Photo Gallery of
Upper Strathearn and Balquhidder
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My family and I had the pleasure of travelling to Scotland in October 2005 for the first time in our lives. As part of the trip we were able to spend two too-short days in the areas of Upper Strathearn, Loch Earn, Balquhidder, Stirling and Doune. Below are a sample of some of the photos we took. Please click on the thumbnails for a larger view.
All photos by Ryk Brown and Heather Sharpe, (c) 2005 Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Group. These photos are for use by Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Group members. All others please contact HERE for permission.
For other photos of this area, click HERE for Glen Bodie's pictures of Glen Artney.
 Balquhidder Old Kirk |
 Balquhidder Kirk |
 Balquhidder New Kirk |
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 High Cross by Rob Roy's grave |
 Rob Roy's grave |
 Rob Roy's grave |
 Rob Roy's grave |
 Rob Roy's grave |
 Balquhidder Old Kirk |
 Ardvorlich House |
 Ardvorlich House |
 Laneway from the gate up to the main house |
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 Main gate, with South Loch Road bridge on right |
 Main gate |
 South Loch Road bridge |
 Gate sign |
 South Loch Road Bridge, in front of Ardvorlich, viewed from west |
 South Loch Road heading east from Ardvorlich |
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 "back yard" (mountain side) |
 "front yard" (loch side), viewed from the Loch with Ardvorlich house shown hidden in the trees |
 Ardvorlich House (close up) viewed from the loch side |
 Ardvorlich sheep |
 Ben Vorlich shrouded in mist (viewed from South Loch Road) |
 Ben Vorlich shrouded in mist (viewed from Ardvorlich House) |
 Sheep grazing in the off-season heather (rust coloured) on Ben Vorlich |
 Ben Vorlich |
 Coille Criche (east of Ardvorlich House, on Ardvorlich property) |
 Balmeanoch of Ardvorlich |
 Ardvorlich pheasant |
 Beinn Fuath, above Ardtrostan (east Loch Earn) |
 South Loch Road, near Finglen, between St. Fillans and Adrvorlich |
 South Loch Road, near Balimeanach, approaching Ardvorlich from east |
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 Glenbeich (Dalveich) viewed from Ardvorlich |
 Glenbeich |
 Dalveich in the mist |
 Dalveich (close up) |
 Craggan, looking west from Ardvorlich |
 Lochearnhead, looking west from Ardvorlich |
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 Ardveich Wood & Derry Wood, viewed from west to east along the north shore of Loch Earn, looking north from Ardvorlich |
 Ardveich Wood & Derry Wood, viewed from west to east along the north shore of Loch Earn, looking north from Ardvorlich |
 Ardveich Wood & Derry Wood, viewed from west to east along the north shore of Loch Earn, looking north from Ardvorlich |
 Ardveich Wood & Derry Wood, viewed from west to east along the north shore of Loch Earn, looking north from Ardvorlich |
 Looking east from Ardvorlich towards St. Fillans |
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 Glentarken, East Lochearn (west of St. Fillans) |
 Glentarken |
 East Lochearn, with Glentarken in the background and Niesh Island in the foreground |
 Niesh Island, Lochearn, former home of Clan MacNiesh, massacred by Clan MacNab, later home to early Ardvorlichs (disputed) |
 Edinample Castle, west Lochearn, viewed from Lochearnhead |
 St. Fillans |
 Looking east from "downtown" St. Fillans |
 St. Fillans Village |
 Loch Earn viewed from St. Fillans |
 Drummond Hotel, St. Fillans |
 Dundurn in Upper Strathearn, between Comrie and St. Fillans |
 Dundurn (centre) with Dundurn Chapel enclosure (right) |
 Dundurn Chapel |
 Dundurn Chapel, burial ground of the Stewarts of Ardvorlich |
 Dundurn Chapel |
 Dundurn Chapel |
 Gravestones inside Dundurn Chapel - first ten generations of the Stewarts of Ardvorlich listed on these stones |
 Later generations of the Stewarts of Ardvorlich |
 Dundurn Chapel yard, unknown grave |
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 Moral (best guess as to the former croft's location across the road from Dundurn, near Dunira) |
 Moral (or at least Dunira property) |
 Road between Comrie and Dundurn (or thereabouts) |
 Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville monument at Dunira, viewed from Drummonderinoch |
 Drummonderinoch (with the modern spelling), south of Comrie |
 Drummonderinoch, front "yard" viewed from the road |
 View of Upper Strathearn from Drummonderinoch |
 Comrie Village viewed from Drummonderinoch |
 Laneway up to Drummonderinoch farm |
 Drummonderinoch - old farm house (ca 1800) |
 View behind Drummonderinoch house |
 Drummonderinoch barn, ca. 17th century, (oldest building on the property) |
 Entering Glenartney (where John of Drummonderinoch was murdered) |
 Glenartney forest (in the distance) viewed from the farm of Drummonderinoch |
Click HERE for Glen Bodie's pictures of Glen Artney. |
 Comrie |
 Comrie Village and Kirk |
 Comrie Kirk yard and the River Earn |
 Comrie Kirk Yard |
 Crieff |
 Village of Crieff |
 "Heilin' Coo" near Crieff |
 Tullibardine Chapel |
 Tullibardine Chapel |
 Tullibardine Chapel |
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 Tullibardine Chapel interior |
 Tullibardine Chapel interior |
 Arms of the Murrays of Tullibardine (Chapel interior) |
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 Approaching Lower Strathearn from Auchterarder |
One drowned wee heelander. Photo by Andrew Thibodeau, Clan Officer for Clan Ross.
Ryk Brown (left) from the Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Group and Andrew
Stewart (right), Stewart Society Clan Officer for Ontario, Canada and a
descendant of the Stewarts of Atholl, hosting the Stewart Society booth.
Ryk Brown (left) from the Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Group and his sons
Ewan (left) and Hunter (right) with Stuart Cameron, Hereditary Chief of the
Fergus Highland Games (wearing the traditional chief's feathers). The
boys' t-shirts read "Made in Canada with Scottish parts."
Hunter Brown tossing the kiddy caber.
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