This is a scan of one of my father’s slide. There was no information with the slide.
This picture was in a slide format found in my father's collection. It was a mystery since it was not labeled. There were no other slides that seemed related to it. I did not know the location nor the year it was taken. It was mixed in with other old slides. I scanned the slide since the beauty of the location captivated me.
About a month ago I was surprised to see a picture on a co-worker's laptop that looked very similar to this one. I asked her about it, and she told me that the wallpaper on her laptop changes periodically. I asked her if she knew the location. She said she thought it was Scotland. This information was enough for me to do a search.
As it turns out, there is a Dunnottar Castle located on Scotland's north eastern coast near Stonehaven. The castle is in ruins like the one in my father's picture. I wondered why my father had taken this picture. As it turns out, my father's name, William Keith, is very prominent in this castle's history. The castle is on land that the clan of Keith owned for centuries. Sir William Keith, the 1st Earl Marischal, began constructing this castle at the end of the 14th century.
Keith is the surname of the family that owned this land. Keith is my father's middle name, not his surname, though Keith is what everyone called my father. My father's surname still has a connection to this castle because of the coat of arms of the Earl Marischal.
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