Beinn Eighe Mountain With Music On History Visit To Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland short travel video clip, with Scottish music, of Beinn Eighe, a complex mountain massif in the Torridon area of Wester Ross on visit and trip to the Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. One of the most famous features of Beinn Eighe is the corrie of Coire Mhic Fhearchair, often simply known as the " Triple Buttress Corrie " after the three large rock features which dominate the view from the North. In common with much of the Northwest Highlands, the underlying rocks of the area are composed of Lewisian gneiss, a very ancient rock type. The earliest recorded ascent appears to have been during surveying of the boundary between the Gairloch and Torridon Estates, which surveyor George Campbell Smith was required to determine and delineate in 1851. 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. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Torridon Mountains With Music On History Visit To The North West Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the Torridon Mountains on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the North West Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. The Gaelic name, Toirbheartan, is usually applied to the mountains to the north of Glen Torridon. They are among the most dramatic and spectacular peaks in the British Isles and made of some of the oldest rocks in the world. Many are over 3,000 feet high, so are considered Munros. The mountains have steep terraced sides, and broken summit crests, riven into many pinnacles. There are numerous steep gullies running down the terraced sides from the peaks. Mountain include; Liathach, Beinn Eighe, Beinn Alligin, Beinn Dearg and Baosbheinn. The principal Clan surname in the area is MacKenzie, though there are many from Clan MacDonald along the North shore of Loch Torridon. 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. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Highland Clearances Cottage With Music On History Visit To Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K short travel video clip, with Scottish music, of a derelict Highland Clearances cottage and mountain landscapes on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. During the clearances many crofts, villages and churches fell into ruin in the late 18th or more usually the early 19th century. These times were a dark chapter in Scotland’s history, as the highland social structure was destroyed in the process. This is what is known as the Highland clearances, when the population of small farmers, known as Crofters, who used to raise black cattle and drive them in herds to the lowlands to sell were unable to produce enough rent to keep the estate owners satisfied. They were evicted from their homes, often with little regard for their well being, as their goods were thrown out of their small cottages which were then demolished. The people had to go to the cities, to emigrate or to live along the coasts while the whole of the interior of the Highlands was more or less depopulated and sheep flocks, managed shepherds from the lowlands were brought in to provide a more profitable enterprise for the estates. Many crofters emigrated to America, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. The clans such as Macintosh, Campbell and Grant had ruled their lands in the highlands for hundreds of years. The Highland Clearances changed all that however, and altered a distinct and autonomous way of life. Between 1811 and 1821, around 15,000 people were removed from land owned by the Duchess of Sutherland and her husband the Marquis of Stafford to make room for 200,000 sheep. Some of those turned out had literally nowhere else to go; many were old and infirm and so starved or froze to death, left to the mercy of the elements. In 1814 two elderly people who did not get out of their cottage in time were burned alive in Strathnaver. In 1826, the Isle of Rum was cleared of its tenants who were paid to go to Canada, travelling on the ship James to dock at Halifax. In 1851, 1500 tenants on the Island of Barra, Outer Hebrides, were tricked to a meeting about land rents; they were then overpowered, tied up and forced onto a ship to America. This clearing of the population is a main contributor to the massive world-wide Scottish diaspora and why so many Americans and Canadians can trace their ancestry to the proud, ancient clans of Scotland. It is not known exactly how many highlanders emigrated, voluntarily or otherwise, during the first Clearances, but estimates put it at about 70,000. 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 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Spring Road Trip Drive With Music To Church On History Visit To Meigle Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K early Spring travel video, with Scottish accordion music, of a road trip drive on ancestry, genealogy, family history to visit the entrance to the graveyard and church in Meigle, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Meigle was once home to a parish church, the Episcopalian church of St Margaret’s and a United Free church. This was quite unusual at the time, especially for such a small town. Over time the United Free church was abandoned and the St Margaret’s church was demolished leaving the town with only one church, the Parish Church, which continues to serve the community today despite being ravaged by a fire in the 1860s. The nearest town is Forfar in neighbouring Angus. Other smaller settlements nearby are Balkeerie, Kirkinch and Kinloch. Meigle is accessed from the north and south via the B954 road, and from the East and West by the A94 road. Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, from nearby Belmont Castle, born 1836, died 1908, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908, is buried in the cemetery. Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman was born on 7 September 1836 at Kelvinside House in Glasgow as Henry Campbell, the second son and youngest of the six children born to Sir James Campbell of Stracathro, born 1790, died 1876, and his wife Janet Bannerman, born 1799, died 1873. Sir James Campbell had started work at a young age in the clothing trade in Glasgow, before going into partnership with his brother in 1817 to found J.& W. Campbell & Company., a warehousing, general wholesale and retail drapery business. Sir James was elected as a member of Glasgow Town Council in 1831 and stood as a Conservative candidate for the Glasgow constituency in the 1837 and 1841 general elections, before being appointed to serve as the Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1840 to 1843. In April 1868, at the age of thirty one, Campbell-Bannerman stood as a Liberal candidate in a by-election for the Stirling Burghs constituency, narrowly losing to fellow Liberal John Ramsay. However, at the general election in November of that year, Campbell-Bannerman defeated Ramsay and was elected to the House of Commons as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Stirling Burghs, a constituency that he would go on to represent for almost forty years. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. When driving in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. The date for astronomical Spring is 20th March, ending on 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, Spring starts on 1st March All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Spring Road Trip Drive With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To Braco Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Spring travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Braco, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Braco village is located 5 miles north of Dunblane towards Perth off the A9 road. The Clock Tower is the remains of the Free Church which was erected at the time of the disruption in 1843. Braco was established in 1815 following the sale or feu of lands owned by James Masterson. The surname Masterson was first found in Breffny, a medieval kingdom in Ireland. Masterson in Gaelic is Mac an Mhaighistir, which means son of the master. Spelling of the Masterson family name includes; MacMaster, McMaster, Masterson, Mac an Mhaighistir, MacAmaster, MacYmaster and many more. Henry Masterson arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship Empress in 1865; Mary Masterson and her husband settled in Plymouth, America, in 1629; Elizabeth Masterson arrived in Virginia, America, in 1655; Owen Masterson landed in New York, Amedrica, in 1801; Charles Masterson landed in New York, NY, America, in 1816. The founder of the English Football League William McGregor, was born in Braco in 1846. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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