The Ancient Road Into Aberdeen

Links mentioned in video:
The Bow Brig:
http://historyquineaberdeen.blogspot....
The Snow Kirk:
https://www.scalan.co.uk/snowkirk.htm
The Battle Of Aberdeen:
http://www.battlefieldstrust.com/reso...

I found out while making this video that Dr Jane Brown does a walking tour of this route – her tours are excellent I highly recommend them:
http://www.hiddenaberdeentours.co.uk/...

Recommended Reading - this book takes a loosely similar journey through Aberdeen but in much greater detail:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Aberdee...


Other sources:
Image of Bow Brig:
https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/d...

Elma McMenemy – Bloody Scottish History
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=s...

Provost Ross’s House:
http://portal.historicenvironment.sco...

Kings College:
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/about/campus/k...

Ruthriestone Pack Bridge:
https://online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/s...

The Lang Stane:
https://online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/s...

Old Aberdeen Market Cross:
http://portal.historicenvironment.sco...

The Boundary Stone Trail:
https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/sites...

History of Cadenheads:
https://www.cadenhead.scot/about-us/t...

Aberdeen’s Distilleries:
https://scotchwhisky.com/whiskypedia/...
http://www.scotlandfromtheroadside.co...
http://www.silvercityvault.org.uk/ind...

Images of Market:
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/154...
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/154...
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/134...

Information regarding town plans:
https://maps.nls.uk/towns/info.html

Info specifically regarding the Great Reform Map:
https://maps.nls.uk/towns/reform/furt...

Paterson 1746 map:
https://www.crouchrarebooks.com/maps/...

Music
"The Northern Lights Of Old Aberdeen"
Originally composed by Mary & Mel Webb

"Vortex"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

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