History – Page 10 – Meditations

August 18, 2017

Morton Castle

Morton was beautiful. The castle overlooks a small loch that is surrounded by some woodlands. The barren moors are visible in the distance, and…

August 16, 2017

Culzean is an iconic castle in Ayrshire. It is indeed so iconic that it has been featured on Scottish banknotes for the last thirty…

August 14, 2017

I happened on Culross by chance, I was heading further along into Fife and I saw the sign. I am happy I chose to…

August 12, 2017

Bothwell, ‘The most magnificent ruin in Scotland’, lies on a hill at a bend of the Clyde, overlooking the river. An imposing stronghold which…

August 10, 2017

Doune Castle is relatively close to both Edinburgh and Glasgow. As such, it is perhaps not the most famous castle in the Lowlands, but…

August 8, 2017

Rothesay on the Isle of Bute is a fairly small castle, indeed it could be considered mostly a keep. A few round towers surround…

July 31, 2017

Castle Campbell sounded like an interesting name to me when I first heard it. I mean, the choice of the name of a clan…

July 25, 2017

One of the strengths of Mr Gibbon (Chapter 45) is his propensity to draw up images from the very moment the original events happened….

July 23, 2017

Tantallon is one of the places which I feel looks more spectacular on pictures than in person. This, however, is not because the place…

July 17, 2017

Moving southwards on the coast, there’s Dunstanburgh. Or, rather, what was Dunstanburgh. With the castle being so closely tied to the fate of its…