier and harbour in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Kate Kennedy Procession St Andrews

Tour Scotland video of photographs of the Kate Kennedy Procession in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. This parade symbolises the history of St Andrews and the important points and people in it. It is held in honour of Kate Kennedy who was a prominent charitable woman connected to the town of St Andrews.

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Tour Scotland Video Old Parish Church Carriden Bo'ness

Tour Scotland video of the old parish church at Carriden in Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland. Built in 1766, Rubble-walled, it consists of a nave with a N transept in the middle; a tower at the East end and a vestry at the West end were added in the 19th century. Now roofless and in ruins the church part of the present cemetery, with graves inside.

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Tour Scotland Video Colonel James Gardiner Gravestone Bo'ness

Tour Scotland video of the Colonel James Gardiner gravestone in in the old graveyard at Carriden in Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland. James, born 10th of January 1687, died, 21st September 1745, was a Scottish soldier who fought in the British Army, including during the 1745 Jacobite rising. He was born at Carriden, educated in Linlithgow, and joined the army at the age of fourteen. He served with distinction in several battles and was promoted through the ranks to Colonel in 1743. Gardiner was known as a rake in his youth, but had a religious experience in 1719 and became a devout convert. In 1726 he married Frances Erskine, daughter to the ninth Earl of Buchan; five of their thirteen children survived to adulthood. During the Battle of Ramillies he was shot through the mouth and nearly killed by a French soldier who had returned to plunder the dead. However, Gardiner was spared after being mistaken for a French soldier. At the Battle of Prestonpans he was mortally wounded by the Highlanders after his dragoons had fled the field and he was attempting to rally some footsoldiers. He received a mortal blow whilst wounded on the ground and was stripped to the waist as his possessions were looted by the Highlanders. After the battle Gardiner was carried from the field by a servant to nearby Tranent where he soon died. By a quirk of fate Gardiner lived close to the battlefield in Bankton House. " A brave soldier and a devout Christian. I have fought a good fight, I have kept the faith "

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Old Photograph Balgay Park Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of Balgay Park, Dundee, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Crofter Shelling Bait Shetland Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofter shelling bait outside a cottage on the Shetland Islands, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Fairlie Scotland

Old photograph of a shop, cottages, houses and people in Fairlie in Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish village sits on the eastern shore of the Firth of Clyde and looks across to the Isle of Arran and the Cumbraes.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Beinn a' Chaolais Mountain Isle Of Jura

Tour Scotland photograph of Beinn a' Chaolais mountain on the Isle of Jura, Scotland. The name of this mountain means, mountain of the sound.

Tour Scotland photograph of Beinn a' Chaolais mountain on the Isle of Jura, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry Islay

Tour Scotland photograph of the MV Hebridean Isles MacBrayne Ferry at Islay, Scotland. Islay Whisky. This was the first MacBrayne vessel to be built outside Scotland and the first to be launched sideways. With bow, stern and side ramps, Hebridean Isles is suitable for all the routes served by the large fleet units. After 15 years crossing the Little Minch on the Uig triangle, she now serves Islay.

Tour Scotland photograph of the MV Hebridean Isles MacBrayne Ferry at Islay, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Midlem Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Midlem, a small village located four miles South of Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland.

Old photograph of cottages in Midlem, a small village located four miles South of Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland.

Old photograph of Midlem, a small village located four miles South of Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Crawford Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is close to an old Roman road and has links with Sir William Wallace. This was also the site of a Roman fort between 80 AD and 140 AD housing perhaps 300 soldiers.



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Old Photographs Lasswade Scotland

Old photograph of Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland. This Scottish town is located 9 miles South of the Scottish Capital city Edinburgh. Former 19th century industries include paper mills, flour mills and a carpet factory.

Old photograph of Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Ochiltree Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Ochiltree, East Ayrshire, Scotland. Tour Ayr and Kilmarnock. The Tennant family, described by Robert Burns originate from the village. Amongst their number are Charles Tennant, Alexander Tennant and Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner. Also from the village was a close associate of King James I of Scotland, Michael Ochiltree.



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Old Photographs Bonnyrigg Scotland

Old photograph of Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland. This Scottish town is located 8 miles to the south of the Scottish Capital city Edinburgh. In 1766 a village called Bannockrigg, is shown on maps, then in 1815, the spelling changes to Bannocrig. This spelling remains until 1854, when for some unknown reason the spelling changes to the now familiar Bonnyrigg. The first church in Bonnyrigg was built in 1845 and its first minister was Thomas Pitcairn. In 1865 the villages of Bonnyrigg, Red Row, Polton Street, Hillhead and Broomieknowe combined to form the burgh of Bonnyrigg. Bonnyrigg was a mining village until the 1920s and had a carpet factory that was demolished in 1994. The village centre mostly dates from the 19th Century. Bonnyrigg railway station was a railway station that served the town of Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland from 1855 to 1965 on the Peebles Railway. 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 Photographs Cardenden Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Cardenden, Fife, Scotland. A former Scottish mining town located on the south bank of the River Ore in the parish of Auchterderran, Fife. Cardenden was named in 1848 by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway for its new railway station. Areas of Cardenden include Auchterderran, Bowhill, Dundonald, the Jamphlars, New Carden and Woodend. It is reported that last duel on Scottish soil took place in a field at Cardenbarns to the south of Cardenden. On 2 August 1826, a Kirkcaldy merchant named David Landale fought a duel with George Morgan, a Kirkcaldy banker and retired Lieutenant from the 77th Regiment of Foot. Morgan was killed by wounds received from a pistol ball. Landale was tried and subsequently cleared of his murder at the Sheriff Court in Perth, Perthshire. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one daymining town located on the South bank of the River Ore in the parish of Auchterderran.



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Old Photograph Newcastleton Scotland

Old photograph of Newcastleton in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. The village is in Liddesdale and is on the Liddel Water, and is the site of Hermitage Castle.



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Old Photograph Kirkton Of Durris Scotland

Old photograph of Kirkton Of Durris in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Aberfoyle Scotland

Old photograph of Aberfoyle, Trossachs, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Car Stranraer Scotland

Old photograph of a car in Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Darvel Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses and people in Darvel situated ten miles East of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. The River Irvine flows through the town and once powered local mills. Sir William Wallace, the Scottish freedom fighter, has also been associated with this area. 15th century minstrel Blind Harry wrote in his poem The Wallace that Wallace and his men defeated an English force at the hill in 1296 during the Wars of Scottish Independence. Blind Harry also tells of how the English general, Fenwick, who supposedly killed Wallace's father, was killed during the battle. Maps of the area now name a mound to the east of Loudoun Hill as Wallace's Grave. A battle between Robert the Bruce and the English was also fought there on 10 May 1307.



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Old Photographs Keith Moray Scotland

Old photograph of Keith, Moray, Scotland. The oldest part of Keith dates to around 1180. The main part of the town was laid out around 1750 by the Earl of Findlater. During the Jacobite rising of 1745, the Jacobite army won a skirmish at Keith on 21 March 1746. A Jacobite party under Major Nicholas Glasgow and Captain Robert Stewart surprised and defeated a Government force, killing over 20 of them. This victory at Keith is an interesting reminder that the Jacobites were continuing to take the initiative in many parts of northern Scotland right up until the disaster at Culloden. The language spoken indigenously round Keith is Doric, which superseded Scottish Gaelic. James Gordon Bennett Senior was born on September 1, 1795 by Keith. He was the founder, editor and publisher of the New York Herald and a major figure in the history of American newspapers. He died on June 1, 1872. The town is at the start of Scotland's Malt Whisky Trail, and has three distilleries: Strathmill, Glenkeith and Strathisla distillery. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Of Lifeboats Anstruther East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of the Lifeboats leaving the harbour in Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.


Tour Scotland video of the Lifeboat leaving the harbour in Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland February Photograph Highland Cow Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland February photograph of a Highland Cow near Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland February Photograph Video Swan Scone Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Swan in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Went to feed the ducks and swans this morning and this Swan said hello before I even go out of my car.

Tour Scotland photograph of a Swan in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland February Photographs Video Sunset Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of sunset over the River Tay by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of sunset over the River Tay by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of sunset over the River Tay by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland February Photographs Video Setting Sun Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of the setting sun over the River Tay by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the setting sun over the River Tay by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of the setting sun over the River Tay by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland February Photographs Video Last Rays Of Sunshine Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of the last rays of sunshine over the River Tay by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the last rays of sunshine over the River Tay by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of the last rays of sunshine over the River Tay by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland February Photograph Video Sunset And Trees Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of sunset and trees by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of sunset and trees by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Elgol Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of a crofters cottage on Elgol, Isle Of Skye, Scotland. A Scottish village on the shores of Loch Scavaig towards the end of the Strathaird peninsula. According to tradition, its name derives from a battle fought with five ships by Aella, a follower of Vortigern, against the Picts and Scots. The Strathaird peninsula was historically a heartland of the Mackinnons, a robustly Jacobite clan. On 4th of July 1746, the Young Pretender found sanctuary at Elgol in the course of his wanderings under the protection of Mackinnon of Mackinnon and Captain John Mackinnon of Elgol. The cave where he is said to have waited for a boat to the mainland, Prince Charlie’s cave, can still be visited today, a short walk to the south of the village.

Old photograph of a crofters cottage on Elgol, Isle Of Skye, Scotland.

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