Landscape Photography - Dunnottar Woods (Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire)
Photography Video in Dunnottar Woods, where I take you along with me on my journey and show you how I capture my Images.
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Camera (Canon 750d)
Canon 10-18mm Wide Lens
Tamron - 70-300mm Lens
Canon 18-55mm Lens
GoPro Hero 5
Sony Audio Recorder and Lapel Mic
Tripod
10 Stop Filter and HOYA Circular Poliriser
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Music - Nicolai Hedlas - Morning Sun and Silent Partner - Days are Long
Bensound - Ukulele
Road Less Travelled
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Ghosts of Dunnottar Castle | Scottish Folklore
Welcome to my channel. Here you'll find folklore from across the British Isles. Taking the bus from Aberdeen to Stonehaven with a mate, I walked down the coast to Dunnottar Castle. Dunnottar is said to be haunted by a number of ghosts, such as the green lady who searches for her children, and the phantom Viking who looks out over the sea.
Music used: Kevin Macleod | Hidden Past
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Dunnottar Castle
Kumar visits Dunnottar Castle in Stonehaven, 15 miles south of Aberdeen.
The Dunnottar Shell House or Grotto, Stonehaven
One of only three shell houses in Scotland, it is internally covered with sea shells, has a pool with a water jet in front and may once have been coated with shells or harling. Newhailes near Musselburgh has an unrestored shell grotto.
History Scotland Podcast Episode 1 - Stonehaven, part 1
In Episode 1 of the History Scotland - Hidden Histories Podcast, Neil McLennan explores lesser-known visitor attractions in and around Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire, taking in the famous fireball New Year celebrations. Find out more about History Scotland magazine at: history-scotland.com
Craigievar Castle NTS
Craigievar Castle NTS
Touring Dunnotar castle Part2/2 in Stonehaven, Scotland, this video is 42 minutes
History of Dunnottar Castle:
During its active life there were only two ways into or out of Dunnottar Castle. The first was via the incredibly strongly defended main gate set in a cleft in the rock where unwanted callers would be vulnerable to attack from all sides. The second was via a rocky creek leading to a cave on the north side of the rock. From here a steep path led up the cliff to the well defended postern gate.
Given Dunnottar's obvious defensive qualities, it is no surprise to find that it has been home to fortifications of one sort or another for most of the past two thousand years and probably much longer. The very name dun is Pictish for fort and it is believed that St Ninian came to Dunnottar in the late 400s, converting the Picts to Christianity and founding a chapel here.
The Annals of Ulster record a siege of Duin Foither in 681, at what was likely to have been Dunnottar. Dunnottar is also the location of a battle between King Donald II and the Vikings in 900. Donald II was killed during the battle and the Vikings subsequently destroyed the castle. Some rebuilding must then have taken place because it is thought that a raid into Scotland by land and sea by King Aethelstan of Wessex in 934 also targeted the fortifications here.
Mentions of Dunnottar become more reliable and frequent from the 1100s when William the Lion used it as an administrative centre. Later, in 1276, a parish church was founded here on the site of St Ninian's original chapel. Edward I of England took Dunnottar in 1296, and William Wallace took it back in 1297, in the process burning down the church with the entire English garrison still in it.
In 1336 the English again took Dunnottar, which was visited by Edward III. Later in the year it was recaptured for the Scots by Sir Andrew Murray (see our Historical Timeline).
From the late 1300s earlier fortifications, probably largely of wood, were replaced by Sir William Keith with the core of the stone keep still visible today, and he also built parts of the stone defences around the entrance. In 1531 Dunnottar, declared to be one of the principal strengths of our realm was granted to the Earls Marischal of Scotland by King James V.
Mary Queen of Scots visited the castle in 1562 and 1564, and James VI stayed in 1580. Between 1580 and 1650 the Earls Marischal converted a grim and forbidding castle into a much more opulent mansion, building ranges of buildings around the Quadrangle on the north east side of the plateau. These offered some of the most luxurious accommodation in Scotland: yet all securely located behind the rock's formidable defences. A number of the members of the Keith family lived out significant episodes of their lives here. Lady Agnes Keith was born here in about 1540, and George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal died at Dunnottar in 1623.
Two later incidents have ensured that Dunnottar's place in Scottish history is both famous and infamous. By May 1652 Dunnottar Castle was the only place left in Scotland holding out for Charles II against Cromwell's forces under the command of General George Monck. Parliamentary forces were particularly keen to take the castle because it was being used for the safe keeping of the Honours of Scotland, the Crown Jewels, and of Charles II's personal papers. But when the castle surrendered on 26 May after an eight month siege, Cromwell's men found the cupboard was bare. The King's papers has been smuggled through their lines hidden in the clothing of a woman, and the Honours had been lowered down the cliffs to a local woman pretending to be collecting seaweed. These irreplaceable treasures were hidden under the floor of the nearby Kinneff Old Church until the Restoration of the Monarchy.
Dunnottar's darkest moment came in May 1685 when 167 Covenanter prisoners, 122 men and 45 women, were locked in the Whig's Vault below one of the buildings in the Quadrangle. Some died of starvation and disease, while others were killed after trying to escape. The survivors were transported to the colonies as slaves (where most died of fever) after two months in the castle.
In 1715 the tenth Earl Marischal backed the losing side in the Jacobite uprising and was condemned for treason. His estates were forfeited and Dunnottar Castle was sold to the York Building Company, who removed everything that was transportable and usable. The difficulty in accessing the castle probably saved it yet again: it seems likely that if it had been readily reachable by cart, far more of the structure would have been demolished and taken away.
Dunnottar Castle was purchased by the Cowdray family in 1925 and the 1st Viscountess Cowdray embarked on a systematic programme of consolidation and repair. Since then the castle has remained in the family, and has been open to visitors..
Credit Music to : Adrian Von Ziegler, Now we feast..
Stonehaven Land Train.
STONEHAVEN, Aberdeenshire, now has a wee train that runs to Dunnottar Castle, the picturesque harbour and round the town to the Market Square.
Cowie village, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire.
Cowie village is a small attractive village at the north side of Stonehaven Bay. The original village was destroyed by fire in 1645, at that time there was strong support for Bonnie Prince Charlie within the fishing community. The Marquis of Montrose, being unable to gain access to Dunnottar castle (being defended by the Jacobites), ordered the surrounding area to be laid waste in revenge. The rebuilt village was moved closer to the shoreline where it stands today.
Stonehaven New Year Fireballs 2015
The New Year is welcomed in a unique and spectacular way at Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire – by a procession of about 45 brave folk who whirl blazing fireballs around their heads on long wires. The balls are powered by wood and fabric soaked in paraffin and wrapped in wire mesh; they make quite a show as they are processed through the streets from midnight, before being hurled into the sea half an hour later. The origins of the festival may lie in ancient purification by fire or in rites to encourage the sun to return after midwinter. Today it’s a popular festival which looks set to continue for many years. The night begins with street entertainment from 11 pm; the fireballs are lit just after the stroke of midnight on the Town House Bell.
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Gaellaig Hill intro 1 of 2. Ballater. Braemer. Walking scotland. Walking scottish highlands.
Gaellaig Hill intro 1 of 2. Walk between Ballater & Braemar in Scotland.
The Nightmare on Stonehaven
1999 Arduthie School
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Hamlet (1990) Location - Dover Castle, Dover, Kent
The movie opens here in this castle courtyard doubling as Elsinore Castle. Many other scenes filmed in this courtyard, a false front and steps were built over the main entrance
Wet and Wild Mountain Bike On and OFF Trial Ride
Filmed on Go Pro Hero 3 in Fetteresso Woods near Stonehaven, Scotland, UK.
Summer 2015.
Stonehaven to St Cyrus, FAST on the coastal route A92
Like it says in the title. A blast from Stonehaven to St Cyrus on the coastal road, the A92. Past Dunnoter - Crawton - Catterline - Kinneff - Inverbervie - Gourdon & Jonshaven on the way.
Walking the Deeside Way - Part 3 of 3 (Aboyne to Ballater)
The final episode in a three part series.
The Deeside Way is a long distance path in Scotland running from near the centre of Aberdeen City, to Ballater, in the Cairngorms National Park.
The route follows the line of the Old Royal Deeside Railway from Aberdeen to Banchory, through woodland and farmland to Kincardine O’Neil and then rejoins the old line from Aboyne to Ballater, total distance 41 miles.
The Deeside Railway was a line that travelled from Aberdeen to Ballater as a stretch of the Great North of Scotland Railway. Its tracks have since been removed in their entirety and the path opened as a track to the public. While in operation, the railway was used by the British Royal Family during travel to their Scottish retreat at Balmoral, hence the local name the Royal Deeside Line.
The path is suitable for walkers and cyclists with many sections suitable for horses as well and is Route 135 of the National Cycle Network which is coordinated and promoted by Sustrans.
This is my third time walking the route (first walked in 2014), as I live nearby the start, I consider it my gateway to the Cairngorms.
On this occasion I am joined by a special guest.
Walks in England: Exploring Betchworth Castle
Betchworth Castle is a mostly crumbled ruin of a fortified medieval stone house with some tall, two-storey corners strengthened in the 18th century, in the north of the semi-rural parish of Brockham. It is built on a sandstone spur overlooking the western bank of the Mole in Surrey in England. The ruin is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and is in the lowest category of listed architecture, Grade II, 1.2 miles due east of Dorking railway station in Dorking and 4 miles due west of Reigate.
Marq English and I are off to investigate, but can Marq remember where it is?
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Slain's Castle, Cruden Bay, 4K Ultra HD
4K Ultra HD video of Slain's Castle, Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire.
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Music: M83 - StarWaves
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