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Dalhousie Castle (Scotland) photo from 1989 and my old reconstruction watercolours. A Ramsay family stronghold. A Ramsay of Dalhousie fell in the Scots charge thru an arrow storm at Homildon Hill in 1402. #DalhousieCastle #ScottishCastles
The Castles of Douglas, Strathaven, Inveravon and Abercorn all attacked or slighted in 1455 by King James II of Scots in his War against the Black Douglas family. (my old watercolour reconstructions) #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt
Tantallon Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) trace thru layout sketches and my finished watercolours from 1985. A Red Douglas family stronghold. #TantallonCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles #Watercolourpainting #HistoryRebuilt
In 1297, Scottish forces under the command of Andrew de Moray and William Wallace, defeat an English Army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. Andrew Hillhouse's great images of Moray and Wallace. #AndrewDeMoray #WilliamWallace
Wolf of Badenoch's Tomb with location of hinge for attaching a vented battle visor or a smooth unvented jousting visor. Both visors overlap/lock at the neck giving double thickness to throat area. As lance strikes cut thru mail aventails in this area in the past. #WolfOfBadenoch
Bucholie Castle, Caithness (Scotland) my old watercolour reconstruction with Crane Bastion for suppy by sea as land access was difficult. Site held by Mowat and Sinclair families. #BucholieCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles #HistoryRebuilt
My layout sketches and 1980s watercolours of Scottish Moss troopers trying to hold the outer trenches at Tantallon Castle during 12 day bombarment by Oliver Cromwell's forces in 1651. #TantallonCastle #watercolorpainting
My bloodthirsty old drawings from 1983 of the Battle of Ancrum Moor 1545. Before I had an understanding of arms & armour. Was much influenced by the gore of Frank Frazetta's epic jacket covers & https://t.co/Ri3lXVhs96 comic
Heraldry has meaning. After the Battle of Teba in 1330 (James Douglas throwing King Robert's heart). The Bruce heart badge was added to the Douglas heraldry to remember this event and scare their enemies because of their fame in combat.
Fast Castle did reconstruction in 1987 followed corbel machicolations along as I thought it was a Hall block. But changed this when I found (in ruin painting) it led to part of a Keep which makes alot more defensive sense. So tweaked reconstruction. #FastCastle #ScottishCastles