I've been to a few different continents but the scenery at Glencoe is the only place I've felt a lump in my throat because it's so stunning. It's majestic in real life, you just can't tell from a video how gorgeous it is
Connor contributes something others may envy and that is passion so give him a break for a few errors ,having said that his knowledge of the U.K. would put many of todays Brits to shame.
Oxford University 1200 (teaching started 1096) Cambridge University 1209 St Andrews University 1410 Glasgow University 1451 Aberdeen University 1495 Edinburgh University 1583 Harvard University 1636 Not an exhaustive list.
@@christineschmidt8501 Yes indeed. Connor asked where Harvard might appear among a list of English-speaking universities, so I only included those. But of course there are ancient and famous universities all over Europe (Bologna, Salamanca, Padua, and many more). My own _alma mata_ was promoted to that status in the nineteenth century, but it would be good to hear from people who attended the very old ones.
In terms of the sizes of the lochs: The largest loch in Scotland is Loch Lomond which is 36.4 kilometres (22.6 mi) long and between 1 and 8 kilometres (0.62-4.97 mi) wide, with a surface area of 71 km2 (27.5 sq mi). The deepest loch is Loch Morar which 310 m (1,017 ft) deep. Loch Ness has the largest volume of water with 7.452 billion cubic metres. The longest loch is Loch Awe which is 41 kilometres (25 mi) long.
We don't have lakes in Scotland, we have loch's in Scotland m8. Thats why its called Loch Ness and NOT lake Ness. The "ch" doesn't make a "K" sound it makes more of a "cha" sound.. Its the same think but we don't use the English word.
Watch out for the wild haggis they've been known to attack foreign travellers. They have 3 legs, 1 is shorter than the other 2 so it can stand on hills and pounce on its victims. Rabid beasts oor wee haggis's
Harvard was founded in 1636 so by US standards, its really, really old. St Andrews University was founded in 1413. Oxford in 1096 and Cambridge in 1209
The “Golden Gate Bridge” on the intro is actually The Forth Rail Bridge located near Edinburgh on the east coast- look up its story - it’s very interesting!! Glasgow is my home city and unbiasedly should be No1 lol. Snowdonia is in Wales - Ben Nevis in the highlands is the UK tallest mountain at 1345m (4413feet); Wallace monument has lots of visitor information and displays on the various levels as you climb to the top for one of the best views! The Isle of Skye is my fave place to visit - the thumb is The Old Man of Storr, who was a giant! He has a good story too and will explain your question about how it came to be. Portree is its capital with the coloured houses. You’re welcome to come visit, have a wee dram and drink in the sights our wee nation has to offer xx
It was opened in 1890, is part of the mainline line heading north is used every day, though Made in Scotland with many, many Girders it is not the earliest Irn Bru ad
"Buildings that go back to the early 1700s - beat that". Those are new build compared with us. Many of our still occupied, still working buildings go back much further. Even in my very small village there is a house from the 1500s and a pub in our local town is of the same age, the church there, still used, St Mary's, dates from the 1200s, and that is only in one small insignificant town. There are also Elizabethan buildings which date from the early/mid 1500s and many Saxon churches date back to 6 and 700s. By the early 1700s, we were well into the beginning of our industrial revolution. The stone 'bracings' are an architectural feature known as corbels which begin in the wall itself and each layer of brick or stone extends a little further out. In Medieval castles there were often gaps in the floor of the room above, between the corbels so that attackers could be repelled by arrows or just objects thrown down, even boiling oil could be poured over attackers. Notice the 'U' shaped valleys in Glencoe, which are a noted feature all over Scotland and Northern England. They were formed by the massive bulldozer effect of the moving glaciers during the Several ice ages. There is a road bridge to Skye.
Oh Connor, l love your enthusiasm but you did say Snowdonia, but that's in Wales. Our house , known as the New house was built in 1840. As a rule people would refer to anything pre 1800 ( 19th century) as old. Most castles were built after 1066 in their current form the architecture of Victorian buildings is easy to see over the top. Scotland is a beautiful place the people are friendly and the food is wholesome a visit to a distillery is a must.
Wish they had shown better buildings in Glasgow. They could have shown Glasgow Cathedral or the Art Gallery. The beach at Aberdeen (and a lot of Aberdeen's buildings) should have made the list too.
Interesting you commented on how similar our Coast is to New England. Have often been struck by this in several films, media etc. Anyway, top stuff Min 👍
The scenery, rock formations and lochs were mostly carved out by glaciers during the last ice age. Loch Lomond is better than Loch Ness. Loch Ness is on the Highland fault line where the country splits in too. The highlands are the same mountain range as the Appalachians in America
Firstly, Snowdonia and Mount Snowdon are in Wales, so you’re unlikely to be able to see them from Loch Lomond. It may have been Ben Lomond that you caught a glimpse of. But there are many large hills and mountains in and around that area…I grew up in a small town on the River Clyde and looking across the river you have a few small towns along the shore, some lochs that run off of the Clyde and the hills and mountains that are situated between the Clyde and Loch Lomond. You should maybe check out the view from The Free French Memorial on Lyle Hill for a glimpse of how beautiful some parts of the River Clyde can be…it is seriously ignored by tourists that don’t have a familial connection…even though the US had a Naval Base (it was a large platform, like a smaller version of an off shore oil rig) in the middle of the Holy Loch until about ‘92 or ‘93. Secondly, many of Scotland’s lochs are tidal because loch doesn’t equate to lake. Some lochs are more closely related to fjords. Thirdly, much of Scotland’s landscape was created by the melting ice of the last ice age. Fourthly, Scotland may seem like a small country to you from the perspective of the size of the countries of North America but it is almost a third of the total landmass of the UK. Fifthly, the “ancient settlement” you pointed out on Orkney was in actual fact Skara Brae, which is older than either Stonehenge or the Great Pyramid of Giza. Oh and speaking of Stonehenge, I don’t know if you saw it but there was a report on the BBC last week stating that scientists have discovered that the alter stone at Stonehenge actually came from Scotland and not Wales as was previously believed. There is also a school of thought that believes Stonehenge was based on some of the Standing Stones and Stone Circles found in Scotland…though these are also found all over England too.
I'm originally from the Outer Hebrides. I remember going onto the beach and although I was only 1 person, I made it crowded. Many more tourists go now, but not so much back in the 90s and early 2000s. Even now most beaches are near empty. Perfect!!!!! I don't live there now though.
Can we be a bit more cheerful and positive in here? Scotland is gorgeous and magical. The people are lovely, friendly, welcoming and great fun. I hope one day you get the opportunity to visit. You'll love it! BTW, the Romans never managed to get through. He c'è Hadrian's Wall
except for the remains of the Roman wall that runs through my home town in Central Scotland, ;). to be fair its no where near as famous as Hadrians wall in England
Harvard was founded in 1636. It is the oldest university in the USA. The College of William and Mary in Virginia at Williamsburg, is the second oldest university in the USA and was founded in 1693 by King William III and Queen Mary II of the United Kingdom. Harvard was founded by the Massachusetts Colonial Legislature. So the College of William & Mary is a Royal Foundation, the only one in the USA.
A very common and slightly annoying omission (ONE word) when referring to any of the 790 islands of Scotland- “Mainland”! It’s an oxymoron to say Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands, The Western Isles followed by “off the coast of Scotland- These Islands ARE Scotland just as much as the mainland, from the Southern Uplands in the Borders to the very North of Unst in the Shetland Islands, it is ALL Scotland- so Orkney & Skye can’t be “off the coast of” they are in fact Scotland.
In Edinburgh, 'that (at 17:50) is (indeed) new'. Well, newish (1820s) It's the National Monument and is based on the Parthenon (a nod to Edinburgh's nickname, 'the Athens of the North').
The great lakes here in north america have tides. My parents are scottish but i grew up in Canada but my mom would take me back with here a lot when i was little and then we all went when i was 8 and then the last time i went was in 1998. My dad is from Perth and mom is from a small village 20 mins north east of Perth, ive been to a lot of these places like St Andrews where my dad had cousins and loch lomand and Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Hi Connor, Aberdeen - also known as the Granite City because much of it is built in this hard white-ish stone - is a pleasant city, with a good share of historic sites, museums, galleries, etc., but maybe isn't quite so special to the foreign traveller. I did wonder whether number one might have been Dundee - some 70 miles to the south of Aberdeen, which is very much an up-and-coming tourist destination after many years of neglect; but there we are: Loch Ness... This is quite a good movie, mentioning as it does a number of different places such as St Andrews (whose university was founded in 1411 by the way), but as a Scotsman living in Edinburgh, let me be honest with you: Glencoe, Loch Ness and Skye are so overrun with tourists for much of the year, you might not experience them in quite the same way as these pictures suggest - and while I'd certainly say all three are worthy of all the attention they attract - they do so at the expense of many other, quieter and therefore more authentic places and attractions... Also, our road network - especially in the highlands - is such that there's a very good chance that you will pass through Glencoe and/or Loch Ness on the way to some of these other places anyway! Likewise if you do go to Skye, there's a very good chance you will pass Eilean Donan Castle, which is literally at the side of the main road to the Skye Bridge! For me, that's the real beauty of Scotland - and the whole of Britain in fact: there is loads to see wherever you go, and even if you never reach your intended destination, you'll still be more than satisfied by what you discover along the way! Obviously, it depends what you're into, and how much time you have available; but there are a few other places not on this list - and even more "just off the road" places I'd suggest you might see... In the opening credits, we saw some of Orkney's neolithic attractions... So extensive are these, it is now believed that they may once have formed part of a much larger civilisation that has become lost under the sea in the intervening ages; and that what we now know as Orkney, was therefore a major centre of the Neolithic world... Most are situated on the Mainland of the nearer archipelago of islands off Scotland's northern coast, and I often think it's a shame that they are missed by so many foreign tourists, when relatively speaking they have been so close by! Likewise, the world and it's wife and mother-in-law, all pour out of London to Stonehenge, usually on their ways to Bath - and stand and take photographs from the path which is the obligatory 150m away from the stones themselves - all leaving slightly disappointed that they couldn't touch them; when up on the Isle of Lewis, is a set of much older stone circles, the main one of which at Callanish can be as up close and personal to you, as you wish...! Mind you, it is built of Lewisian Gneiss, which is one of the oldest and hardest stones ever discovered on earth... Talking of which, that big thumb on Skye that you commented upon: it was formed by glaciation after the last ice-age as much of the world we know is - and while I don't think it's Lewisian, it's in that same group of ultra-hard rock that's not for eroding any time soon, no matter what man does to it! It's name is "The Old Man of Storr," by the way. Meanwhile, if you're into Ecclesiastical History, you really should take a day trip from Edinburgh and explore what's left of the Border Abbeys of Melrose, Dryburgh, Jedburgh and Kelso which apart from the latter, are actually quite extensive. You might also want to go see Arbroath Abbey - should you find yourself travelling up the coast road between Dundee and Aberdeen - or possibly even Dunottar Castle; as it was here that the document that first defined Scotland as a nation was penned by the Abbot, and signed by the king whose remains are buried within, I believe. If, on the other hand, you're heading up the central, inland route towards Inverness; be sure to stop off at Dunkeld, whose 18th Century "Little Houses" and 13th Century Cathedral will please your eyes for sure - not to mention the ancient Birnam Oak, on the opposite side of the River Tay; and ifyou have time, be sure to walk "The Hermitage," which is an amazing, short walk through fantasy woodland, flanked by the gurgling River Braan, with it's many large waterfalls...
The oldest still inhabited house in Scotland is probably Traquair House in the Scottish Borders possibly built before 1107. However, the oldest house is probably in the Knap of Howar which was built sometime between 3800 BCE and 3500 BCE on Papa Westray, Orkney.
@@Yesser-Thistle73 One might think Skara Brae is the oldest but it was 'only' built sometime between about 3200 BCE and 3000 BCE, so the Knap of Howar is about 500-600 years older!
Loch Ness is the biggest freshwater loch per volume of water in Scotland. It actually holds more freshwater than all the lakes in England put together. It is over 700 feet deep. The Deepest freshwater loch in Scotland is Loch Morar which is over 1000 feet deep. The freshwater loch with the largest surface area is Loch Lomond which is 620 feet deep. The longest freshwater loch is Loch Awe at 25 miles long. St Andrew’s University was founded in 1413. The massacre of Glencoe was carried out by the red coat troops of the Earl of Argyll, commanded by Campbell of Glenlyon on the orders of the British Government. The troops had been billeted on (and welcomed by) the MacDonalds of Glencoe, living with them for about 3 weeks when the order came to “put all to the sword under 70” because the Chief had not signed the oath of allegiance to the crown William and Mary in time. About 30 people were killed and homes burned. Many took to the mountains and died of exposure in the freezing winter weather.
Aw, bless! He thinks Harvard is old! Scotland has four universities older than Harvard, three dating from the 15th century and one from the 16th. And some of the archaeological sites on Orkney are older than the pyramids of Egypt. And btw "Braveheart" is absolute historical balderdash.
@17:48 That's the National Monument of Scotland, started in 1826 and left unfinished after three years, it was intended as a memorial to the soldiers and sailors lost in the Napoleonic wars.
Known locally as Edinburghs disgrace and gives it a bit of an Athens of the North. If memory serves it was left unfinished as the builders would have lavish celebrations when pillars were completed and eventually ran out of money.
U have buildings so old built in 17th century I think we beat that how about the 12th & 13th century ones we have also we have a door that's 1000 yrs old lol
Dont forget, Connor, that Scotland used to be adjoined with North America (though neither landmass was known, of course, by those names that far back in history).
Part of the Highlands used to be part of the American continent. That is what created the Great Glen Fault. Everything West of the fault was attached to America.
The Truth is that many men, from many clans, were led by the Campbells, under orders from the English King, to slay the McDonalds and some Campbells did try to get the orders rescinded but they didn't get to the men out in Glencoe in time. There's a very good video about this by Scotland History Tours channel here on YT.
I love how knowledgeable you are about Scotland, Connor. Please know that when you visit, you'll be welcomed with open arms. We're a friendly lot and appreciate people who try to integrate and follow our customs. Btw, in answer to one of your questions, Loch Ness is tidal. Don't know about the rest of them, lol.
We have stuff that you guys dont. We have super old stuff, we have some buildings that go back to the early 17 hundreds? You do know that the early 17 hundreds there were no europeans in america, only native americans. You have super old stuff from the early 17 hundreds. Britain has buildings and monuments thousands of years old, long before america or usa ever existed.
You should take a look at the Caledonian Canal, an amazing feat of engineering linking lochs in the Great Glen with canal meaning you can sail right across the middle of Scotland from the north east to south west. There’s a series of staircase locks called Neptune’s Staircase lifting boats to join the higher landscape, it’s a beautiful journey.
You really need to watch a video about Pangea and how the continents were formed and you’ll see how Scotland was joined to the USA around where you live , broke away and bumped into England
The biggest Scottish loch by surface area is Loch Lomond which covers an area of 71km². However, the biggest Scottish loch by volume of water is Loch Ness. It contains 7,452million m² of water which is more than all the lakes in England and Wales put together.
You describe Scotland perfectly, a small country with scenery that larger countries would love to have, as a Scot that feels privileged to live here I've never been abroad for I feel every thing that makes me feel good in life is here. Well done by the way for spotting the Roman pillers and straight away saying they must be new , I think but don't quote me there actually Victorian maybe other viewers will shed more light or even correct me on this matter.Glad you enjoyed watching what Scotland has to offer but that was just scraping the surface.
Its amazing how Scotland looks like New England! or should it be New England looks like Scotland or William Wallace a hero of Scotland is remembered in America as film character in braveheart.
A lock is what canal boats go through or you put a key in, it's not a body of water in Scotland...they're called lochs!!! If you came here ye'd be pullin yer puddin aw day lang tae oor grass 😂
A couple of things to pull you up on, number 1, when upload a video about Scotland, why would the Golden Gate Bridge be featured?, clearly it was the World famous Forth Railway Bridge. number 2, the monuments on top of the hill in Edinburgh you felt looked newly built, Carlton Hill as named goes back to the 1400's. number 3, when commenting on age of things in Scotland v the US, the Oldest structures in Scotland date back to 8240 BCE, the Oldest Structure in America dates back to around 1610, basically Mate, Scotland was around for 1000's of years before America was even discovered. Missing from this is Scotland's Oldest City, Dundee, Celebrated it's 800th Birthday in 1991 but goes right back to Stone Age and Pictish times.
Snowdonia is in Wales, the snow-covered hill was Ben lomond. I've been on the peak on a few occasions. The view is spectacular. Loch lomond shores is 25 minutes away, wonder places to visit
The music is crap! There is so much lovely authentic Scottish music, both folk and classical, why couldn't that have been used? It would have introduced it to many more people.
Hiya Connor... Just a thought... Have you reacted to the video about the Falkirk Wheel yet? (& The Kelpies, too?) I'll leave those suggestions with tou and hope you will take a look if you havent already...👍🤔 🏴🤞♥️😊🖖
There are many places that have been missed and of course you cannot list them all. However one place I can recommend is the tiny Hamlet of Applecross. It overlooks the Isle of Skye and is surrounded by beautiful scenery!
Just for reference ! Anyone having the Edinburgh military tattoo on your bucket list may be interested to know it's now a 60% song and dance routine from American sailors. Then you get 20% of a Bollywood dance and finally you quickly get to see and hear some bagpipes. Nothing short of a glorified west end musical. Except it's treble the price for a ticket.
At every turn, it seems they've ruined everything around me steadily the more I've got older. Me & my friends were jokingly talking the other night & saying would you swap the peace we have now in N.Ireland or go back to days of 'The Troubles' just to have the world we grew up in, for our children. I gotta say, it wasn't as much of slam dunk question as you might think. Of course we came down on peace. The question wasn't so much to do with us fighting each other again. I'd rather us both join together & take took out the so called leaders on both sides. And implement democracy & social morality that we've lost.
I agree. About ten years ago we would see some army personnel with tanks. The Imps, young boys doing motor cycle stunts and lots more military content. It's been ruined now. The Tattoo dancers are on three times, doing different styles of dancing. Dancers and singers from all over the world. Who wants to watch that? The pipes and drums (the main attraction in my opinion) only appear at the beginning and end of the show! The current director of the Tattoo is retiring this year. I hope they can find someone to put the military heart back into the show. 🏴🏴
I live about eight miles from Stirling Castle near to those Hills.My sister works at the National Wallace Monument. I used to work at Stirling Castle and also Bannockburn. Stirling Castle is special, it' s a great place. Orkney is fantastic. Glasgow is massive and SO busy. So is Edinburgh. St Andrews University is about six hundred years old, Harvard is a baby compared to it. Most areas of Scotland have beautiful countryside and/ or coastline. The Fringe is part of Edinburgh International Festival. Nessie may well kill you, she has to eat something 🤣
Video didn't show Scotland at its best. The commentary was very poor, missing out a lot of good details. Point of interest.... we have the oldest post office in the world dating from 1712 , it.s in Dumfries. In Glasgow the oldest house was built in 1471 and is called the Provands Lordship, it is now a museum. Glencoe is home to Ben Nevis the highest mountain in the UK. Can I suggest you look at more videos about Scotland and learn more interesting things, x.
Actually the largest lake in Scotland is Loch Lomond. I've seen many assume its Loch Ness. Its about 600ft deep. Loch Ness is about 750ft deep but the deepest is Loch Morar , which is about a 1000ft deep!
The only lake is called The Lake of Menteith. Menteith was the man who betrayed William Wallace and as a permanent slur on his memory the word Lake is used instead of Loch.
@@brucewilson4350 Sorry, not so! A laigh is a stretch of low-lying land (it's the Gaelic word for "low"); inevitably water gathers, hence the Laigh of Menteith.
Loch Ness is 755 feet deep and it isn't the deepest Loch. Loch Morar takes that title at 1017 feet deep. Loch Ness by itself contains more fresh water than all the lakes in England and Wales combined. If you look at a map of Scotland you will see almost a straight line going across the country through the Great Glen fault line this was due to an ancient continental land shift which joined two separate land masses together which in part explains the difference in geology between the north and the south of the country including the fact that the rock is harder in the north and softer in the south so tougher cliff formations in the north.. there is still apparently still some movement along the fault but it is barely measurable. Glad to know you think my house is ancient it was built in 1875, but I still have my great great great grandparents stove which was cast in 1780 in the living room and it is used regularly. They used to build things that lasted..
There's massive town missing from this video Falkirk located between Edinburgh and Glasgow Falkirk is the home of worlds 1st and only boatlift the Falkirk wheel and the famous kelpies also Falkirk is home of IRN-BRU and 📺 john Logie Baird 1st tested
Live just south of Edinburgh and spent last weekend in Fort William....shit that place has rain!, it was pouring when we arrived and was pouring when we left...but the drive through Glencoe is indescribable other than outstanding.
I didn't forget Jibby. You asked 5 or 6 questions - let's go - 1) the Romans never penetrated beyond Hadrians Wall and Scotland remained a separate country until after the US was discovered.! For that reason, ancient architecture has a different style in Scotland which includes your question 2 - 2) bracings. 3) Loch Lomond (short ride from Glasgow) is the largest lake and has many islands including inhabited !! Ferries take you in all directions. 4) in UK, only estuaries are tidal - inland lakes are fresh-water and fresh-water cannot be tidal (otherwise it's NOT fresh). Fresh versus sea water determines the type of fish you're going to catch. 5) sea cliffs - are determined by the hardness of the rock which varies tremendously as you go round the coastline of UK. 6) sea estuaries in Scotland are tempered by the east flowing Atlantic gulf-stream so they don't have anywhere near your New England freezes. I think some places may have never seen ice, ever.! That's all your questions I think.
So I have to contradict your first answer about the Romans, in fact the Romans did enter Scotland but never conquered us, they built a wall in central Scotland called The Antonine Wall, remnants of which are on the outskirts of the town I live in, there are several places where you see evidence of the Romans
The Romans got a lot further than Hadrians Wall and did indeed get into Scotland, but they never conquered Scotland and I think that causes confusion. They built The Antonine Wall little parts are still here and forts running along one of which was built on the outskirts of my home town
@@rozhunter7645Plus the forts throughout Perthshire and Angus but those were very much for a campaigning army rather than settlement. The deciding battle of Mons Graupius was somewhere in Aberdeenshire in the Grampian Mountains. The border moved between the Antonine and Hadrian's Walls several times until the Romans realised that they should really give up on adding Caledonia to the Empire.
Scotland has architecture (for example the Knap of Howar dated back to 3700 BCE) dating back prior to the 1700s. (Just confirming for any who may not know how far back architecture goes back in Scotland)
"Golden Gate bridge "!!?? IN SCOTLAND !!?? We have LOCHS not LAKES in Scotland ! Why does she sound like she's saying SCAT LAND ? Some UK universities are older than the USA !! Lakes don't have tides ! YEAH. Snowdonia was moved from WALES to Scotland last year !!!!! " Sail boat". Or as normal people say ....BOAT ! " I won't quote it" Then does !!
Loch Ness is 745ft at it's deepest point. Harvard is 225 years younger. I used to live in Kilwinning a town with an abbey built somewhere in 1180 or Knap of Howar built somewhere around 3700 BC
I got a great video up on the Isle of Skye. Aswell as showing lots of beautiful scenery, it gives a spotlight on people who live there and shows the aspects of life in such an area "Robson Green's Coastal Lives - Episode 1 - Isle of Skye - 2017 HD"
11:20. Now I have to go and listen to Tears in the Rain by Vangelis. But, yeah. Scotland is beautiful. I hope to live there some day (soon, hopefully).
As a proud Englishman I absolutely love Scotland. It’s insanely beautiful and the people are the funniest and warmest I’ve ever met.
Martin, Even though you're english 🤣, you are welcome back anytime. Haste Ye Back.
@@gilbertmoyes2918 😆 thanks mate
Well ur wrong about one thing. I'm fkn freezing up here and it's August.
@@martinscholes2023, Nay bother, your round 🤣
@@rossross3689 😎 I guess we do get (slightly) better weather down here. It’s marginal, though.
Trust me Connor, There is no grass in Scotland that needs watering. It gets plenty
“We have buildings going back to the 1700’s” 🤣🤣 Aww bless, some of our buildings are 1000’s of years old.
Very few buildings we have are that old.
@@kirsteneasdale5707 But we do have them. And some that are still lived in too.
Connor was fishing you mupets! 😀
I've been to a few different continents but the scenery at Glencoe is the only place I've felt a lump in my throat because it's so stunning. It's majestic in real life, you just can't tell from a video how gorgeous it is
Connor contributes something others may envy and that is passion so give him a break for a few errors ,having said that his knowledge of the U.K. would put many of todays Brits to shame.
Oxford University 1200 (teaching started 1096)
Cambridge University 1209
St Andrews University 1410
Glasgow University 1451
Aberdeen University 1495
Edinburgh University 1583
Harvard University 1636
Not an exhaustive list.
Maybe in 500 or 700 years the Yanks will be sophisticated and learned...
Heidelberg University 1386, oldest in Germany. Many more over here. I'm sure the rest of Europe would love to come play.
@@christineschmidt8501 Yes indeed. Connor asked where Harvard might appear among a list of English-speaking universities, so I only included those. But of course there are ancient and famous universities all over Europe (Bologna, Salamanca, Padua, and many more). My own _alma mata_ was promoted to that status in the nineteenth century, but it would be good to hear from people who attended the very old ones.
Aberdeen 1495 5th oldest.
Had to laugh when he said harvard.
Snowdonia is in Wales
University of Bologna 1088; University of Padova 1222...
The majestic feeling you get in glencoe will give you goosebumps, i visit regularly and i still get it.
In terms of the sizes of the lochs:
The largest loch in Scotland is Loch Lomond which is 36.4 kilometres (22.6 mi) long and between 1 and 8 kilometres (0.62-4.97 mi) wide, with a surface area of 71 km2 (27.5 sq mi).
The deepest loch is Loch Morar which 310 m (1,017 ft) deep.
Loch Ness has the largest volume of water with 7.452 billion cubic metres.
The longest loch is Loch Awe which is 41 kilometres (25 mi) long.
if Loch Ness holds about 7,5 km3 of water, then the ice sheet on Greenland is about 375.000 times larger by volume.
Loch Ness contains more fresh water than all the lakes in England.
I don't live a million miles from Loch Lomond. Love going there for a day trip ❤
@@kaydisney9872I live 3 miles from the Northern part of Loch Lomond.
@@kirsteneasdale5707 awesome!!!! I'm a bit further! But I really love it up there!!!!!!❤️
We don't have lakes in Scotland, we have loch's in Scotland m8. Thats why its called Loch Ness and NOT lake Ness.
The "ch" doesn't make a "K" sound it makes more of a "cha" sound.. Its the same think but we don't use the English word.
We do have a lake in Scotland - just one and it’s called the Lake of Mentieth and I live near it!
@@timoliver8940 Lake of Menteith aka Loch Inchmahome.
@@timoliver8940 I honestly didn't know that, thanks
Watch out for the wild haggis they've been known to attack foreign travellers. They have 3 legs, 1 is shorter than the other 2 so it can stand on hills and pounce on its victims. Rabid beasts oor wee haggis's
There is also Raith Lake in Kirkcaldy
Harvard was founded in 1636 so by US standards, its really, really old. St Andrews University was founded in 1413. Oxford in 1096 and Cambridge in 1209
The “Golden Gate Bridge” on the intro is actually The Forth Rail Bridge located near Edinburgh on the east coast- look up its story - it’s very interesting!! Glasgow is my home city and unbiasedly should be No1 lol. Snowdonia is in Wales - Ben Nevis in the highlands is the UK tallest mountain at 1345m (4413feet); Wallace monument has lots of visitor information and displays on the various levels as you climb to the top for one of the best views! The Isle of Skye is my fave place to visit - the thumb is The Old Man of Storr, who was a giant! He has a good story too and will explain your question about how it came to be. Portree is its capital with the coloured houses. You’re welcome to come visit, have a wee dram and drink in the sights our wee nation has to offer xx
It was opened in 1890, is part of the mainline line heading north is used every day, though Made in Scotland with many, many Girders it is not the earliest Irn Bru ad
My dad used to work at the top of this bridge, checking and replacing rivets in the 1960's long before the days of health and safety.😊
"The grass could use a little watering" - It's Scotland mate. We don't water the grass 😂
"Buildings that go back to the early 1700s - beat that". Those are new build compared with us. Many of our still occupied, still working buildings go back much further. Even in my very small village there is a house from the 1500s and a pub in our local town is of the same age, the church there, still used, St Mary's, dates from the 1200s, and that is only in one small insignificant town. There are also Elizabethan buildings which date from the early/mid 1500s and many Saxon churches date back to 6 and 700s. By the early 1700s, we were well into the beginning of our industrial revolution.
The stone 'bracings' are an architectural feature known as corbels which begin in the wall itself and each layer of brick or stone extends a little further out. In Medieval castles there were often gaps in the floor of the room above, between the corbels so that attackers could be repelled by arrows or just objects thrown down, even boiling oil could be poured over attackers.
Notice the 'U' shaped valleys in Glencoe, which are a noted feature all over Scotland and Northern England. They were formed by the massive bulldozer effect of the moving glaciers during the Several ice ages.
There is a road bridge to Skye.
The deepest "loch" (there is only one lake in Scotland) loch Morar is the deepest loch, just over 1000 feet deep.
7:00 Eilean Donan castle. It can't freeza. It's sea water, there are tides. I was there one week ago
Gods thumb, I love it!…it’s the old man of Storr 😀
Oh Connor, l love your enthusiasm but you did say Snowdonia, but that's in Wales. Our house , known as the New house was built in 1840. As a rule people would refer to anything pre 1800 ( 19th century) as old. Most castles were built after 1066 in their current form the architecture of Victorian buildings is easy to see over the top. Scotland is a beautiful place the people are friendly and the food is wholesome a visit to a distillery is a must.
Wish they had shown better buildings in Glasgow. They could have shown Glasgow Cathedral or the Art Gallery. The beach at Aberdeen (and a lot of Aberdeen's buildings) should have made the list too.
Interesting you commented on how similar our Coast is to New England. Have often been struck by this in several films, media etc. Anyway, top stuff Min 👍
The scenery, rock formations and lochs were mostly carved out by glaciers during the last ice age. Loch Lomond is better than Loch Ness. Loch Ness is on the Highland fault line where the country splits in too. The highlands are the same mountain range as the Appalachians in America
Firstly, Snowdonia and Mount Snowdon are in Wales, so you’re unlikely to be able to see them from Loch Lomond. It may have been Ben Lomond that you caught a glimpse of. But there are many large hills and mountains in and around that area…I grew up in a small town on the River Clyde and looking across the river you have a few small towns along the shore, some lochs that run off of the Clyde and the hills and mountains that are situated between the Clyde and Loch Lomond. You should maybe check out the view from The Free French Memorial on Lyle Hill for a glimpse of how beautiful some parts of the River Clyde can be…it is seriously ignored by tourists that don’t have a familial connection…even though the US had a Naval Base (it was a large platform, like a smaller version of an off shore oil rig) in the middle of the Holy Loch until about ‘92 or ‘93.
Secondly, many of Scotland’s lochs are tidal because loch doesn’t equate to lake. Some lochs are more closely related to fjords.
Thirdly, much of Scotland’s landscape was created by the melting ice of the last ice age.
Fourthly, Scotland may seem like a small country to you from the perspective of the size of the countries of North America but it is almost a third of the total landmass of the UK.
Fifthly, the “ancient settlement” you pointed out on Orkney was in actual fact Skara Brae, which is older than either Stonehenge or the Great Pyramid of Giza. Oh and speaking of Stonehenge, I don’t know if you saw it but there was a report on the BBC last week stating that scientists have discovered that the alter stone at Stonehenge actually came from Scotland and not Wales as was previously believed. There is also a school of thought that believes Stonehenge was based on some of the Standing Stones and Stone Circles found in Scotland…though these are also found all over England too.
I’m confused when you said you have super old buildings dating to 1700s. beat that. Have I picked you up wrong as you’re a smart guy
The Outer Hebrides white sand beaches are worth a good look.
I'm originally from the Outer Hebrides. I remember going onto the beach and although I was only 1 person, I made it crowded. Many more tourists go now, but not so much back in the 90s and early 2000s. Even now most beaches are near empty. Perfect!!!!! I don't live there now though.
I was there a few months ago and at low tide the beaches can go on for miles
Can we be a bit more cheerful and positive in here?
Scotland is gorgeous and magical. The people are lovely, friendly, welcoming and great fun.
I hope one day you get the opportunity to visit. You'll love it! BTW, the Romans never managed to get through. He c'è Hadrian's Wall
Total nonsense about the Romans.
except for the remains of the Roman wall that runs through my home town in Central Scotland, ;). to be fair its no where near as famous as Hadrians wall in England
The Antonine wall in Falkirk?
@@DayVid2.0 yes, there are other places you can still find bits of it as well
When they showed Orkney, he said ‘Shetland’. When they showed a mountain in the Trossachs, he said ‘Snowdon’. Maybe a geography lesson required…
Harvard was founded in 1636. It is the oldest university in the USA. The College of William and Mary in Virginia at Williamsburg, is the second oldest university in the USA and was founded in 1693 by King William III and Queen Mary II of the United Kingdom. Harvard was founded by the Massachusetts Colonial Legislature. So the College of William & Mary is a Royal Foundation, the only one in the USA.
Theres a pub at glencoe that has a sign saying "no Campbell's allowed"
That’s the Clachaig
A very common and slightly annoying omission (ONE word) when referring to any of the 790 islands of Scotland- “Mainland”! It’s an oxymoron to say Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands, The Western Isles followed by “off the coast of Scotland- These Islands ARE Scotland just as much as the mainland, from the Southern Uplands in the Borders to the very North of Unst in the Shetland Islands, it is ALL Scotland- so Orkney & Skye can’t be “off the coast of” they are in fact Scotland.
In Edinburgh, 'that (at 17:50) is (indeed) new'. Well, newish (1820s) It's the National Monument and is based on the Parthenon (a nod to Edinburgh's nickname, 'the Athens of the North').
The great lakes here in north america have tides.
My parents are scottish but i grew up in Canada but my mom would take me back with here a lot when i was little and then we all went when i was 8 and then the last time i went was in 1998. My dad is from Perth and mom is from a small village 20 mins north east of Perth, ive been to a lot of these places like St Andrews where my dad had cousins and loch lomand and Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The Great Lakes are only slightly affected by the moon and are non-tidal. It is only the oceans which are tidal as they are all interconnected.
Hi Connor, Aberdeen - also known as the Granite City because much of it is built in this hard white-ish stone - is a pleasant city, with a good share of historic sites, museums, galleries, etc., but maybe isn't quite so special to the foreign traveller. I did wonder whether number one might have been Dundee - some 70 miles to the south of Aberdeen, which is very much an up-and-coming tourist destination after many years of neglect; but there we are: Loch Ness... This is quite a good movie, mentioning as it does a number of different places such as St Andrews (whose university was founded in 1411 by the way), but as a Scotsman living in Edinburgh, let me be honest with you: Glencoe, Loch Ness and Skye are so overrun with tourists for much of the year, you might not experience them in quite the same way as these pictures suggest - and while I'd certainly say all three are worthy of all the attention they attract - they do so at the expense of many other, quieter and therefore more authentic places and attractions...
Also, our road network - especially in the highlands - is such that there's a very good chance that you will pass through Glencoe and/or Loch Ness on the way to some of these other places anyway! Likewise if you do go to Skye, there's a very good chance you will pass Eilean Donan Castle, which is literally at the side of the main road to the Skye Bridge! For me, that's the real beauty of Scotland - and the whole of Britain in fact: there is loads to see wherever you go, and even if you never reach your intended destination, you'll still be more than satisfied by what you discover along the way! Obviously, it depends what you're into, and how much time you have available; but there are a few other places not on this list - and even more "just off the road" places I'd suggest you might see... In the opening credits, we saw some of Orkney's neolithic attractions... So extensive are these, it is now believed that they may once have formed part of a much larger civilisation that has become lost under the sea in the intervening ages; and that what we now know as Orkney, was therefore a major centre of the Neolithic world... Most are situated on the Mainland of the nearer archipelago of islands off Scotland's northern coast, and I often think it's a shame that they are missed by so many foreign tourists, when relatively speaking they have been so close by! Likewise, the world and it's wife and mother-in-law, all pour out of London to Stonehenge, usually on their ways to Bath - and stand and take photographs from the path which is the obligatory 150m away from the stones themselves - all leaving slightly disappointed that they couldn't touch them; when up on the Isle of Lewis, is a set of much older stone circles, the main one of which at Callanish can be as up close and personal to you, as you wish...! Mind you, it is built of Lewisian Gneiss, which is one of the oldest and hardest stones ever discovered on earth... Talking of which, that big thumb on Skye that you commented upon: it was formed by glaciation after the last ice-age as much of the world we know is - and while I don't think it's Lewisian, it's in that same group of ultra-hard rock that's not for eroding any time soon, no matter what man does to it! It's name is "The Old Man of Storr," by the way. Meanwhile, if you're into Ecclesiastical History, you really should take a day trip from Edinburgh and explore what's left of the Border Abbeys of Melrose, Dryburgh, Jedburgh and Kelso which apart from the latter, are actually quite extensive. You might also want to go see Arbroath Abbey - should you find yourself travelling up the coast road between Dundee and Aberdeen - or possibly even Dunottar Castle; as it was here that the document that first defined Scotland as a nation was penned by the Abbot, and signed by the king whose remains are buried within, I believe. If, on the other hand, you're heading up the central, inland route towards Inverness; be sure to stop off at Dunkeld, whose 18th Century "Little Houses" and 13th Century Cathedral will please your eyes for sure - not to mention the ancient Birnam Oak, on the opposite side of the River Tay; and ifyou have time, be sure to walk "The Hermitage," which is an amazing, short walk through fantasy woodland, flanked by the gurgling River Braan, with it's many large waterfalls...
Loved the video, i don't know the oldest house in Scotland, but the oldest house in Glasgow, is Provands Lordship, which dates to 1471.
The oldest still inhabited house in Scotland is probably Traquair House in the Scottish Borders possibly built before 1107. However, the oldest house is probably in the Knap of Howar which was built sometime between 3800 BCE and 3500 BCE on Papa Westray, Orkney.
@@h-Qalziel thanks for that, will need to look them up.
@@h-Qalziel Skara Brae.
@@Yesser-Thistle73 One might think Skara Brae is the oldest but it was 'only' built sometime between about 3200 BCE and 3000 BCE, so the Knap of Howar is about 500-600 years older!
More water in Loch Ness than all the waters in England And Wales combined.. We have deep waters here
Loch Ness is the biggest freshwater loch per volume of water in Scotland. It actually holds more freshwater than all the lakes in England put together. It is over 700 feet deep.
The Deepest freshwater loch in Scotland is Loch Morar which is over 1000 feet deep.
The freshwater loch with the largest surface area is Loch Lomond which is 620 feet deep.
The longest freshwater loch is Loch Awe at 25 miles long.
St Andrew’s University was founded in 1413.
The massacre of Glencoe was carried out by the red coat troops of the Earl of Argyll, commanded by Campbell of Glenlyon on the orders of the British Government. The troops had been billeted on (and welcomed by) the MacDonalds of Glencoe, living with them for about 3 weeks when the order came to “put all to the sword under 70” because the Chief had not signed the oath of allegiance to the crown William and Mary in time.
About 30 people were killed and homes burned. Many took to the mountains and died of exposure in the freezing winter weather.
Nearly everything in the USA is to Europeans so last week and not old.
Most of Scotland's landscape was formed by glaciation and tectonics. My beautiful home :)
Aw, bless! He thinks Harvard is old! Scotland has four universities older than Harvard, three dating from the 15th century and one from the 16th. And some of the archaeological sites on Orkney are older than the pyramids of Egypt. And btw "Braveheart" is absolute historical balderdash.
@17:48 That's the National Monument of Scotland, started in 1826 and left unfinished after three years, it was intended as a memorial to the soldiers and sailors lost in the Napoleonic wars.
Known locally as Edinburghs disgrace and gives it a bit of an Athens of the North. If memory serves it was left unfinished as the builders would have lavish celebrations when pillars were completed and eventually ran out of money.
There is a great deal of volcanic origin in these mountains. Glen Coe is a perfect example.
*Glaciers
Where do they get these anodyne presenters for these films?
Irritating , inaccurate and patronising .
Watched one yesterday Margaret who was at the 'Glen Feen aan Vee a duckt.' 😵💫
U have buildings so old built in 17th century I think we beat that how about the 12th & 13th century ones we have also we have a door that's 1000 yrs old lol
Loch Morar is the deepest Loch at 1,017 Feet
Dont forget, Connor, that Scotland used to be adjoined with North America (though neither landmass was known, of course, by those names that far back in history).
Part of the Highlands used to be part of the American continent. That is what created the Great Glen Fault. Everything West of the fault was attached to America.
Dude the year you quoted for old is like yesterday for us , our history goes WAAAAAAY back farther
The Campbells betrayed the McDonald's, after they were housed and fed by them too
The Truth is that many men, from many clans, were led by the Campbells, under orders from the English King, to slay the McDonalds and some Campbells did try to get the orders rescinded but they didn't get to the men out in Glencoe in time. There's a very good video about this by Scotland History Tours channel here on YT.
You don't need a ferry anymore to get to Skye. There has been a bridge since 1995.
About that I'm sure there was someone from Skye taking a hammer to it chanting get back you English bastard's 😂
Connor, Urquhart Castle has been there since at least 580AD, according to Historic Scotland. So your 1700's buildings are no competition, at all.
Stunning!
I love how knowledgeable you are about Scotland, Connor. Please know that when you visit, you'll be welcomed with open arms. We're a friendly lot and appreciate people who try to integrate and follow our customs. Btw, in answer to one of your questions, Loch Ness is tidal. Don't know about the rest of them, lol.
We have stuff that you guys dont. We have super old stuff, we have some buildings that go back to the early 17 hundreds? You do know that the early 17 hundreds there were no europeans in america, only native americans. You have super old stuff from the early 17 hundreds. Britain has buildings and monuments thousands of years old, long before america or usa ever existed.
There have been colonies in America since the early 1600s. The first Europeans in America were the Vikings. Harvard University was founded in 1636
@@kirsteneasdale5707 still not thousands of years old. There is no proof vikings ever arrived in north america
@@JohnSmith-do3ekL'Anse aux Meadows have a look.
I live on the North coast of Scotland!🏴🦄🏴🦄
You should take a look at the Caledonian Canal, an amazing feat of engineering linking lochs in the Great Glen with canal meaning you can sail right across the middle of Scotland from the north east to south west. There’s a series of staircase locks called Neptune’s Staircase lifting boats to join the higher landscape, it’s a beautiful journey.
You really need to watch a video about Pangea and how the continents were formed and you’ll see how Scotland was joined to the USA around where you live , broke away and bumped into England
The biggest Scottish loch by surface area is Loch Lomond which covers an area of 71km². However, the biggest Scottish loch by volume of water is Loch Ness. It contains 7,452million m² of water which is more than all the lakes in England and Wales put together.
By prehistoric she means before records began.
You describe Scotland perfectly, a small country with scenery that larger countries would love to have, as a Scot that feels privileged to live here I've never been abroad for I feel every thing that makes me feel good in life is here. Well done by the way for spotting the Roman pillers and straight away saying they must be new , I think but don't quote me there actually Victorian maybe other viewers will shed more light or even correct me on this matter.Glad you enjoyed watching what Scotland has to offer but that was just scraping the surface.
I visited the Orkneys as a kid, drove from the South of England, to spend 4 days indoors because it was torrential rain the entire time 😂
The Isle of skye is truly wonderful. I fly London to edinburgh and go with highland experiemnce tours to skye by tourbus. Definitely worth it!
Loch lomond is the biggest by surface area, loch ness is the biggest by volume, loch morar is the deepest
“What about Harvard?” made me laugh - the US did not exist as a single nation when many U.K. Universities were already established.
Harvard University was founded in 1636.
@@kirsteneasdale5707 So quite old in US terms, not so much when compared to the UK.
Tuning in from Airdrie which is just outside Glasgow in the west of Scotland . Scottish born and bred. Take care 😘🏴
Its amazing how Scotland looks like New England! or should it be New England looks like Scotland or William Wallace a hero of Scotland is remembered in America as film character in braveheart.
Its Lochs bro not lakes
A lock is what canal boats go through or you put a key in, it's not a body of water in Scotland...they're called lochs!!!
If you came here ye'd be pullin yer puddin aw day lang tae oor grass 😂
A couple of things to pull you up on, number 1, when upload a video about Scotland, why would the Golden Gate Bridge be featured?, clearly it was the World famous Forth Railway Bridge. number 2, the monuments on top of the hill in Edinburgh you felt looked newly built, Carlton Hill as named goes back to the 1400's. number 3, when commenting on age of things in Scotland v the US, the Oldest structures in Scotland date back to 8240 BCE, the Oldest Structure in America dates back to around 1610, basically Mate, Scotland was around for 1000's of years before America was even discovered.
Missing from this is Scotland's Oldest City, Dundee, Celebrated it's 800th Birthday in 1991 but goes right back to Stone Age and Pictish times.
21:52 boat name is Eala Bhan (White Swan in English) sink about 2014 on Loch Lochy
Snowdonia is in Wales!!!! The Scottish Highlands are a big bigger.
You really need travel and see the Fife coast! You have Burntisland, Aberdour and Kinghorn. Amazing photo opportunities ❤️
Snowdonia is in Wales, the snow-covered hill was Ben lomond. I've been on the peak on a few occasions. The view is spectacular. Loch lomond shores is 25 minutes away, wonder places to visit
Yes I'm in Scotland on the west coast near Oban.
The music is crap! There is so much lovely authentic Scottish music, both folk and classical, why couldn't that have been used? It would have introduced it to many more people.
Hiya Connor... Just a thought... Have you reacted to the video about the Falkirk Wheel yet? (& The Kelpies, too?) I'll leave those suggestions with tou and hope you will take a look if you havent already...👍🤔 🏴🤞♥️😊🖖
Glasgow. Third largest city in the UK. Great town.
There are many places that have been missed and of course you cannot list them all. However one place I can recommend is the tiny Hamlet of Applecross. It overlooks the Isle of Skye and is surrounded by beautiful scenery!
Just for reference ! Anyone having the Edinburgh military tattoo on your bucket list may be interested to know it's now a 60% song and dance routine from American sailors. Then you get 20% of a Bollywood dance and finally you quickly get to see and hear some bagpipes. Nothing short of a glorified west end musical. Except it's treble the price for a ticket.
At every turn, it seems they've ruined everything around me steadily the more I've got older. Me & my friends were jokingly talking the other night & saying would you swap the peace we have now in N.Ireland or go back to days of 'The Troubles' just to have the world we grew up in, for our children. I gotta say, it wasn't as much of slam dunk question as you might think. Of course we came down on peace. The question wasn't so much to do with us fighting each other again. I'd rather us both join together & take took out the so called leaders on both sides. And implement democracy & social morality that we've lost.
I agree. About ten years ago we would see some army personnel with tanks. The Imps, young boys doing motor cycle stunts and lots more military content. It's been ruined now. The Tattoo dancers are on three times, doing different styles of dancing. Dancers and singers from all over the world. Who wants to watch that? The pipes and drums (the main attraction in my opinion) only appear at the beginning and end of the show! The current director of the Tattoo is retiring this year. I hope they can find someone to put the military heart back into the show. 🏴🏴
I live about eight miles from Stirling Castle near to those Hills.My sister works at the National Wallace Monument. I used to work at Stirling Castle and also Bannockburn. Stirling Castle is special, it' s a great place. Orkney is fantastic. Glasgow is massive and SO busy. So is Edinburgh. St Andrews University is about six hundred years old, Harvard is a baby compared to it. Most areas of Scotland have beautiful countryside and/ or coastline. The Fringe is part of Edinburgh International Festival. Nessie may well kill you, she has to eat something 🤣
Video didn't show Scotland at its best. The commentary was very poor, missing out a lot of good details. Point of interest.... we have the oldest post office in the world dating from 1712 , it.s in Dumfries. In Glasgow the oldest house was built in 1471 and is called the Provands Lordship, it is now a museum.
Glencoe is home to Ben Nevis the highest mountain in the UK. Can I suggest you look at more videos about Scotland and learn more interesting things, x.
The retreating ice in the last ice age created the landscape
😅When you pause you miss a lot. Everything doesn't have to be analysed just enjoyh
Actually the largest lake in Scotland is Loch Lomond. I've seen many assume its Loch Ness. Its about 600ft deep. Loch Ness is about 750ft deep but the deepest is Loch Morar , which is about a 1000ft deep!
Actually there is only one LAKE in Scotland the word she was thinking of is LOCH .
The only lake is called The Lake of Menteith. Menteith was the man who betrayed William Wallace and as a permanent slur on his memory the word Lake is used instead of Loch.
@@brucewilson4350 Sorry, not so! A laigh is a stretch of low-lying land (it's the Gaelic word for "low"); inevitably water gathers, hence the Laigh of Menteith.
Stirling is a wonderful city and very historical
Loch Ness is 755 feet deep and it isn't the deepest Loch. Loch Morar takes that title at 1017 feet deep.
Loch Ness by itself contains more fresh water than all the lakes in England and Wales combined.
If you look at a map of Scotland you will see almost a straight line going across the country through the Great Glen fault line this was due to an ancient continental land shift which joined two separate land masses together which in part explains the difference in geology between the north and the south of the country including the fact that the rock is harder in the north and softer in the south so tougher cliff formations in the north.. there is still apparently still some movement along the fault but it is barely measurable.
Glad to know you think my house is ancient it was built in 1875, but I still have my great great great grandparents stove which was cast in 1780 in the living room and it is used regularly. They used to build things that lasted..
There's massive town missing from this video Falkirk located between Edinburgh and Glasgow Falkirk is the home of worlds 1st and only boatlift the Falkirk wheel and the famous kelpies also Falkirk is home of IRN-BRU and 📺 john Logie Baird 1st tested
And the deepest loch in Scotland is Loch Morar which is about 1000ft! The largest loch is Loch Lomond.
Even though the paintings you saw may not reflect it, the troubles are very much an issue in Scotland - especially Glasgow.
Live just south of Edinburgh and spent last weekend in Fort William....shit that place has rain!, it was pouring when we arrived and was pouring when we left...but the drive through Glencoe is indescribable other than outstanding.
Techyonic plates shift causes severe cliffs typically , erosion typically cause lesser sloped regions
Glencoe- Birthplace of Britains' most famous orphan - James Bond. M "Orphans always make the best recruits"
I didn't forget Jibby.
You asked 5 or 6 questions - let's go -
1) the Romans never penetrated beyond Hadrians Wall and Scotland remained a separate country until after the US was discovered.!
For that reason, ancient architecture has a different style in Scotland which includes your question 2 -
2) bracings.
3) Loch Lomond (short ride from Glasgow) is the largest lake and has many islands including inhabited !! Ferries take you in all directions.
4) in UK, only estuaries are tidal - inland lakes are fresh-water and fresh-water cannot be tidal (otherwise it's NOT fresh).
Fresh versus sea water determines the type of fish you're going to catch.
5) sea cliffs - are determined by the hardness of the rock which varies tremendously as you go round the coastline of UK.
6) sea estuaries in Scotland are tempered by the east flowing Atlantic gulf-stream so they don't have anywhere near your New England freezes.
I think some places may have never seen ice, ever.!
That's all your questions I think.
So I have to contradict your first answer about the Romans, in fact the Romans did enter Scotland but never conquered us, they built a wall in central Scotland called The Antonine Wall, remnants of which are on the outskirts of the town I live in, there are several places where you see evidence of the Romans
The Romans got a lot further than Hadrians Wall and did indeed get into Scotland, but they never conquered Scotland and I think that causes confusion. They built The Antonine Wall little parts are still here and forts running along one of which was built on the outskirts of my home town
@@rozhunter7645Plus the forts throughout Perthshire and Angus but those were very much for a campaigning army rather than settlement. The deciding battle of Mons Graupius was somewhere in Aberdeenshire in the Grampian Mountains. The border moved between the Antonine and Hadrian's Walls several times until the Romans realised that they should really give up on adding Caledonia to the Empire.
@@jacquieclapperton9758 yep know all that lol History is my thing and ours is fascinating
Wrong! The romans built the Antonine wall in central Scotland, just didn’t conquer.
St Andrews University was founded in 1413. Compared to that, Harvard was founded yesterday.
Scotland has architecture (for example the Knap of Howar dated back to 3700 BCE) dating back prior to the 1700s. (Just confirming for any who may not know how far back architecture goes back in Scotland)
3:38 - that's Stromness, not Kirkwall.
Oxford university dated from the 10th century. Think the usa university's are brand new in comparison 😅
"Golden Gate bridge "!!?? IN SCOTLAND !!??
We have LOCHS not LAKES in Scotland !
Why does she sound like she's saying SCAT LAND ?
Some UK universities are older than the USA !!
Lakes don't have tides !
YEAH. Snowdonia was moved from WALES to Scotland last year !!!!!
" Sail boat". Or as normal people say ....BOAT !
" I won't quote it" Then does !!
Going to St Andrews (the auld grey Toun) ramorra as it goes. Better pack a warm coat as at ayeways freezing there 😁
That's my birthplace!
You need more content on the wild haggis 🏴
Loch Ness is 745ft at it's deepest point. Harvard is 225 years younger.
I used to live in Kilwinning a town with an abbey built somewhere in 1180 or Knap of Howar built somewhere around 3700 BC
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I got a great video up on the Isle of Skye. Aswell as showing lots of beautiful scenery, it gives a spotlight on people who live there and shows the aspects of life in such an area
"Robson Green's Coastal Lives - Episode 1 - Isle of Skye - 2017 HD"
Loch Ness is 230 metres/ 755 feet deep.....deeper than the North Sea, and about 2 miles from my house! 😆
11:20. Now I have to go and listen to Tears in the Rain by Vangelis. But, yeah. Scotland is beautiful. I hope to live there some day (soon, hopefully).