Little Things, Big Memories - Dumfries & Galloway’s History & Heritage
Awed by archaeology? Captivated by the Great War? Enthralled by the cosmos? Thrilled by ancient castles? There are plenty of ‘wow’ moments to experience in Dumfries & Galloway, a land of wonder and intrigue. Located in south west Scotland, this region is rich when it comes to history, heritage and culture.
Visit museums in the area to uncover the unique story of the region and its people, including the fascinating history of munitions girls’ incredible war-time efforts. Or behold a majestic castle, as grand on the inside as it is on the outside, where the family history of nobles can be traced back centuries.
You could explore an astrological art land which, in the word of the artist, is worthy of the ancients, or step inside a reconstructed Iron Age roundhouse and smell the burning wood on the hearth. For those who enjoy the great outdoors, don’t miss the chance to experience Dumfries & Galloway’s natural heritage, be it on a stroll along the Solway coast or as you wander through a dense forest.
Video locations:
Crawick Multiverse, near Sanquhar
Iron Age Roundhouse, Whithorn
The Devil’s Porridge Museum, Eastriggs, near Annan
Solway Coast
Drumlanrig Castle, near Thornhill
The Crown Hotel, Portpatrick
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Exploring Scotland by drone (Dumfries and Galloway)
A collection of videos from my holiday in Scotland around Dumfries and Galloway. Footage captured using the Bebop 1 drone. Including Garlieston village, Cruggleton Castle, Mull of Galloway, Caerlaverock Castle
Music: Sky Kingdom - Trevor DeMaere
Crossraguel Abbey, Maybole , Scotland. Where the last Benedict Monk to lived in Scotland, Part:1
The Abbey of Saint Mary of Crossraguel is a ruin of a former abbey near the town of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland
The origin of the abbey's name refers to the ancient Cross of Riaghail (Latin form St Regulus) that stood on the spot.
Crossraguel was a Cluniac abbey and the monks - members of a branch of the Benedictines - were known as the Black monks after the colour of their clothes.
Founded in 1244 by Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick, following an earlier donation of 1225, to the monks of Paisley Abbey for that purpose. They reputedly built nothing more than a small chapel.
History:
Crossraguel Abbey was founded in 1244 by Duncan, 1st Earl of Carrick. The earl sought assistance from the abbot and monks of Paisley Abbey and provided them with land and funds. However, the Paisley superiors built only a small chapel for Crossraguel and kept the remainder for themselves. Upset at this, the earl took the case to law, seeking assistance from the Bishop of Glasgow, who ruled on the earl's behalf. He required not only that Paisley build the monastery at Crossraguel, but also that some of the monks from Paisley should be transferred there. These monks were given the authority to choose their own abbot. The abbot of Paisley, it was decreed, was not to interfere with Crossraguel's affairs, though he was allowed a yearly visit. All of Paisley's possessions in Carrick were to be handed over to Crossraguel, a ruling which the abbot of Paisley appealed to the pope in 1265, but to no avail.
Crossraguel was sacked in 1307 by the army of Edward I. It was rebuilt on a larger scale and remained a monastery until 1560, when the Reformation ended monastic institutions in Scotland. However, the few remaining monks were allowed to live out their time there until the last monk died in 1601. Some of the stone has been removed for local construction, but the Abbey ruins remain some of the most complete of any medieval religious house to survive in Scotland. Like Paisley Abbey, Crossraguel was of the Order of Cluny whose mission was to encourage pilgrimage. It is no accident then that Crossraguel is half-way between Paisley and Whithorn on the Ayrshire pilgrims' trail to the shrine of St Ninian in The Machars of Galloway. The site is looked after by Historic Scotland as a scheduled monument and is open to the public with an entrance charge.
The Kennedy family, Earls of Cassilis famously obtained the lands of Crossraguel Abbey through the torturing by Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis of Allan Stewart, the commendator at his castle of Dunure.
in Autumn, 1506, Montjoie (Gilbert Chauveau), French King of Arms, visited Crossraguel probably as part of his diplomatic missions regarding Scottish military support for King Hans (John) of Denmark. Montjoie had already spent time at the Court of King Henry VII of England before moving to Scotland and from there, visited Denmark. The record of him visiting Crossraguel is found in the Treasurer's Accounts of James IV, King of Scots - ‘Item, to Johne Beg, messingeir, to pas to Corsragwell and other places with writingis to warne of Montjoyis cummyng.
Crossraguel Abbey is one of the finest and most compleate medieval monasteries in Scotland. Closely link to Robert the Bruce, it survived the War of Independence of the 1300s (Wars of Independence is between Scotland and England before become United Kingdom in 1707) and prospered in the centuries that followed, Much of the present fabric was bulit in the 1400s, including the finely decorated chapter house and sacristy. The Kennedy family, who gained control of the abbey in the 1500s, added two of its most distinctive buildings: the fashionable tower house and the imposing gatehouse..
When the last monk had died round 1617 and the life of the abbey as a religious establishment was at an end, long after its religious role had ceased, The abbey was taken into state care in 1913.
Crossraguel Abbey part2
Hi everyone thank you very much for reading here is the history of the Crossraguel Abbey..
The Abbey of Saint Mary of Crossraguel is a ruin of a former abbey near the town of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
The origin of the abbey's name refers to the ancient Cross of Riaghail (Latin form St Regulus) that stood on the spot.
Crossraguel was a Cluniac abbey and the monks - members of a branch of the Benedictines - were known as the Black monks after the colour of their clothes.
Founded in 1244 by Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick, following an earlier donation of 1225, to the monks of Paisley Abbey for that purpose. They reputedly built nothing more than a small chapel.
History:
Crossraguel Abbey was founded in 1244 by Duncan, 1st Earl of Carrick. The earl sought assistance from the abbot and monks of Paisley Abbey and provided them with land and funds. However, the Paisley superiors built only a small chapel for Crossraguel and kept the remainder for themselves. Upset at this, the earl took the case to law, seeking assistance from the Bishop of Glasgow, who ruled on the earl's behalf. He required not only that Paisley build the monastery at Crossraguel, but also that some of the monks from Paisley should be transferred there. These monks were given the authority to choose their own abbot. The abbot of Paisley, it was decreed, was not to interfere with Crossraguel's affairs, though he was allowed a yearly visit. All of Paisley's possessions in Carrick were to be handed over to Crossraguel, a ruling which the abbot of Paisley appealed to the pope in 1265, but to no avail.
Crossraguel was sacked in 1307 by the army of Edward I. It was rebuilt on a larger scale and remained a monastery until 1560, when the Reformation ended monastic institutions in Scotland. However, the few remaining monks were allowed to live out their time there until the last monk died in 1601. Some of the stone has been removed for local construction, but the Abbey ruins remain some of the most complete of any medieval religious house to survive in Scotland. Like Paisley Abbey, Crossraguel was of the Order of Cluny whose mission was to encourage pilgrimage. It is no accident then that Crossraguel is half-way between Paisley and Whithorn on the Ayrshire pilgrims' trail to the shrine of St Ninian in The Machars of Galloway. The site is looked after by Historic Scotland as a scheduled monument and is open to the public with an entrance charge.
The Kennedy family, Earls of Cassilis famously obtained the lands of Crossraguel Abbey through the torturing by Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis of Allan Stewart, the commendator at his castle of Dunure.
in Autumn, 1506, Montjoie (Gilbert Chauveau), French King of Arms, visited Crossraguel probably as part of his diplomatic missions regarding Scottish military support for King Hans (John) of Denmark. Montjoie had already spent time at the Court of King Henry VII of England before moving to Scotland and from there, visited Denmark. The record of him visiting Crossraguel is found in the Treasurer's Accounts of James IV, King of Scots - ‘Item, to Johne Beg, messingeir, to pas to Corsragwell and other places with writingis to warne of Montjoyis cummyng.
Crossraguel Abbey is one of the finest and most compleate medieval monasteries in Scotland. Closely link to Robert the Bruce, it survived the War of Independence of the 1300s (Wars of Independence is between Scotland and England before become United Kingdom in 1707) and prospered in the centuries that followed, Much of the present fabric was bulit in the 1400s, including the finely decorated chapter house and sacristy. The Kennedy family, who gained control of the abbey in the 1500s, added two of its most distinctive buildings: the fashionable tower house and the imposing gatehouse..
When the last monk had died round 1617 and the life of the abbey as a religious establishment was at an end, long after its religious role had ceased, The abbey was taken into state care in 1913.
Scotland - Dumfries, Glentrool Forest, Girvan, Galloway.
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August 2008.
Special thanks to & for the following:
Historic Scotland,
and the monuments thereof;
Forestry Commission Scotland:
FCS visitor centres at Clatteringshaws Loch and Glen Trool,
FCS nature reserve by Loch Trool;
Scottish Natural Heritage;
Scotland's National Nature Reserves;
RSPB nature reserves at Mersehead Sands, Wood of Cree, Mull of Galloway;
WWT nature reserve at Caerlaverock;
The largest independent 'Local Nature Reserve' in the British Isles at Wigtown Bay;
The nature reserve at Cream o' Galloway;
Lighthouse visitor centre, Mull of Galloway;
Botanic Gardens, Logan;
The Reverend Henry Duncan, 1774-1846, founder of savings banks, restorer of the Ruthwell Cross;
Robert the Bruce, 1274-1329, who defeated the English at Glen Trool;
The statue of Robbie Burns, Dumfries: A Man's A Man For A' That.
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Crystal Cascades by Tranquility (Chris Buckman).
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Is 'GM' tantamount to genocide?
See also (search): Codex Alimentarius.
Disclaimer:
Any views expressed above are not necessarily the views of Global Affair or Raindance.
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Description:
1) Ruthwell Cross;
2) Ruthwell Cross;
3) Ruthwell Cross;
4) Ruthwell Church;
5) Savings Bank Museum, Ruthwell;
6) Museum;
7) Museum;
8) Museum Building;
9) Comlongon Castle, now a hotel;
10) Caerlaverock, WWT nature reserve;
11) Caerlaverock, reserve;
12) Caerlaverock, the second castle;
13) Caerlaverock, second castle;
14) Caerlaverock, the first castle, remains;
15) Caerlaverock, second castle;
16) Dumfries, a swollen River Nith;
17) Dumfries, statue of Robbie Burns;
18) Sweetheart Abbey;
19) Sweetheart Abbey;
20) Criffel Hill;
21) Sandyhills Bay, beach;
22) Sandyhills Bay, waterwheel;
23) Sandyhills Bay, beach;
24) Sandyhills Bay, campsite;
25) Tower near Kirkgunzeon;
26) Brighouse Bay;
27) Cream o' Galloway, nature reserve;
28) Cardoness Castle;
29) Road over Bengray to Laurieston Forest;
30) Loch Ken, campsite;
31) Loch Ken, fishing;
32) Loch Ken;
33) Loch Ken, disused railway viaduct;
34) View Northwards from viaduct;
35) Black Craig of Dee;
36) Clatteringshaws Loch;
37) Perished tree roots;
38) Clatteringshaws Iron Age Roundhouse;
39) Roundhouse foundation;
40) Always share your quiche with Chaffinches;
41) Clatteringshaws Loch, dam wall;
42) Cairnholy (two, situated uphill);
43) Cairnholy (two);
44) Cairnholy (one, situated downhill);
45) Cairnholy (one, courtyard at the front);
46) Cairnholy (one, cairn at the rear);
47) Road over Cairnharrow at Glen village;
48) Wood of Cree, RSPB nature reserve;
49) Glen Trool, Loch Trool;
50) Glen Trool, stone marks the victory of Robert the Bruce;
51) Buchan Burn, FCS reserve;
52) Buchan Burn;
53) Water of Minnoch, FCS visitor centre;
54) Water of Minnoch;
55) Descent from Polmaddie Hill & Carrick Forest to Barr village;
56) Girvan, station;
57) Girvan, band practise;
58) Girvan, harbour;
59) Girvan, beach;
60) Pinmore, railway viaduct on the Girvan-Stranraer line;
61) Pinmore, viaduct;
62) Forestry at Carserrigan;
63) Swallows nesting;
64) Torhouse Stone Circle;
65) Torhouse Stone Circle;
66) Torhouse, stone avenue to the East;
67) Garlieston Harbour;
68) Isle of Whithorn, harbour;
69) St. Ninian's Cave;
70) Barsalloch Fort;
71) Barsalloch Fort;
72) Druchtag Motte;
73) Druchtag Motte;
74) Drumtroddan Cup & Ring Marks;
75) Drumtroddan Cup & Ring Marks;
76) Drumtroddan Standing Stones;
77) Drumtroddan Standing Stones;
78) Whithorn Priory;
79) Whithorn Priory;
80) Restaurant at the top of the cliff, Mull of Galloway;
81) Lighthouse, Mull of Galloway;
82) Lighthouse, showing 250W sealed beams;
83) Logan Botanic Gardens;
84) Logan Botanic Gardens;
85) Logan Botanic Gardens;
86) Portpatrick Harbour.
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Scotland tour
Betty and her sister Jean on their first visit to Scotland. They stayed with Bob and Janet, who took them on day trips to as many places as possible in a week. They got as far north as the Trossachs, over to Edinburgh in the east, down to Stranraer in the south and even squeezed in a trip to Belfast.
When they weren't touring, they were having a 'wee swally' in JD's Bar in Crosshouse, Ayrshire.
The music with this clip is the fantastic American Celtic rockers Prydein with Loud Pipes Save Lives and The Gaelic Conspiracy.
Escaping to Galloway
Short video of the Galloway Hills with Cliff singing Where there are horses. Unfortunately it keeps going black in places, not sure what happened there.
Scotland August 2012
Video highlights of a two week sailing holiday in the Western Isles of Scotland in August 2012. This is a rough, low-resolution edit - I may try and do a better 1080p version if I have the time and inclination.
Places that appear in the video:
Ardfern Marina, Argyll
Tobernochy, Isle of Luing
Isle of Iona
Isle of Staffa (Fingal's Cave)
Castle Bay, Isle of Barra
Wizard's Pool, Loch Schiport, South Uist
Duntulan Bay
Isle of Rona
Arisaig, Invernessshire
Isle of Skye
Tobermory, Isle of Mull
Loch Spelve, Isle of Mull
Loch Melfort
Recorded with a Panasonic DMC-TZ30 (compact travel zoom camera) and edited in Final Cut Pro 7.
The boat:
Vagrant is a Bowman 40 - A 40ft (12m) cutter launched in 1989
The music:
I Feel the Freedom - Iain McLaren (2011)
(written, performed and recorded by me)
The Great Tour,13th August, 2010, Ulverston to Morecambe
It was quite apt that we had riders from our sponsors Heinz with us today, as the 85 kilometre route from Ulverston to Morecambe was a real mixed bag, quite possibly with 57 varieties of terrain on offer during the day!
Sand, tarmac, promenade, off-road, cycle paths, you name it, we rode on it, ironically enough to only gain around nine miles as the crow flies, as our route took us all around the foot of the Lake District close to popular tourist attractions like Holker Hall and Sizergh Castle and the around the other side of Morecambe Bay through Arnside. This section of the leg of course prompted much mirth, as we passed Arnside Knott, and no it's not a relative of mine!
Some local Lake District ice cream was very welcome at the farm we stopped at for lunch, while dinner, thanks to Sharon and our Official Partners Booker, came at a campside at Morecambe.
Today saw us continue on along the Lancashire coast, or to give it its more local name the Fylde Coast. While the start of the day was quite rural as we crossed the River Lune and rode along the flat coastal plain around Cockerham, the day soon changed.
From Fleetwood onwards we were riding along the famous shoreline through Clevelys and onto the Clevely promenade, alongside, and sometimes on, the tram tracks. A hot and sunny day, Blackpool was absolutely heaving with tourists, and a group of around 50 Oompa Loompa's on bikes!
From the official finish in Lytham St Annes we headed on to tonight's accommodation at the Boys Brigage at Kirkham, and while it may have been slightly more sedate than Blackpool on an August Saturday afternoon, the reception was none the less welcoming!
Port Erin Day in TT week 2015
Port Erin welcomes all visitors to the the IOM on its special day during the TT race week.