Tour Scotland Video Squirrel Pittencrieff Glen Dunfermline

Tour Scotland video of a grey squirrel feeding in Pittencrieff Glen, Dunfermline, Fife Scotland. Pittencrieff Park, or The Glen, as it known by locals, was gifted to the people of Dunfermline by Andrew Carnegie, the Scottish born American industrialist and philanthropist.

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Tour Scotland Video King Malcolm Canmore Tower

Tour Scotland video of the King Malcolm Canmore tower in Dunfermline, Fife Scotland. The remains of this tower can be found in Pittencrieff Glen. It was originally a two storey building measuring 52 feet by 48 feet and is thought to contained twenty small apartments. The Tower is seen on the Burgh Arms of the town of Dunfermline. It was first mentioned in the year 1070, the same year the Malcolm married Margaret. Perched high on a rock it was an impregnable fortress and was used as the residence of Scottish Kings until destroyed by King Edward in 1304. Malcolm was the son of King Duncan I and went into exile in Northumberland when his father was killed by Macbeth in 1040 in Forres, Morayshire. With the support of the English King, Edward the Confessor, and his uncle Earl Siward of Northumbria, he defeated and killed Macbeth at Lumphanan in Aberdeenshire in 1057. Lulach, Macbeth's stepson, took over the throne but Malcolm killed him also in the following year. Malcolm founded the dynasty of the House of Canmore which lasted 200 years until the House of Stewart. By his first marriage to Ingebjørg he had two sons, Duncan II, who became king after Malcolm, and Donald. Ingebjørg was the daughter of the norwegian earl Finn Arnesson at Austrått in Trøndelag. Her mother's father was a brother of the norwegian kings St. Olav and Harald Hardråde. Following Ingebjørg's death, around 1069, he married Margaret, the sister of Edgar Atheling. Edgar would have become King of England if William the Conqueror from Normandy had not conquered the country. By this marriage there were six sons, three of whom, Edgar, Alexander and David, would become king.

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Tour Scotland Video Grave Of Mother Of Sir William Wallace

Tour Scotland video of the grave of the mother of Sir Willam Wallace in the graveyard by Dunfermline Abbey in Fife Scotland. William Wallace was born on 1272 in Ellerslie, Scotland. He was the second of three sons of Sir Malcolm Wallace, a minor laird possessing little political power and nobility, and Margaret de Crauford, the daughter of Sir Reginald de Crauford, the Sheriff of Ayr. William Wallace was educated at home by his mother, then given schooling and religious education by the monks of Paisley Abbey. Traditions surrounding Dunfermline tell that Sir William wanted to erect a monument to his mother after her death in 1280, but did not have time to do so, thus he planted a thorn tree instead. The Dunfermline Abbey Kirk Session Burial Register records burials by marking them from that Thorn Tree, a singular honor. The thorn tree stands on a small mound on the northern side of the Kirkyard.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Kirking Of The Council Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of photographs of the Kirking of the Council in, Perth, Scotland. A service known as the Kirking of the Council and Dedication of the Common Good is held each May in St. John's Kirk. The Provost, Councillors and Officials of Perth and Kinross Council come to the Kirk in procession. Voluntary organisations are invited to send representatives to the service. Her Majesty The Queen is represented by the Lord Lieutenant, her representative in the area. Perth and District Pipe Band normally lead the parade.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Kinross House Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of photographs of Kinross House in Kinross by Loch Leven, Scotland. Construction of this Scottish house overlooking Loch Leven was begun in 1686, by the architect Sir William Bruce as his own home. It is regarded as one of his finest works, and was called by Daniel Defoe " the most beautiful and regular piece of Architecture in Scotland

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Old Photograph Tynron Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Tynron, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish village lies in a hollow of the Shinnel Water, 2 miles from Moniaive. At Tynron Doon, on a spur of nearby Auchengibbert Hill, there can be seen the ditches and ramparts of an Iron Age hillfort.

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Tour Scotland Video Of Red, Red, Rose

Tour Scotland video of Andy M Stewart singing Red, Red, Rose in Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Festival Fringe Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of photographs of street performers on the Royal Mile at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Snow Falling Parish Church Forteviot Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of snow falling at the Parish Church in Forteviot, Perthshire, Scotland. Forteviot was the site of an important Pictish settlement in the reign of King Oengus. With the defeat of the Picts by the Scots in the ninth century, Kenneth mac alpin had his palace there. The present church building, the third, was erected in 1778.

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Tour Scotland Video Snow Falling Parish Church Forgandenny Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of snow falling at the Parish Church in Forgandenny, Perthshire, Scotland. A Scottish church has stood on this site since medieval times, however little of the original building remains, the only surviving medieval masonry is found at the foot of the eastern wall. Extensive restoration was performed in 1902 under architect T.S Robertson, and the red sandstone windows visible in this image were added at that time.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Queen Elizabeth II Scone Palace

Tour Scotland video of photographs of Queen Elizabeth II at Scone Palace by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The Queen was presented with the keys to the city and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh was also given the freedom of the city. After that event they had lunch at Scone Palsce, where Queen Elizabeth planted a tree.

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Old Photograph Newburgh Aberdeenshire Scotland

Old photograph of Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Newburgh is on the Ythan Estuary and near the Sands of Forvie. During the nineteenth century, Newburgh was a main sea port for the nearby town of Ellon. A number of clipper ships sailed to destinations all over the globe to deliver tea and other cargoes and coal barges sailed up the east coast to offload at the quayside. Several of the wealthier clipper sea captains built houses in the village and named them after their most frequent ports of call. Hence several imposing properties exist in the village such as Shanghai house, Santa Cruz and Sydney house.



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Old Photograph Island Of Fidra Scotland

Old photograph of Island of Fidra in the Firth of Forth two miles North West of North Berwick, Scotland. Robert Louis Stevenson often visited the beaches at the area known today as Yellowcraigs and it is said that he based his map of Treasure Island on the shape of Fidra. He also mentioned Fidra in his novel Catriona.



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Old Photograph West Coast Shetland Scotland

Old photograph of the rocky West coast of the Shetland Islands, Scotland.



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Old Photograph The Tunnellers Friends Memorial Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of The Tunnellers Friends Memorial in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland. Tunnellers’ Friends Memorial, Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh, showing mice and canaries in a cage. Unveiled in 1927. Both sides in the First World War dug tunnels so they could explode mines under the enemy’s trenches. The tunnellers took canaries and mice with them to give early warning of methane or carbon dioxide as the creatures were quickly affected by toxic gases.



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Old Photograph Inner Barrier Edinburgh Castle Scotland

Old photograph of the Inner Barrier at Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland. Built in 17th century as an obstacle between the outer and innermost gates.



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Tour Scotland Winter Photographs Long Shadows In Dunkeld Cathedral Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of long shadows in Dunkeld Cathedral , Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of long shadows in Dunkeld Cathedral , Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of long shadows in Dunkeld Cathedral , Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of long shadows in Dunkeld Cathedral , Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Farmer And Horses Pitlochry Scotland

Old photograph of a farmer and horses near Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Cavalry Statue Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of the Royal Scots Greys Statue below Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland. The Royal Scots Greys was a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1707 until 1971, when they amalgamated with the Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards to form The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. The history of the regiment began in 1678, when three independent troops of Scots Dragoons were raised. In 1681 these troops were regimented to form The Royal Regiment of Scots Dragoons, numbered the 4th Dragoons in 1694. They were already mounted on grey horses by this stage and were already being referred to as the Grey Dragoons. In 1707 they were renamed The Royal North British Dragoons, but were already being referred to as the Scots Greys.



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Old Photograph Bagpiper Pitlochry Scotland

Old photograph of a Bagpiper near Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Terregles Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Terregles, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The name Terregles means Kirk land. The parish contains the beautiful ruin of Lincluden Abbey, and Terregles House, once the seat of William Maxwell, last Earl of Nithsdale. William, born 1676, died 1744, was a Catholic nobleman, who took part in the Jacobite Rising of 1715. He was the eldest son of Robert, fourth Earl of Nithsdale, and Lady Lucie Douglas, daughter of William, eleventh earl of Angus and first Marquess of Douglas. The early death of his father ensured that he was raised by his mother, the Dowager Countess, who educated him to be a faithful and conventionally devout Roman Catholic and a partisan of the Stuart cause.



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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Laying Down Black Watch Colours

Tour Scotland video of photographs of the Laying Down Of The Black Watch Colours in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. 51st Highland Volunteers, Pipers and Drummers, red hackled veterans, serving troops and young Army cadets were in attendance at the South Inch where the official Laying Down Of The Black Watch Colours ceremony took place.

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Old Photographs Bankfoot Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses, people and vehicles in Bankfoot, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Earlston Scotland

Old photograph of Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland. In the 12th and 13th centuries the Lindsays and the Earls of March and Dunbar were the chief baronial families in this area.

Old photograph of Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Charleston Angus Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Charleston village near Glamis Castle, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Glenshee Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of photographs of Glenshee, Perthshire, Scotland. The A93 road, part of General Wade's military road from Perth to Fort George, runs north through the glen and on into Glen Beag, where it crosses the Cairnwell Passthe highest public road in the UK. The Glenshee Ski Centre sits at the head of the Cairnwell Pass and is Scotland's biggest with 21 lifts spread over 4 mountains. Glen Shee is known as the glen of the fairies it takes its name from the Gaelic " sith " meaning fairy and the old meeting place at the standing stone behind the present day church is called Dun Shith or Hill of the Fairies.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Balvaird Castle Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of photographs of Balvaird Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.A fine and complete example of a traditional late medieval Scottish tower house, built around the year 1500 for Sir Andrew Murray, a younger son of the family of Murray of Tullibardine. He acquired the lands of Balvaird in Perthshire through marriage to the heiress Margaret Barclay, a member of a wealthy family. It is likely that Balvaird Castle was built on the site of an earlier Barclay family castle. Substantial remnants of earthwork fortifications around the Castle may survive from earlier defences.

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