Tour Scotland Photograph Video Old Coates House Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of Old Coates House on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. This Scottish house was built as a small tower house in the early 17th century by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. An early laird's house built in 1615 is a rare survival of the suburban residence of a wealthy burger of this period. Byers purchased the land in 1610 and after this date held office as Baillie and Treasurer of Edinburgh. The initials of his first wife, Mary Barclay, are inscribed along with his own and a blank armorial shield on the datestone in the West elevation. The original 17th century core of the building is a survival of a type of suburban dwelling which would have characterised this area before the expansion Edinburgh's New Town.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Interior St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of the interior of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. St Mary's Cathedral or the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church in Edinburgh. It was built in the late 19th century in the West End of Edinburgh's New Town. The cathedral is the see of the Bishop of Edinburgh, one of seven bishops within the Episcopal Church, which is part of the Anglican Communion. Designed in a Gothic style by Sir George Gilbert Scott.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Dusk Forth Road Bridge North Queensferry Fife

Tour Scotland September video of dusk at the Forth Road Bridge over the Firth of Forth on ancestry visit to North Queensferry in Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Passenger Train Dusk Forth Railway Bridge North Queensferry Fife

Tour Scotland video of a passenger train from Edinburgh crossing the Forth Railway Bridge at dusk on visit to the Firth of Forth at North Queensferry in Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Hot Air Balloon Trees Scone Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Virgin Hot Air Balloon descending through the trees and landing onto a field near Old Scone Parish church on visit to Scone, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The flight started at North Inch Park by Rose Terrace in Perth.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Beveridge Window Holy Trinity Church Dunfermline Fife

Tour Scotland video of the Beveridge memorial stained glass window in the Holy Trinity Church at East Port on ancestry visit to to Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Gifted by Erskine Beveridge in memory of his first wife Mary Owst. Erskine was a Scottish textile manufacturer, historian and antiquary and the owner of Erskine Beveridge & Co. Ltd., which had been founded by his father in 1832 and was the largest linen manufacturer in Dunfermline, Fife. Beveridge was a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, serving as vice president of the latter from 1915 to 1918. The University of St Andrew's awarded him an honorary degree. He married twice, first in 1872 to Mary Owst, with whom he had six sons and a daughter, and second to Margaret Scott Inglis, with whom he had two sons. He was a member of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Erskine was born 27 December 1851, and died on 10 August 1920.

Beveridge is a medieval Anglo Scottish surname. Introduced into the British Isles after the famous Norman Conquest of 1066, it has at least two possible origins. The first is from French word " beivre ", meaning to drink, the term being used to describe a drink bought to seal a bargain, the surname being a nickname for one who habitually concluded contracts in this way. Walter Beverage was a juror at St Andrews, Fife, whilst two centuries later in 1530, David Beverage was the official cup bearer to King James V of Scotland. Modern name spellings include Beverage, Beveridge, Bavridge, Bavidge, Belfrage, Berrige and others.

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Tour Scotland Video Drysdale Window Holy Trinity Church Dunfermline Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of the Drysdale memorial stained glass window in the Holy Trinity Church at East Port on ancestry visit to to Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. In memory of Charles Drysdale, Lance Corporal, Gordon Highlanders who died on the Somme aged 19 on 18th of July 1916. Son of Mrs. Mary Drysdale, of 12, Headwell Rd. Dunfermline, and of the late Charles Drysdale. Bookseller and Vice-Consul at Dunfermline for U.S.A. Returned from Canada to Scotland for the purpose of enlisting. Previously wounded Sept., 1915.

This interesting locational surname name, with the variants Drysdall and Drysdell, is Scottish in origin, from Dryfesdale, a parish in county Dumfries. The parish takes its name from the River Dryfe and the Olde English " Doel " meaning valley. The use of village or parish names for surnames was quite common among persons who migrated from their native homes and would thereafter be known as being from that place. For example, as in the case of two brothers, William and James Douglas who in May 1503 being outlawed from Drysdale as a result of a right of way dispute involving killings, settled in Fife. They changed their names to Drysdale which accounts for the adoption and popularity of the name there.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Halkett Window Holy Trinity Church Dunfermline Fife

Tour Scotland video of the Halkett memorial stained glass window in the Holy Trinity Church at East Port on ancestry visit to to Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. In loving memory of Sir Peter Arthur Halkett, Baronet, born on 1 May 1834, at Pitfirrane, Dunfermline, died 8 Mar 1904. The Halketts held Pitfirrane in Fife from the 16th century. A former Sir Peter Halkett who succeeded the title in 1746, died in the service of Major General Edward Braddock at Fort Duquesne, Pennsylvania, in 1755. In 1779 a Wedderburn of Gosford, Sir John Halkett, again held the lands of Pitfirrane and the baronetcy of Gosford. Admiral Sir Peter Halkett succeeded to the title in 1837. He was at the time Commander in Chief of the American and West India Station. He was succeeded by Sir Peter Arthur Halkett in 1847: he settled at Pitfirrane in 1856.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video North Window Holy Trinity Church Dunfermline Fife

Tour Scotland video of the North memorial stained glass window in the Holy Trinity Church at East Port on ancestry visit to to Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Gifted by Mr and Mrs North in memory of their son Sub Lieutenant Frank North who died in HMS Affray, a British Amphion-class submarine which was the last Royal Navy submarine to be lost at sea, on 16 April 1951, with the loss of 75 lives.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Video Clootie Dumpling Scone Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of clootie dumpling and custard on visit to a Tearoom by Scone, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This is a traditional Scottish dessert pudding made with flour, breadcrumbs, sultanas and currants, suet, sugar and spice with some milk to bind it. Ingredients are mixed well into a dough, then wrapped up in a floured cloth, placed in a large pan of boiling water and simmered for a couple of hours before being lifted out and dried before a fire or in an oven. Recipes vary from region to region and I always enjoy mine with custard.

Tour Scotland photograph of clootie dumpling and custard on visit to a Tearoom by Scone, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Ditch Digging Machine Scone Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a ditch digging machine on a narrow Scottish road on visit to Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. When you come encounter one of these when driving in Scotland, just be patient, and the digger will make room to allow you to drive past safely.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video September Morning Drive To Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of part of a September morning drive North on the A93 road from Perth on ancestry visit to Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. On the left hand side of road at the start of the video the drive goes past the Meikleour Beech Hedge which was planted in the autumn of 1745 by Jean Mercer and her husband, Robert Murray Nairne on the Marquess of Lansdowne's Meikleour estate. It is said the hedge grows towards the heavens because the men who planted it were killed at the Battle of Culloden. The hedge is noted in the Guinness World Records as the tallest and longest hedge on earth.
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Tour Scotland September Morning Photographs Video Deep Pool River Ericht Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland September morning video of a deep pool in the River Ericht on ancestry visit to Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Fishing for salmon and trout is possible on some stretches of this Scottish river with an appropriate license.

Tour Scotland September morning photograph of a deep pool in the River Ericht on ancestry visit to Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland September Morning Photograph Video River Ericht Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland September morning video of the of the River Ericht on ancestry visit to Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. The River Ericht runs close to the centre of Blairgowrie and takes its name from the Scots Gaelic word for " beauteous " The banks of the river provide a delightful walk at any time of year.

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Old Photograph Battle of Carberry Hill Battlefield Scotland

Old photograph of Battle of Carberry Hill battlefield near Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. The Battle of Carberry Hill took place on the 15th of June 1567. A number of Scottish lords objected to the rule Mary Queen of Scots after she had married the Earl of Bothwell, who was widely believed to have murdered her previous husband Lord Darnley. The Lords were intent to avenge Darnley's death. However, Bothwell escaped from the stand-off at Carberry while Queen Mary surrendered. Mary abdicated, escaped from prison, and was defeated at the battle of Langside. She went to exile in England while her supporters continued a civil war in Scotland. Musselburgh is the largest settlement in East Lothian, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, six miles east of Edinburgh city centre. A commemorative Stone at Carberry marks the site of the conflict.



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Old Photograph Flodden Field England

Old photograph of Flodden Field battlefield in the county of Northumberland in northern England. The Battle of Flodden or Flodden Field or occasionally Battle of Branxton, Brainston Moor, was a conflict between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland. The battle was fought on the 9th of September 1513, between an invading Scots army under King James IV and an English army commanded by the Earl of Surrey. It was an English victory. In terms of troop numbers, it was the largest battle fought between the two Kingdoms. James IV was killed in the battle, becoming the last monarch from the British Isles to suffer such a death.



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Old Photograph Dipple Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Dipple, North of Girvan in South Ayrshire, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Connel Scotland

Old photograph of Connel, Argyll, Scotland. This Scottish village is located on the southern shore of Loch Etive. Connel lies on the A85 trunk road that runs between Oban and Perth.

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Old Photographs Port Logan Scotland

Old photograph of Port Logan, Rhins of Galloway , Wigtownshire, Scotland. This Scottish village was formerly known as Port Nessock. The village was planned; it was created by Colonel Andrew MacDowall, the laird of Logan, in 1818. On 27 July 1944, two Douglas C-47 Skytrains of the United States Army Air Forces were on a flight from Filton to a stop at Prestwick before flying on to the United States. The flight was transporting wounded soldiers. The flight encountered bad weather, and the pilot of 42-93038 tried to gain altitude to clear the cliffs. The C-47 crashed into the cliff side at Port Logan, where sadly all 22 passengers and crew died.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Autumn Sunset St Matthew's Church Spire Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Autumn sunset behind St Matthew's Church Spire on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Robertson Family Window Dunning Strathearn Perthsgire

Tour Scotland video of the Robertson family memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit to St Paul's Church in Dunnning, Perthshire, Scotland. Gifted to this church by Jane Anne Robertson in loving memory of her father, mother and sister, Thorntree House, Dunning, 1908.

This surname is especially common in Scotland, where Robert was a popular personal name and the name of three kings of Scotland, including King Robert the Bruce, born 1274, died 1329. Donnachaidh Reamhair, otherwise Duncan, a descendant of the Royal House of Duncan through the Celtic earls of Atholl, was the ancestor of the Clan Robertson which came to prominence in 1306 when Robert the Bruce was defeated at the Battle of Methven, near Perth, and fled into Atholl for protection. The Clan fought at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, and Duncan's son was called Robert after the King. It is from him that the Robertson surname originates.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video John Whyte Window Dunning Strathearn Perthsgire

Tour Scotland video of the John Whyte memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit to St Paul's Church in Dunnning, Perthshire, Scotland. In memory of John Whyte and May Wedderspoon, his wife. Placed here by their sons in 1909.

This name, with variant spellings White, Whitt, Whyte, Witt and Witts, has two possible origins; the first deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century " hwit " meaning white and originally given as a nickname to one with fair hair or pale complexion. The surname from this source is first recorded in the early half of the 11th Century. One Alestanus Hwit appears in the 1066 Winton Rolls of Hampshire, England, and an Alwin Wit in the Domesday Book of 1086 for Hampshire. Berwaldus le White is recorded in the 12th Century in London. A second distinct possibility is that the name is topographic for one who lived by a bend or curve in a road or river. The derivation is from the Olde English " wiht ", a bend. Ralf de Wyte and Jon Atte Wyte are recorded in Somerset and Sussex in 1279 and 1296 respectively. One William Whyte married Janet Pringle on February 21st 1650 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, in Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Thomas Douglas Wilson Window Dunning Strathearn Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Thomas Douglas Wilson memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit to St Paul's Church in Dunnning, Perthshire, Scotland. In loving memory of Thomas Douglas Wilson, Second Lieutenant, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Who fell in battle in France aged 26 on April 23rd, 1917. Only son of Lady Wilson, of Airdrie House, Airdrie, Lanarkshire and Kippen House, Dunning, Perthshire, and third son of the late Sir John Wilson, husband of Kathleen Elise Knowles, formerly Wilson, nee Gray, of Kippen House, Dunning, Perthshire.

Douglas, occasionally spelled Douglass, is a common name of Scottish origin, thought to derive from the Gaelic dubh glas, meaning " black stream ". There are numerous places in Scotland from which the surname is derived. The surname has developed into the given name Douglas. Douglas is a habitational name, which could be derived from any of the many places so named. While there are numerous places with this name in Scotland, it is thought, in most cases, to refer to Douglas, South Lanarkshire, the location of Douglas Castle, the chief stronghold of the Lords of Douglas. The Scottish Gaelic form of the given name is Dùbhghlas; the Irish language form it is Dúghlas, and Dubhghlas.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Jane Anne Robertson Window Dunning Strathearn Perthsgire

Tour Scotland video of the Jane Anne Robertson memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit to St Paul's Church in Dunnning, Perthshire, Scotland. In memory of Jane Anne Robertson, died August 19th, 1908.

This Dunning name is of Anglo Saxon origin and is from a nickname for a man with particularly dark hair or a swarthy complexion, usually found as " Dunn ", and of which " Downing" and "Dunning " are the patronymic forms, meaning " the son of Dunn ". The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century word " dunn " meaning " dark coloured ". The name may also partly derive from an Olde English byname recorded as " Dunn " or " Dunna ", meaning " the dark one ". The surname development has included Geoffrey Dounyng, in Essex, England, Alice Downyng, Yorkshire) and John Downing, sheriff of Norwich in Norfolk. Francis Downing was an early emigrant to the New World, being listed in the " muster" at Charles City, in Virginia, America in 1624. Sir George Downing, born 1623, died 1684, first baronet, was scout master general of Cromwell's army in Scotland in 1650, and headed the movement for offering the crown to Cromwell.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Andrew Whyte Window Dunning Strathearn Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Andrew Whyte memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit to St Paul's Church in Dunnning, Perthshire, Scotland. In memory of Andrew Whyte, son of John Whyte, born at Muirhead, Dunning in 1843. Died at Bowden, Cheshire, England, in 1909. " A man greatly beloved "

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Old Photograph Couston Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Couston Castle near Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built on lands granted to Robert de London, an illegitimate son of King William the Lion in 1199. It was was firstly the property of the Logans of Restalrig, but passed later to the Earls of Moray. By the sixteenth century there was a fortified castle protected by artillery. King James V confirmed a charter to James Logan of Couston, whose family were resident at that period, during which the castle was rebuilt. For part of the second half of the seventeenth century it was occupied by Robert Blair, a Presbyterian clergyman, who was a former tutor of King Charles I, and who died there in 1666.



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Old Photographs Cadder Scotland

Old photograph of Cadder in Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, Scotland. In antiquity, Cadder was the site of a Roman fort on the route of the Antonine Wall. Cadder House was a property held by the Stirling family for generations. Cadder is located five miles north of Glasgow city centre.

Old photograph of Cadder canal by Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, Scotland.

Old photograph of Cadder canal by Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, Scotland.

Old photograph of Cadder canal by Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Inverallochy and Cairnbulg Scotland

Old photograph of Inverallochy and Cairnbulg located four miles East of Fraserburgh, Scotland. Well established fishing communities were in place in the area by the early 16th century, but after an epidemic of cholera in the 1860s wiped out the collections of huts next to which fishing boats were dragged out of reach of the tide, planned fishing settlements were recreated at Inverallochy and the twinned village Cairnbulg. As a result of this planning, within twenty years over 200 boats were based here, although in recent years this has dwindled back to almost none as larger, commercial operations became focused on the nearby ports of Fraserburgh and Peterhead.



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Old Photographs Sauchie Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and children in Sauchie in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The name means the place or field of the willows. The land originally belonged to Clan Campbell, being mentioned in connection with Cailean Mór and Gilleasbaig of Menstrie. In 1321 Robert the Bruce granted the lands of Sauchie to Henry de Annand, former Sheriff of Clackmannan.

Old photograph of Sauchie in Clackmannanshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Of My Daughter On Visit To Coast Of Oregon USA

A wee Tour Scotland video of some of the videos from my daughter as she and her husband and their dog called Athenasage spend time on visit to the coast at Cape Kiwanda, Oregon, USA. Aye, she is a lovely lass, who I love dearly.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Lecropt Kirk Bridge Of Allan

Tour Scotland video of photographs on ancestry visit to Lecropt Kirk by Bridge Of Allan near Stirling, Scotland. There has been a church at Lecropt prior to 1827, the old kirk was built in 1400 in what is now the Keir estate although nothing remains of the Kirk. It is known that there was a church at Lecropt prior to 1260.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Old Bridge Stirling

Tour Scotland video of photographs of the old bridge on ancestry visit to Stirling, Scotland. From this Scottish bridge you can see Stirling Castle on top of a hill above Stirling. The Battle of Stirling Bridge was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Logie Kirk Stirling

Tour Scotland video of photographs on ancestry visit to Logie Kirk by Stirling, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland video of photographs of the Episcopal Church on ancestry visit to Stirling, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Bunchrew Scotland

Old photograph of Bunchrew located four miles West of Inverness, Scotland. Bunchrew had a railway station on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway, which opened in 1862. This station closed to passengers in 1960, and to goods in 1964.



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Old Photograph Tochieneal Scotland

Old photograph of Tochieneal located two miles from Cullen, Moray, Scotland. A Scottish whisky distillery opened here in 1822 but moved in 1871. There was also at one time a brick works and a railway station here.



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Old Photographs Ancrum Scotland

Old photograph of Ancrum located four miles North of Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland. Two local landmarks which are visible from certain areas around the village are the Waterloo Monument and the Timpendean Tower. This Scottish village sits in a loop in the Ale Water which is where the name derives from, crooked land on the Ale. The Ale joins the Teviot just to the south which in turn then flows past Monteviot House which is home of Lord Ancrum. The original name of the village was Ancram, as in Earl of Ancram, Marquess of Lothian and Baron Teviot. The area just north of the village was the site of the Battle of Ancrum Moor in 1545.





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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Scots Guardsman Steam Train Arriving Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Scots Guardsman steam train arriving at the railway station on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This train arrived from Edinburgh after a stop at the railway station in Gleneagles. London Midland and Scottish Railway, Royal Scot Class 6115, later 46115, Scots Guardsman is a preserved British steam locomotive. 6115 was built in 1927 by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow. It was named Scots Guardsman in 1928 after the Scots Guards. After receiving smoke deflectors, it starred in the 1936 film Night Mail.

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Tour Scotland Video Scots Guardsman Steam Train In Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Scots Guardsman steam train in the railway station on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This train, which had just arrived from Edinburgh with a stop at the railway station in Gleneagles, was named Scots Guardsman in 1928 after the Scots Guards. It starred in the 1936 film Night Mail. Today it was sporting 2014 Ryder Cup badge on the front of the engine.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video East Chancel Window Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the East Chancel stained glass window in the Episcopal Church on ancestry visit to Stirling, Scotland. this window.

In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary, sometimes called the presbytery, at the liturgical East end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse. It is generally the area used by the clergy and choir during worship, while the congregation is in the nave.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Elizabeth Murray Window Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the Elizabeth Murray memorial stained glass window in the Episcopal Church on ancestry visit to Stirling, Scotland. In memory of Elizabeth Murray, widow of John Murray of Polmaise, who died October 6th 1889, aged 86, her children gifted this window.

Murray is both a Scottish and an Irish surname with two distinct respective etymologies. The Scottish version is a common variation of the word Moray, an anglicisation of the Medieval Gaelic word Muireb. These name denote the district on the south shore of the Moray Firth, in Scotland. Murray is a direct transliteration of how Scottish people pronounce the word Moray. The Murray spelling is not used for the geographical area, which is Moray, but it became the commonest form of the surname, especially among Scottish emigrants, to the extent that the surname Murray is now much more common than the original surname Moray.

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Old Photographs Findhorn Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and children in Findhorn located six miles from Forres, Moray, Scotland. In the seventeenth century Findhorn was the principal seaport of Moray and vessels regularly sailed to and from all parts of the North Sea and as far as the Baltic Ports. Changes to the narrow and shallow entrance to the Bay created obstacles to navigation and as the size of trading vessels increased so the volume of trade to the village declined.



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Old Photographs Haugh of Glass Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Haugh of Glass located six miles West of Huntly in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Aberdeenshire played an important role in the fighting between the Scottish clans. Clan MacBeth and the Clan Canmore were two of the larger clans. Macbeth fell at Lumphanan in 1057. During the Anglo Norman penetration, other families arrives such as House of Balliol, Clan Bruce, and Clan Cumming. When the fighting amongst these newcomers resulted in the Scottish Wars of Independence, the English King Edward I traveled across the area twice, in 1296 and 1303. In 1307, Robert the Bruce was victorious near Inverurie. Along with his victory came new families, namely the Forbeses and the Gordons.

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Old Photograph Boarhills Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and people in Boarhills, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish village is located four miles from St Andrews and five miles from Crail, close to the mouth of Kenly Water with the North Sea.



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Old Photograph Dean Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Dean Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle is located by Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire. It was the stronghold of the Boyd Family, who were lords of Kilmarnock for over 400 years. Robert the Bruce gave the Boyds these lands; the sister of James III of Scotland married a Boyd. Some of the Covenanters were imprisoned here; the 1745 rebellion by Bonnie Prince Charlie, was joined by the 4th Earl of Kilmarnock and Robert Burns was encouraged to publish his poetry by the Earl of Glencairn who owned the Castle during his time.



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