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Hailes Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) watercolour reconstructions. A Hepburn family stronghold. The Hepburns saved the Douglas banner at the battle of Otterburn in 1388. #HailesCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt #watercolourpainting
Spanish Armada vessel El Gran Grifon wrecked on Fair Isle. Crew shipped to Anstruther in Fife. For some reason Captain's chess was left at Newbattle Abbey in Dalkeith and is still there today. #watercolourpainting #SpanishArmada1588
Cistercian Houses of Newbattle (Dalkeith), Byland (Yorkshire) @GunpowderDan image/reconstruction & Melrose (Borders) Alan Sorrell's classic reconstruction. All followed a set Plan but Melrose, for some reason, was a mirror image of the Sister Houses throughout Scotland & England.
Bucholie/Bucholly Castle, Caithness (Scotland) layout sketch, watercolour reconstruction suggestion from 1999 and Paint version. Site held by Mowat and Sinclair families. #BuchollyCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt
@MortimerSociety @cadwwales A Welsh Castle reconstruction suggestion. So just put a Welsh Flag on it,do the same with my Scottish Castle recons simply stick up the saltire flag,when it would have been mixed with the heraldic colours of the families in residence. Use to do such banners in my old watercolours
Wolf of Badenoch's Tomb with location of hinge for attaching a vented battle visor or smooth unvented jousting visor. Both visors overlap/lock at neck giving double thickness to throat area. Some lance strikes cut thru mail aventails in this area in the past. #WolfOfBadenoch
In 1378 Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie seized South Berwick Castle by surprise. Scots try to rescue his force but are outnumbered by 10,000 troops. Archibald the Grim & his Cousin William 1st Earl of Douglas defeat English force that chase after retreating Scots near Melrose.
@LStewart_books @welovehistory Dirleton, Crichton, Doune and Bothwell watercolour reconstruction suggestions.
@lorraineschultz @Stravaig_Aboot Did watercolour reconstructions of Dunbar in the 1980's. So my paint versions are based on earlier research.