Merry Christmas From Young Scottish Bagpipers In Scotland
Tour Scotland video of two young Scottish Pipers wishing you all a Merry Christmas and playing bagpipe music for you on visit to Perth, Perthshire.
Driving To Outlander TV Location Culross Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland video of a driving through Cairneyhill, Torryburn and Low Valleyfield on ancestry visit to Culross, Fife. The major USA TV series Outlander was partly shot in Culross, Fife.
Ardnamurchan Lighthouse Lochaber Highlands Of Scotland
Tour Scotland travel video of Ardnamurchan Lighthouse located on Ardnamurchan Point, on ancestry visit to Lochaber in the Scottish Highlands. The lighthouse with its 118 feet high granite tower was completed in 1849 to a design by Alan Stevenson. It is the only lighthouse in the UK built in the Egyptian style. The light was […]
Farmer Moving Sheep
Tour Scotland video of a farmer with his sheepdogs moving sheep down a narrow Scottish road in Strathearn, Perthshire. The farmer is from Pairney Farm which is located below Craig Rossie at the edge of the Ochil Hills.
Neolithic Village Skara Brae Orkney Islands Scotland
Tour Scotland video of the Neolithic village on a visit to Skara Brae located on Bay of Skaill on the West Coast of the mainland Orkney Islands. Older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids, it has been called the Scottish Pompei" because of its excellent preservation.
Scottish Highland Cow
Tour Scotland close up video shot of a Highland Cow in a field just North of Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland. Highland cattle or kyloe are a Scottish breed of beef cattle with long horns and long wavy coats which are coloured black, brindled, red, or yellow.
Eilean Donan (Ellendonan) Castle
Reputed to be the most photographed castle in Scotland, Eilean Donan is located in the Western Isles near Dornie, Ross-shire, at the meeting point of Loch Long, Loch Duich, and Loch Alsh. The Isle of Skye can be seen across the loch. The following excerpts of castle history are quoted from the booklet Eilean Donan […]
Highland Games
The History of Scottish Gatherings and Games Long before colonists began to settle the New World, Scotland had a lengthy history and culture. In Scotland, Heavy Athletics Events were already being held at least 1,000 years ago! Historians believe that some of the Heavy Events originated during Druid times. Heavy Events began as tests of […]
Gaelic - English Dictionary
Faclair Gàidhlig - Beurla The School Gaelic Dictionary Prepared for the use of learners of the Gaelic language by Malcolm MacFarlane Eneas MacKay, Bookseller 43 Murray Place, Stirling. 1912. MacFarlane's (Scottish-) Gaelic-English dictionary - Out of copyright. Keyed in and verified at Sabhal Mór Ostaig, the Gaelic college on the Island of Skye, by Caoimhín […]
Social History of the Highlands
"The Highlands have undergone considerable change during the last century and a half, and the alteration, in a social point of view, has been on the whole for the better. The Highlands are now generally as accessible as the lowlands; the manners, speech, and occupations of the inhabitants are becoming more and more assimilated to […]