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Tantallon Castle watercolour from 1980's showing how Oliver Cromwell's sappers stormed the outer trench & cut into V shaped Ravelin to roll cannon closer in for better impact during 12 day siege in 1651.#TantallonCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles #Watercolourpainting #HistoryRebuilt

Spanish Armada in Scotland watercolour images from 1988. Tantallon Castle, Bass Rock and St Andrews Castle. #ScottishCoastalCastles #HistoryRebuilt #Watercolourpainting

Yester Castle's Goblin Ha' in East Lothian (Scotland) was originally split in two levels with storage below and a wooden floor with fireplace above. ('Vic Sharp' images) #GoblinHa #YesterCastle #HistoryRebuilt

Dunbar Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) watercolour reconstructions from the 1980's. Site defended by Black Agnes in 1338. Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie sailed past English blockade fleet and landed supplies & men to help raise the siege. #DunbarCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles

Tantallon Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) layout sketches and finished watercolours from 1980's showing Oliver Cromwell's siege in 1651. Climbed on roof of Dovecote to get photos to trace thru for second image. (No drones in the 80's) #TantallonCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles

In 1306 King Robert The Bruce's Sister Mary was hung in a caged from English garrisoned Roxburgh Castle on the orders of King Edward I. Likely facing the Town so she could be mocked. She was eventually moved to a prison as there may have been attempts to rescue her by local Scots

As a boy I was amazed at the work of Alan Sorrell. His reconstruction of Dirleton was the first image of its kind I ever saw. So I copied his techinque of boxing views a section at a time. I used (8 pence) Postcard images in 1981 then scaled up to A3 size (Tantallon example)

@ceritheviking @cadwwales I know but It's only showing two faces at that funny angle which makes it look square.

in 1378 Squire Ramsay scaled walls of South Berwick. English Garrison fled as they thought it was a large assault. 10,000 troops & vessels were sent north to besiege Castle. Douglases tried to reach Castle but withdrew to Melrose where they defeated the English army chasing them.

In 1443 Lord Crichton of Crichton Castle and Red Douglas of Tantallon Castle joined forces to raid Black Douglas Vassal lands of Abercorn, Corstorphine and Boghall.