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Copied elements of Chris Pine's Bruce shield & vest from NETFLIX's for the Man at Arms talks at Dirleton Castle this year as movie has created interest in King Robert the Bruce's story. Bruce did slight Dirleton to stop it being used as an enemy base.

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2019-03-11

In 1355 Sir William Ramsay of Dalhousie Castle burnt the lands around Norham to draw out the English troops & led them into a trap at Nesbit Moor. John Halyburton of Dirleton was killed in the Scots charge but the English defeated.

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2019-01-24

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 technique of boxing views a section at a time in planning reconstructions. I used postcard images then scaled up to A3 for Tantallon castle

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2018-01-13