Cistercian houses had a set Plan, Dundrennan Abbey (Dumfries & Galloway) Newbattle (Dalkeith) Cooper (Angus) and Alan Sorrell's great reconstruction of Melrose. For some reason Melrose was a backwards Plan.
Aros Castle Isle of Mull (Scotland) a MacDougall family stronghold. Canmore image used as measurement template for reconstruction mock-up. #ArosCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt
Aberlady Bay (Scotland) was know as Lofda's nose a point of land where Vikings made camp. medieval Luffness Castle built on this site took its name from Lofda the (allegedly 7 ft) 'Viking' buried under the West end tower of the Castle along with another smaller Viking Warrior.
Reconstruction mock-up of Tantallon Castle, East Lothian (Scotland). A stronghold of the Red Douglas family. #TantallonCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt
Reconstruction mock-up of Dun Carloway Broch (Dùn Chàrlabhaigh) on the Isle of Lewis (Scotland)
Reconstruction mock-up of Clickimin Broch, Lerwick, (Shetland) #HistoryRebuilt
Elphinstone Tower, Tranent (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. An Elphinstone family build. Sir Alexander Elphinstone was killed at the battle Piperdean in 1435/36 & Tower passed to the Johnstone family thru marriage. #ElphinstoneTower
AI over my original watercolours and using my costume designs from 1992 with paint cutout backgrounds and AI. So it isn't just AI generated. I'm trying to control the machine.
AI over my original watercolours and using my costume designs from 1992 with paint cutout backgrounds and AI. So it isn't just AI generated. I'm trying to control the machine.
Finlaggan near Port Askaig on the Isle of Islay. The administrative centre of the Lords of the Isles. #Finlaggan #LordOfTheIsles
In 1403 both Hotspur Percy & Prince Hal lifted their visors at Shrewsbury. Hotspur got a full force impact to his aventail & died. Hal fortunately got a ricochet arrow so didn't didn't go full force & arrow head eventually removed with Bradmore tool.
When colleagues think I'm listening but in my mind I'm somewhere in France in the 1430s fighting the English invaders with our French cousins! #ManAtArms #Storytelling
Arbroath Abbey, Angus (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. The abbey was founded in 1178 by King William I (1165-1214) for a group of Tironensian monks previously resident at Kelso Abbey. #ArbroathAbbey #ScottishChurches
Reconstruction mock-ups of Jedburgh, Melrose and Dryburgh abbeys. #ScottishAbbeys #HistoryRebuilt
'Spanish' fleet transporting Scots army to France in 1419 to help their French allies fight the invading English. Leading to Scots victory at Bauge in 1421.
Dirleton Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) this morning and this evening. #DirletonCastle #ScottishCastles
Tibbers Castle, Dumfries & Galloway (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up based on floor Plan. A Siward family stronghold slighted by King Robert The Bruce to stop its use as an Auld Enemy base. #TibbersCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt
The name Holyrood, or 'Holy Cross', comes from the legend that King David I of Scots was about to be attacked by a stag while on a hunting party, when a white cross appeared between its antlers. The stag then vanished & David was saved. He then built Holyrood Church on the site.
At the Battle of Neville's Cross near Durham in 1346. Robert The Bruce's Son, King David II of Scots had two arrows in his face & one in his leg & was captured under a bridge after the Battle. He also punched the front teeth out of one of the men trying to capture him.
Dirleton Castle was slighted by King Robert the Bruce around 1311 to stop its use as an enemy base. His Commander the Black Douglas slighted Castle hill in North Berwick in 1314 when the English garrison fled on seeing King Edward II being chased by the Douglas to Dunbar Castle.
Tibbers Castle, Dumfries & Galloway (Scotland) reconstruction suggestion based on Plan. Site slighted by King Robert The Bruce to stop its use as an Auld enemy base. #TibbersCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt
Gilbert De Clare and Henry De Bohun were killed at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. Henry's Uncle, Sir Humphrey survived the battle.
John de St John, commander for King Edward I of England. John at siege of Caerlaverock in 1300. #CaerlaverockCastle
Dirleton Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) this evening. #DirletonCastle #ScottishCastles
Castle Mey, Caithness (Scotland) reconstruction of earlier 'Barrogill' Castle mock-up. A Sinclair family stronghold. #CastleMey #ScottishCoastalCastles
Dirleton Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) reconstruction mock-ups of Towers and two drawbridges present during the 1298 siege by Bishop Bek. #DirletonCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt
Roslin Castle, reconstruction mock-up. A Sinclair family build. #RoslinCastle #ScottishCastles
The battle of Boroughmuir in 1335 thru the streets of Edinburgh the English army fled to the ruins of the Castle. One young knight charged Richard Shaw & didn't swerve. Both knights were killed, impaled by their lances. The knight was stripped of armour and found to be a girl!
Hotspur Percy besieged Hailes in 1400. But was chased away a night by Archie Douglas. He then defeated Archie and the Scots army at Homildon hill in 1402. Archie joined forces with him to fight at Shrewsbury in 1403 but this was where Hotspur was killed.
Carlisle Castle (England) 2022 #staycation image. Mary Queen of Scots was held in this Tower in 1568. It had a portcullis. Don't know if this was to keep her in. Or to stop rescue attempts. (Mary's Tower was knocked down in 1834) #CarlisleCastle
