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09/09/2024

Tour Scotland 4K travel video of a late Summer, early Autumn road trip drive, with Scottish fiddle music, on the A93 route to cross the Isla Bridge over the River Isla on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Bridge of Isla, was completed in 1796, it forms the boundary between the parishes of Cargill and Caputh

Tour Scotland 4K travel video of a late Summer, early Autumn road trip drive, with Scottish fiddle music, on the A93 route to cross the Isla Bridge over the ...

08/09/2024

Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of late Summer and early Autumn road trip drive with Scottish accordion music, East and North on Motorways and on the A9 road from on ancestry, genealogy family history visit to Keir Roundabout near Dunblane. Keir Roundabout is junction 11 of the M9, the motorway's northern terminus. Though several junctions on the M90 are further north, Keir has, since the completion of the M80, been the northern tip of the main, connected British motorway network. From it one can travel by continuous motorway to the south of England; for example, 462 miles to the south end of the M5 near Exeter or 506 miles to the coast end of the M20 near Folkestone, via the M40

Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of late Summer and early Autumn road trip drive with Scottish accordion music, East and North on Motorway...

06/09/2024

Tour Scotland short 4K late Summer early Autumn travel video clip of a short road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, fom Birnam to cross the Telford Bridge over the River Tay on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Dunkeld, Highland Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The Dunkeld Bridge spans the the River Tay between Dunkeld and Birnam. It was built in 1809 by Thomas Telford. The River Tay, Scottish Gaelic: Tatha, is the longest river in Scotland and the seventh longest in the United Kingdom

Tour Scotland short 4K late Summer early Autumn travel video clip of a short road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, fom Birnam to cross the Telford B...

06/09/2024

Tour Scotland 4K late Summer early Autumn travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, North on the A9 road to the turn off to Birnam on ancestry, history visit and trip to Highland Perthshire. This is Clann Dònnchaidh country, also known as Clan Robertson, one of the oldest of all Perthshire Highlands clans. The clan's first recognised chief, Donnchadh Reamhar, " Stout Duncan ", son of Andrew de Atholia, Latin for Andrew of Atholl, was a minor landowner and leader of a kingroup around Dunkeld and Birnam in Highland Perthshire, and as legend has it, was an enthusiastic and faithful supporter of King Robert the Bruce during the Wars of Scottish Independence; he is believed to have looked after King Robert after the Battle of Methven in 1306 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRsOnrl5GdA

05/09/2024

Tour Scotland 4K short late Summer early Autumn travel video clip of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Beech Hedge by Meikleour, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Meikleour Beech Hedge 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 in the world. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip. The date for astronomical Summer in Scotland is Tuesday, 21 June, ending on Friday, 23 September. Meteorological Autumn is different from standard and astronomical Autumn and begins September 1 and ends November 30. The equinox at which the sun approaches the Southern Hemisphere, marking the start of astronomical Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. The time of this occurrence is approximately September 22.

Tour Scotland 4K short late Summer early Autumn travel video clip of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, on ancestry, genealogy, family history ...

03/09/2024

Tour Scotland 4K late Summer early Autumn travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive North on the A912 route to Cash Feus street on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Strathmiglo in Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Country music legend Johnny Cash traced his ancestry back to this area of Scotland. The clan Cash originated in this area and streets in Strathmiglo and Falkland still carry the name Cash, as do Easter Cash, Wester Cash and Cash Farms. William Cash, from Strathmiglo, was a mariner who ferried Scottish immigrants to the New World. After a few trips, he decided to stay in the USA himself, and settled in Salem, Massachusetts

Tour Scotland 4K late Summer early Autumn travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive North on the A912 route to Cash Feus street on anc...

02/09/2024

Tour Scotland 4K travel video of a road trip drive, with music, through the city on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. 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

Tour Scotland 4K travel video of a road trip drive, with music, through the city on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to St Ninian's Cathedral in Per...

01/09/2024

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip of a short road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, from Pitlochry on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Moulin in Highland Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Robert Louis Stevenson, the Scottish novelist and travel writer, stayed at Fishers Hotel in Pitlochry in June 1881 with his wife F***y and his mother. They then moved to Kinnaird Cottage in Moulin. Here Stevenson worked on the short stories, Thrawn Janet, The Merry Men, and The Body Snatcher. Reverend Adam Fergusson died in the manse at Moulin on 12 December 1785. He was born in 1706 the son Alexander Fergusson of Ballichandy and his wife, Magdalen Ogilvy. He had no known university education but was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Dunkeld in December 1726.

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip of a short road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, from Pitlochry on ancestry, genealogy, family history visi...

31/08/2024

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive on single track back roads on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to rural Eastern Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. A single track road or one lane road is a road that permits two way travel but is not wide enough in most places to allow vehicles to pass one another, although sometimes two compact cars can pass. This kind of road with passing places is common in rural areas across the United Kingdom and elsewhere. Clan Donnachaidh, Scottish Gaelic: Clann Dònnchaidh, also known as Clan Robertson, is one of the oldest of all Perthshire clans

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive on single track back roads on ancestry, genealogy, family history vi...

30/08/2024

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a trip drive East on the ,A904 route then North from South Queensferry, on history visit to cross the Queensferry Crossing the new Forth Road Bridge which spans the Firth of Forth, Britain, United Kingdom. The Queensferry Crossing, formerly the Forth Replacement Crossing, is a road bridge built alongside the existing Forth Road Bridge which carries the M90 motorway across the Firth of Forth between Lothian, at South Queensferry, into Fife and onwards to Perthshire, at North Queensferry

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a trip drive East on the ,A904 route then North from South Queensferry, on history vis...

29/08/2024

Tour Scotland 4K short Summer ravel video clip, with Scottish music, of Pictish Standing Symbol Stone on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Aberdeenshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Aberdeenshire formed one of the heartlands of the northern Picts between the fourth and ninth centuries AD. The Picts are known chiefly for their elaborately but regularly decorated memorial stones found in profusion throughout eastern Scotland from Shetland to the Firth of Forth. Militaristic and aristocratic, their society had several grades, including cavalry and footmen, a peasantry, part of whom was bonded to the land, all ruled by tribal chiefs and kings. The origins of this society lie in the Celtic Iron Age of the area. The symbol stones are decorated in a structured way with a series of animal and object symbols current in late Roman Iron Age times, third and fourth centuries AD, mirrors, combs, cauldrons, geese, hounds

Tour Scotland 4K short Summer ravel video clip, with Scottish music, of Pictish Standing Symbol Stone on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip t...

28/08/2024

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish accordion music, of a an evening road trip drive East on the A917 route from Elie through St Monans and Pittenweem on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Wester Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. At the reformation Anstruther comprised of three distinct communities; Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester and Cellardyke which was the harbour for Kilrenny. Anstruther Wester received a royal charter in 1587. Eleven years later a Spanish ship which had been part of the Armada was wrecked off shore but its sailors were given a warm reception from the townsfolk and helped to return to their native land. The town continued to grow throughout the 17th and 18th centuries with increasing emphasis on fishing and trading

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish accordion music, of a an evening road trip drive East on the A917 route from Elie through St Monans and P...

27/08/2024

Tour Scotland very short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of Highland Cows on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Isle Of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Britain, United Kingdom. The highland breed of cattle has a long and distinguished ancestry, not only in its homeland of western Scotland, but also in many far flung parts of the world. One of Britain's oldest, most distinctive, and best known breeds, with a long, thick, flowing coat of rich hair and majestic sweeping horns, the Highlander has remained largely unchanged over the centuries. Highland cattle were first mentioned in the 6th century AD, and were descended from longhorn cattle brought to Britain by farmers of the late Stone Age. The breed standard for Highland cattle was created in 1885. Breeding stock has been exported to many other continents beginning in the 1900s, including Australia and North America. Highland Cattle or Heilan Coo in Scots, comes from the Gaelic translation of Ghaidhealach

Tour Scotland very short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of Highland Cows on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Is...

25/08/2024

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of derelict Highland Clearances cottages on ancestry visit to the coast of Isle Of Mull, Britain, United Kingdom. Mull suffered massively during the Highland Clearances. Over the centuries Mull’s population increased to 10,638 in 1831 but first the Potato Famine and then the Clearances rapidly reduced this number. By the 20th Century much of the population had emigrated and there were more sheep on Mull than people. In the history of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland many crofts, villages and churches fell into ruin in the late 18th or more usually the early 19th century

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of derelict Highland Clearances cottages on ancestry visit to the coast of Isle Of Mu...

25/08/2024

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip of the beautiful coast and beaches of Isle of Iona, Scottish Gaelic: Ì Chaluim Chille, on ancestry, history visit and trip to the Inner Hebrides, Britain, United Kingdom. The island, off the Ross of Mull, is one of the oldest and most important religious centres in Western Europe. It was a focal point for the spread of Christianity throughout Scotland and marks the foundation of a monastic community by Saint Columba. Many early Scottish kings and chiefs, as well as kings from Ireland, Norway and France are buried here including Duncan, the victim of Macbeth

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip of the beautiful coast and beaches of Isle of Iona, Scottish Gaelic: Ì Chaluim Chille, on ancestry, history visit an...

24/08/2024

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of Loch Morar on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Lochaber, Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. It is the deepest freshwater body in the United Kingdom. In common with Loch Ness there are occasional reports of large unidentified creatures seen in Loch Morar. The monster has been dubbed Morag by locals. After Nessie, it is among the best known of Scotland's legendary monsters. The name Morag is a pun on the name of the Loch, and of the Scottish female name, Morag. Sightings date back to 1887, and include some 34 incidents as of 1981. Sixteen of these involved multiple witnesses. In 1948 " a peculiar serpent like creature about 20 ft long " was reported by nine people in a boat, in the same place as the 1887 sighting. The appearance of the monster traditionally heralds the death of a Clanranald MacDonald. Clan Macdonald of Clanranald is a Scottish clan and a branch of Clan Donald one of the largest Scottish clans

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of Loch Morar on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Lochaber, Highlands, Br...

23/08/2024

Tour Scotland 4K Summer evening travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish music, of a drive through the city on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Smeatons Bridge in Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Perth Bridge, also known as Smeaton's Bridge, locally, the Old Bridge and in the local dialect of Scots, The Auld Brig, is a toll free bridge that spans the River Tay, connecting Perth, on the western side of the river, to Bridgend, on its eastern side, carrying both automotive and pedestrian traffic of West Bridge Street. The bridge was completed in October 1771. The engineer of its construction was John Smeaton, after whom the bridge is named

Tour Scotland 4K Summer evening travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish music, of a drive through the city on ancestry, genealogy, family history vi...

22/08/2024

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive South on the A823 route on ancestry visit to Summer Road Trip Drive With Music A823 Road On History Visit To Auchterarder Perthshire Scotland, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. In 1328, Robert the Bruce gave the town to the Montifex family who later passed it on to the Drummonds as part of a dowry. Disaster struck in 1715, when the settlement was destroyed by the defeated Jacobite soldiers retreating from the Battle of Sheriffmuir. The name Auchterarder derives from the Scottish Gaelic roots uachdar, ard, and dobhar; meaning well watered place on a high ridge. The town rose to prominence with the growth of its handloom weaving industry from the early 1840s .

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive South on the A823 route on ancestry visit to Summer Road Trip Drive ...

21/08/2024

Tour Scotland 4K travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, to Shore Street on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Anstruther on the coast of East Neuk of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Although I now live in Perthshire, I was raised in Anstruther and Cellardyke and used to often fish near the harbourr. Anstruther was created a burgh in 1541 with the right to build a harbour, and thirty years later when it was erected into a Burgh of Barony and John Anstruther of Anstruther was authorised by King James VI to build a harbour for fishing and trading vessels. Anstruther Wester received a royal charter in 1587. Eleven years later a Spanish ship which had been part of the Armada was wrecked off shore but its sailors were given a warm reception from the townsfolk and helped to return to their native land. The town continued to grow throughout the 17th and 18th centuries with increasing emphasis on fishing and trading. The town continued to grow throughout the 17th and 18th centuries with increasing emphasis on fishing and trading

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, to Shore Street on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Anstr...

20/08/2024

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish accordion music, of a road trip drive North on the B981 route, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Crossgates in West Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Croosgates is located close to the junction of the M90 and A92, about two miles east of Dunfermline and a similar distance south west of Cowdenbeath. The village name means crossroads: it is situated at the point where the main Dunfermline-Kirkcaldy road crosses the old Great North Road from Inverkeithing to Perth, Perthshire. Crossgates has a long history of mining, both deep and opencast. In the days of cattle droving the blacksmiths of Crossgates made shoes for cattle and in the 18th Century coal from the surrounding area was first transported by wagonway to St David's Harbour on Inverkeithing Bay

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish accordion music, of a road trip drive North on the B981 route, on ancestry, genealogy, family history vis...

19/08/2024

Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of breakast for myself and friends from Ireland on visit and trip to my Kitchen in my cottage in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. A traditonal full Scottish breakfast can include many items of food including,, bacon, link sausages, Lorne sausage, also known as square sausage or slice, black pudding, haggis, baked beans, fried mushrooms and tomatoes, toast, tattie scones and fried eggs, the full Scottish breakfast is a sight to behold

Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of breakast for myself and friends from Ireland on visit and trip to my Kitche...

18/08/2024

Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish accordion music, of a Summer mostly cloudy road trip drive, West on the A85 route on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Gilmerton, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Gilmerton is situated a mile North East of Crieff at the junction of the A85 road from Perth to Crieff with the A822 road which heads north through the Sma' Glen to Aberfeldy. The neighbouring estate of Cultoquhey was owned by the Maxtone family for five centuries, their survival being attributed to the so called Cultoquhey Prayer written by an eccentric laird in the 1700s: From the greed of the Campbells, From the Ire of the Drummonds, From the pride of the Grahams, And from the wind of the Murrays, Gude Lord preserve us. The earliest mention of the surname Maxtone is in the record of Alexsaunder de Maxtone who was Constable of the Castle of Roxburgh in 1285 and 1290

Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish accordion music, of a Summer mostly cloudy road trip drive, West on the A85 route on ancestry, genealogy, family...

17/08/2024

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive East on the A917 coastal road on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Crail in the East Neuk of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. The settlement of Crail dates from as far back as the Pictish period. Well settled by the 800s, Crail was a thriving town by the 1100s and was made a royal burgh by Robert the Bruce in 1310. He also gave it the right to hold markets on a Sunday. The surname Crail was first found in Cambridge, England, but the Crail variant may have come from much farther north in Fife, Scotland where the former royal burgh so named was derived from the Pictish word " caer " which meant fort

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive East on the A917 coastal road on ancestry, genealogy, family history...

16/08/2024

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, North on the old military route between Coupar Angus and Blairgowrie on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Eastern, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. In the 1760s Coupar angus was an important enough town to become the starting point of two military roads, one heading north to Blairgowrie and then through the mountains to Fort George near Inverness in the Highlands. The other headed west from the north bank of the river to Dunkeld. The bridge over the River Isla was built at the same time, and with the town lying on the busy route to Aberdeen, its prosperity seemed assured. The roads all still exist, but the traffic is reduced from its heyday

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, North on the old military route between Coupar Angus and Blairgowrie on ancestry, genealo...

14/08/2024

Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music of a road trip drive on a cobbled street on ancestry, history visit to the old town in Stirling, Scotland, Britain, United Kingdom. The narrow cobbled streets were designed functionally to make walking through the town a clean affair. The raised area in the centre of the cobbles was for the wealthy townsfolk to walk on, to ensure they did not get their shoes or feet dirty. The name Stirling is derived from Striveling, meaning place of strife. Sometime in the 1120’s the king made Stirling into a town by granting the townspeople a charter. Stirling became a royal burgh with a weekly market and its own local government

Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music of a road trip drive on a cobbled street on ancestry, history visit to the old ...

12/08/2024

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish accordion music, of an afternoon drive East on the B939 route on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to St Andrews, Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. The B939 road climbs out of a valley to cross a ridge and descend into another valley. This section of road is remarkably straight and so passes to the South of Strathkinness rather than detouring north to pass through the village. Eventually the road reaches the suburbs of St Andrews. It runs along Hepburns Garden and Buchanan Gardens and the video ends on Double D***s Road. St Andrews is a former royal burgh and parish located 10 miles south east of Dundee and 30 miles north east of Edinburgh

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish accordion music, of an afternoon drive East on the B939 route on ancestry, genealogy, family history visi...

10/08/2024

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, East on the A91 route to the bridge over the river Eden on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Guardbridge, Scots: Gairbrig, in North East Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. The village takes its name from the 15th century six arched bridge built by Bishop Henry Wardlaw, who founded the University of St Andrews. Some have said the bridge was built to assist pilgrims en route to St Andrews; however, its purpose was to provide safe access for students to ensure the success of Wardlaw's university

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, East on the A91 route to the bridge over the river Eden on ancestry,...

09/08/2024

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Dairsie in North East Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. The village of Dairsie is located on the A91 Stirling to St Andrews road. The village grew out of two smaller settlements, called Dairsiemuir and Osnaburgh, and developed principally around the industry of weaving. The 18th and 19th century cottages were once occupied by linen weavers, many of whom came from Flanders. Dairsie benefitted from the development of the turnpike road in the early 19th century

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Dairsie in North East Fife,...

08/08/2024

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish accordion music, on ancestry, family genealogy, history visit to Comrie in West Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Comrie is located immediately to the west of Oakley on the A907 road between Dunfermline and Alloa. There had been coal and ironstone mining in the vicinity since middle of the 19th Century but the community developed in the 1930s and 1940s along with the sinking of the Comrie coal mine to the northwest by the Fife Coal Co. The mine later became associated with the Longannet Complex, but closed in the mid-1980s. The earliest record of the surname Comrie is from 1297 when Patrick de Strathearn, the third son of Malise, the 6th Celtic Earl of Strathearn, Perthshire, was given a charter for the lands of Comrie from his father

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish accordion music, on ancestry, family genealogy, history visit to Comrie in West Fife...

07/08/2024

Tour Scotland 4K Summer afternoon travel video, with Scottish music, of a cloudy road trip drive East on the old and very narrow Military road on ancestry visit to walk around the graveyard in Laganallachie, Highland Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The now ruined parish church of Laggan Allochie or Inismogranachan, a prebend of Dunkeld was was dedicated to St Kellach or St Aulachy. The parish was combined with Little Dunkeld in the early 17th century. The old church was still in use in 1843, but was rebuilt in 1851. The 19th century church was used as a mission chapel in 1923 but only remains survive in the churchyard, which is a walled enclosure containing some 18th century gravestones. Although the church itself is now un-named, there is a house adjacent to it bearing the name Lagganallichie

Tour Scotland 4K Summer afternoon travel video, with Scottish music, of a cloudy road trip drive East on the old and very narrow Military road on ancestry vi...