Dalgarven Mill, Museum of Ayrshire Life and Costume
The River Garnock and the mill at Dalgarven, the Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume near Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The waterwheel, lade, sluice and weir are depicted. The mill site was once held by the Abbot of Kilwinning Abbey and more recently the Ferguson family have been the millers and later chair of the Dalgarven Trust.
Top 12 Tourist Attractions in Ayr - Travel Scotland, United Kingdom
Top 12 Tourist Attractions in Ayr - Travel Scotland, United Kingdom:
Culzean Castle and Country Park, Heads of Ayr Farm Park, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Ayr Seafront Playpark, Burns Monument and Gardens, Burns National Heritage Park, The Races at Ayr Racecourse, Rozelle Park, Pirate Pete's, Lang Scots Mile, The Low Green, Belleisle Park
Kilwinning Abbey and Archaeological Dig
The town of Kilwinning now retains the name of this Saint as the church of Winning. So why would St Winin and his band of monks build their mission on the site of the later Abbey, very likely on the spot occupied today by the Abbey Church? Because it is an obvious building site, above a bridging-point on the river, suitable for a fortified mission station and commanding a view of the surrounding country.
Winin has been identified by some scholars with St Finnan of Moville, an Irish Saint of a much earlier date; other authorities say he was a Welshman, called Vynnyn, while the Aberdeen Breviary (published 1507) gives his birthplace as Scotland. In the calendar of Scots Saints, the date assigned to St Winin is 715. His festival was celebrated on 21st January, on which day a fair was held in Kilwinning and called St Winning's Day
There is certain evidence that there was a Christian Church and a monastery of Culdees at Kilwinning several centuries before the foundation of the Benedictine house by Hugh de Morville, Constable of Scotland, and a great territorial magnate of the district, somewhere around 1140-62. Timothy Pont , who had seen the cartulary of the abbey and now lost, wrote in 1608 that the date was 1171 and Richard de Morville (one of the murderers of St Thomas a' Beckett) as the founder, but evidence shows that King David I gave the district of Cunningham to his friend Hugh de Morville, making him responsible for the peace and security of what became North Ayrshire.
For nearly four centuries Kilwinning remained one of the most opulent and flourishing Scottish monasteries. The last abbot and commendator was Gavin Hamilton, who while favouring the Reformation doctrines, was a strong partisan of Queen Mary. He was killed in a battle outside Edinburgh in June, 1571. The suppression and destruction of the abbey soon followed and its possessions, held for a time by the families of Glencairn and Raith, were merged in 1603
with the other properties of the one obvious recipient - Hugh, Earl of Eglinton, whose successors still own them. The Earls of Eglinton have taken some pains to preserve the remains of the buildings, which include the great west doorway with window above, the lower part of the south wall of nave and the tall gable of the south transept with its three lancet windows. The fair steiple was struck by lightning in 1809 and fell down
five years later.
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Kilwinning abbey drone view
Kilwinning abbey from above, April 2018.
Arran Heritage Museum
The Isle of Arran Heritage Museum, founded in 1976 (open to the public in 1979) is on the main road, at Rosaburn, just north of Brodick, on the beautiful Island of Arran, Scotland.
Originally the site of a small school, the present group of buildings were a croft and smiddy, and include a farmhouse, cottage, bothy, milk house, laundry, stable, coach house and harness room.
The exhibits reflect the social history, archaeology and geology of the island.
Ashgrove Loch, its Crannogs and Hidden Treasure!
Ashgrove, Stevenston or Lochwood Loch is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in North Ayrshire. It an interesting history of habitation with up to five possible crannogs and another that may be a castle or dun site. Hidden abbey treasure may be hidden here and the old Ashgrove or Ashinyards Estate overlooked the loch. The old King's Road fro Edinburgh to Portencross ran across the northern end.
Winter Morning Drive To Pittenweem East Neuk Of Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland video of Winter morning drive to the fishing village of Pittenweem on ancestry visit to the East Neuk Of Fife.
Annbank Ayrshire Scotland. Subaru Impreza WRX300 (12nov2010) Panasonic Lumix TZ9
HD clip filmed using my Panasonic Lumix TZ9. I filmed it from the passenger seat of my friend's 2005 Subaru Impreza WRX300. There was nowhere to clamp the camera, and I suspected an imminent violent attack or certain death if I attemped to drill holes in the car, so hand held camera it was! Just a trial of the HD capabilities of the camera then! Nothing too professional. I hope you enjoy it anyway.
The clip starts in Annbank. On leaving the town, it's just a random drive around the country lanes. The weather was changeable, but an enjoyable drive in a nice car anyway.
Shotgun lesson No.3 - North Ayrshire Shooting Ground
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A video of my 3rd shotgun lesson with Ron Howie, a look at some of the other guys during their competition and a sneak peek in the shop at some of the shotguns and firearms, enjoy.
Corsehill Castle - Hidden Treasure and Headless Horsemen
Corsehill Castle near Stewarton in East Ayrshire has legends of great wealth buried beneath protected by a ghostly spirit and a headless horsemen has also been seen with his team of headless horses!
The Douglas Lament , Maybole Castle
Ruins of Hastings Castle
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Immediately after landing in England in 1066 William of Normandy ordered three fortifications to be built, Pevensey Castle in September 1066, Hastings (before the Battle of Hastings) and Dover. Hastings Castle was originally built as a motte-and-bailey castle near the sea. Later that year the famous Battle of Hastings took place near the Hastings castle, in which William was victorious. In 1070 William issued orders for the Castle to be rebuilt in stone, along with the St Mary's Chapel.
The Count of Eu held the castle for most of the Norman period, beginning with Robert, but King John ordered that the castle be destroyed to prevent it falling into the hands of the Dauphin Louis. In 1220, Henry III re-fortified the castle.
In time however, the house of Eu forfeited control of Hastings Castle when the family heir William, made the decision to keep his French assets over the English ones and was denied the right to his inheritance. In 1242 Henry III bestowed rule of the castle and its lands to his wife’s uncle Peter of Savoy whom then governed the estate until passing away.[1]
In 1287 violent storms battered the south coast for many months and the soft sandstone cliffs eventually succumbed to the elements. Large sections of the face fell into the sea along with parts of the castle.
In 1339 and 1377, the town was attacked by the French leaving many burnt buildings which included homes. Throughout the next century erosion was unchecked and gradually more of the castle was lost to the sea.
The mid 16th century saw the castle receive another blow as Henry VIII commissioned that all Catholic monasteries were to be destroyed and this left the site in decay for many years. The site was purchased by Thomas Pelham on June 23, 1591.[2] After that the site was purchased by the Pelham family and used for farming until the ruins had become so overgrown they were lost from memory.
During World War II, the castle received more damage as Hastings was a target for bombing raids. In 1951 the Hastings Corporation purchased the site and converted it into a tourist attraction.
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Tour Scotland Video Photo Album 15
Tour Scotland Photo Album 15. Including ancestry, genealogy, visit to Abbot House Dunfermline, Aberfoyle cemetery, Aberlemno Pictish Stone, Abernethy Round Tower, Alyth Classic Cars, Anstruther, Arbroath Harbour, Black Watch Museum, Blair Castle Perthshire, Caledonian Canal, Castle Campbell, Clunie Castle, Castle Stalker, Crail, East Neuk Of Fife, Crieff, Doune Castle, Dumfries Robart Burns Mausoleum, Dunfermline Abbey, Dunkeld Cathedral, Dunning Dupplin Cross, Eassie Church, Edinburgh Castle, Edradour Whisky Distillery, Glamis Castle in Angus, Glasgow Cathedral, St Mungo Museum, Glencoe, Highland Cows, Highlands, Innerpeffray Chapel, Inverness, Kirriemuir, Loch Katrine, Loch Ness, North Queensferry, Pitlochry, Pittenweem, Perthshire, River Coe, River Tay, Sheep, Shepherd, St Monans, Steamship SS Sir Walter Scott, Strathmiglo Cemetery, The Frigate Unicorn, Dundee, Abernyte Church, Aberuthven, Ballinbreich Castle, Ardoch Roman Camp, Cambusmichael, Collace, Coupar Angus, Dron, Dunbarney, East Neuk Coastline, Forgandenny, Forth Bridge, Kettins, Kilrenny, Kinnoull, Kirkton of Largo, Kirkton of Mailer, Lindores Abbey, Lower Largo, New Scone, Newburn, Newtyle Salmon Fishing Beat, Perth, River Tay. St Andrews, Scone Palace Moot Hill
Historical Buildings in Ayr - The Citadel Wall
The Citadel Wall is part of the remains of the Citadel Fortification built in 1654 by the English army led by Oliver Cromwell. John ‘Baron’ Miller, a rich eccentric, built Miller’s Folly over the original wall in the 1850’s.
By the University of the West of Scotland students Georgios Ziogas and Carolyn Crawford. Many thanks to Rosie Mapplebeck, Shona Wallace, Toria Cassidy and Tony Grace for their precious help.
The Douglas Fireclay Railway / Monkcastle Mine Tramway, Dalry
The Douglas Firebrick Works at Dalry in North Ayrshire was served by a double track narrow gauge cable worked inclined plane railway from the High Monkcastle Fireclay Mine. The works closed in 1982.
First ScotRail Desiro Class 380 on RARE East Coast Mainline Appearance Durham 380007 Railfest
First ScotRail Desiro Class 380 007 (aka James Bond) on a RARE East Coast Mainline Appearance, Northbound through in Durham, 16:00, 13 June 2012.
Durham Cathedral is visible at the top right of the frame.
This EMU was resident at the National Railway Museum's Railfest 2012.
Photos from this rare working are available on railwaystoday.com
Rare 380 working on the ECML
James Watt | Wikipedia audio article
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James Watt (; 30 January 1736 (19 January 1736 OS) – 25 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world.
While working as an instrument maker at the University of Glasgow, Watt became interested in the technology of steam engines. He realised that contemporary engine designs wasted a great deal of energy by repeatedly cooling and reheating the cylinder. Watt introduced a design enhancement, the separate condenser, which avoided this waste of energy and radically improved the power, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of steam engines. Eventually he adapted his engine to produce rotary motion, greatly broadening its use beyond pumping water.
Watt attempted to commercialise his invention, but experienced great financial difficulties until he entered a partnership with Matthew Boulton in 1775. The new firm of Boulton and Watt was eventually highly successful and Watt became a wealthy man. In his retirement, Watt continued to develop new inventions though none was as significant as his steam engine work. He died in 1819 aged 83.
He developed the concept of horsepower, and the SI unit of power, the watt, was named after him.