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Dirleton Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) Man at Arms with plate harness for guided tour for my Great nephews. (Only wear plate on special occasions.) If I was to go back in time Plate is better for fighting rather than marching round a Castle) #ManAtArms #DirletonCastle

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Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire (South Wales) reconstruction mock-up over 'Prys Williams' image. Castle associated with William ap Thomas (known later as 'the Blue Knight of Gwent') who fought for King Henry V of England at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. #RaglanCastle

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Chateau de Coucy (France). Site was copied in part at Bothwell, Kildrummy and Dirleton Castles in Scotland. My old watercolour reconstructions. #HistoryRebuilt #Watercolourpainting

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Aros Castle, Isle of Mull (Scotland) my old watercolour reconstruction mock-up based on floor Plan. A MacDougall family stronghold. #ArosCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles #HistoryRebuilt #watercolourpainting

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Lochindorb Castle (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. A Comyn family build seized by King Edward I of England in 1303. Castle was used as a base in 1390 by Alexander Stewart the Wolf of Badenoch (Son of King Robert II of Scots) to raid Elgin.#LochindorbCastle #ScottishCastles

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Digital reconstruction depicting Ardrossan Castle after it was rebuilt by Clan Montgomery in the 15th century. It became their chief seat until Lord Montgomery made nearby Eglinton Castle their principal residence. Commission © Bob Marshall / Charles Ross 2015. #Ayrshire

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Cockburnspath Tower (Scotland) 'Dave Cleghorn' image & reconstruction. A classic 'Bastle' fought over by the Dunbar & Douglas families. In 1400 Hotspur's men tried to take refuge here after flight from siege of Hailes. But continued to withdraw after another skirmish with Scots.

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My old watercolour of Nisbet horsemen joining Red Douglas forces from Tantallon Castle in raiding lands around Dalkeith Castle (now Dalkeith Palace) to annoy Archibald The Grim Douglas in 1398. #NisbetCastle #watercolourpainting

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Greenknowe Tower, Gordon (Scotland) 'CJameron Morrison' image & reconstruction mock-up of L-Plan Keep with lean-to Hall/Kitchen block built by James Seton in 1581. #GreenknoweTower #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Roxburgh Castle (Scotland) overlap of cutout of part of my old watercolour painting reconstruction. King James II of Scots was killed during the 1460 siege when his own bombards exploded. #RoxburghCastle #HistoryRebuilt #Watercolourpainting

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Stirling Castle (Scotland) 'TheKiltedPhotographer' image & reconstruction mock-up of earlier stronger four towered entrance with hoarding. #StirlingCastle #ScottishCastles

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Balvaird Castle near Abernethy (Scotland) 'Cameron Morrison' image & reconstruction of lean-to Hall/Kitchen block houses and Barmkin wall. A Murray family stronghold. #BalvairdCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt #MedievalSky

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Caerlaverock Castle, Murdoch's tower reconstruction mock-up over 'SolwayTours' image. Murdoch, Duke of Albany was held here in 1425 by King James I away from his lands in Stirlingshire incase his vassals tried to rescue him. Murdoch was later beheaded at Stirling. #ScottishCastles

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Rosslyn Chapel (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up over 'Private House' image, had site been completed to orginal cruciform Plan. A Sinclair family build. #RosslynChapel #ScottishChurches

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Dalhousie Castle (Scotland) 'Cameron Morrison' image & reconstruction mock-up. A Ramsay family stronghold besieged by King Henry IV of England in 1400. Because Ramsay raided his siege camp at Edinburgh Castle. #DalhousieCastle

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Kildrummy Castle (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up over 'Historic Scotland' image. #KildrummyCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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L-Plan Keep of Neidpath Castle, Peebles (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up of Barmkin wall. Original Tower started by the Fraser family & held by the Hays. Mary Queen of Scots visited in 1563. #NeidpathCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Littledean Tower. Roxburghshire (Scotland) 'Cameron Morrison' image & reconstruction. A Kerr family stronghold. #LittledeanTower #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Burleigh Castle. Perth & Kinross (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up over @undisscot.bsky.social image. Built by Balfour family. Much like the tower at Edzell Castle. #BurleighCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Aberdour Castle, Fife (Scotland) my old watercolour reconstruction with missing Keep. With added 'Paint' effects in 2018. I messed about with many of my watercolours from 1980s/90s in this way before I found I could rebuilt sites with cut/paste rubble sections & drawing in 'Paint' on real images.

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Rock of Dunamase Castle, County Laois (Ireland) 'Tracy Hogan' image & reconstruction mock-up. A Norman build over an earlier site. Castle slighted in 1650. #DunamaseCastle #IrishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Roslin Castle's Oblong Plan Keep (Scotland) 'Steve Brown' image & reconstruction with lean-to wall and defensive hoarding viewed from within courtyard. A Sinclair family stronghold. #RoslinCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Dunlough Castle, County Cork, Ireland. Built in 1207 by the O'Mahony Clan reconstruction mock-up. #DunloughCastle #IrishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Castle Dunbroch, Princess Merida's castle in the Disney/Pixar (2012) film 'Brave' appears to have drawn design elements from Bothwell Castle, near Glasgow (Scotland) @disneyanimation.tumblr.com.web.brid.gy #ScottishCastles

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My old painting of John Halyburton on way to the Battle of Nesbit Moor in 1402. His heraldry colours are a black bend of Halyburton & the Red/Yellow the bands of his Wife who was a Cameron. (Tabard made for me by a fellow Custodian some 22 years ago. Still use it.) #ManAtArms #DirletonCastle

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Man at Arms school group talk from 2010. Made a working catapult with old fence posts for launching severed plastic heads. But twisted ropes rotted away over the years (attacked by Squirrels) & eventually had to scrap it. Ment to build a new one. But never got round to it. #ManAtArms #DirletonCastle

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Robert The Bruce splitting Henry De Bohun's helm in two at Bannockburn in 1314. Demonstration in 2017 and 2023. #ManAtArms #storytelling #DirletonCastle

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Auchindoun Castle, Banffshire (Scotland) reconstruction suggestion. An L-Plan Keep with Barmkin wall. A Gordon family stronghold seized by Mary Queen of Scots forces. #AuchindounCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Castle Sinclair Girnigoe, North of Wick, Caithness (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. A Sinclair family stronghold. #CastleSinclairGirnigoe #ScottishCoastalCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Kellie Castle near Pittenweem in Fife (Scotland) @undisscot.bsky.social image & reconstruction of earlier 1360s Oliphant family towerhouse. #KellieCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Thirlwall Castle, Northumberland (England) reconstruction mock-up over @kpw1453.bsky.social image. Held by Percy Thirlwall, King Richard III's bannerman at Bosworth in 1485. Who it is said still held the banner aloft even after his legs were cut off! #ThirlwallCastle #EnglishCastles #CastleSky

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Z-Plan Keep of Glenbuchat Castle, Aberdeenshire (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. A Gordon family stronghold. #GlenbuchatCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Jedburgh Castle jail house 'Cameron Morrison' image & overlap of reconstruction mock-up of earlier Jedburgh Castle. Seized several times by English invaders. Demolised by the Scots in 1409 to stop its use as an English foothold in the Borders. #JedburghCastle #ScottishCastles

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Jedburgh Abbey, Borders (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up over 'Historic Scotland' image. Church (an Augustian House) established by King David I of Scots (1124-1153) #JedburghAbbey #ScottishChurches #HistoryRebuilt

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Traprain Law, Hill Fort, East Lothian (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up over @undisscot.bsky.social image. #ScottishHillForts #HistoryRebuilt

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My Son got a Visby (1361) style coat of plates & Great Helm for his Birthday way back in 2018. Plates go on the inside & straps up from behind. Great piece of kit. He got plenty of wear out of it over the years on event days and school visits. #ManAtArms #storytelling #DirletonCastle

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The prop skeleton that I use in my Man at Arms replica medieval weapons talks has been hashed & bashed over the past 12 years with a new wooden spine & bolts holding his arms together. He also wears bat wings at Halloween (before they broke) & has had his brain scanned by my homemade prop Daleks!

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Ardstinchar Castle reconstruction mock-up. A Kennedy family stronghold. Kennedies fought for Joan of Arc at Orleans 1428-29. Mary Queen of Scots stayed at the Castle in 1563. Castle used as a quarry to build nearby bridge in 1770. #ArdstincharCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Stirling Castle reconstruction of earlier four towered entrance. In 1452 James Douglas burnt down Stirling town after the murder of his Brother William, 8th Earl of Douglas in the Castle by King James II. But couldn't get into the Castle lacking siege engines. #StirlingCastle

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Man at Arms in 2002 with Oliphant surcoat that I made from an old curtain & crescent moons cut out of pillowcases. Took ages to stitch by hand as I don't have a sewing machine. My Granny had one with an iron foot pedal in 1970s. It would probable be a valuable antique nowadays.

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Eilean Donan Castle reconstruction mock-up over 'Cameron Morrison' image of island fortress with original double Barmkin wall & watchtowers missed in the 1913 rebuilt. #EileanDonan #ScottishCastles

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Ruthven Barracks (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up of earlier Tower of 'Ruthven Castle' held by Alexander Stewart, the Wolf of Badenoch. Alex died here in either 1394, 1405 or 1406 during a thunderstorm while playing chess with the Devil! #RuthvenCastle #WolfOfBadenoch

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Edinburgh Castle (Scotland) @edinburghcastle.bsky.social image & reconstruction based on 'Castrum Puellarum'. A confused cluster of square and oval Plan towers rebuilt time and again over earlier slighted stonework. #EdinburghCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt #CastleSky #MedievalSky

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Donjon de Loches (France) reconstruction mock-up. Archibald, 4th Earl of Douglas stayed here with Scots forces before the battle of Verneuil in 1424. Where he died fighting for his French allies against the Auld Enemy. #DonjonDeLoches #HistoryRebuilt

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Aberystwyth Castle (Wales) 'Dr Dan Spencer' image and reconstruction suggestion. Site captured by Welsh Prince Owain Glyn Dwr in 1404. #AberystwythCastle #WelshCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Coeffin Castle on Island of Lismore on Loch Linnhe reconstruction mock-up over 'Cameron Morrison' image. Coeffin took its name from a Viking Prince. Site started as a Viking Hall-house & rebuilt with lean-to additions by the MacDougall family. #CoeffinCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles

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Fatlips Castle, Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders (Scotland) 'LStewart_books' image and defensive palisade mock-up. A Turnbull family towerhouse. #FatlipsCastle #ScottishCastles #CastleSky #MedievalSky

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