Auchen Castle (separate from Auchen Castle Hotel) is a ruined 13th-century ... castle. It is located near Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland ( Scottish Gaelic: Am Magh Fada, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh, ... off the A74 road in Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland. Links : The Douglas Archives website and ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 27 2021 - 1:49pm
Howth Castle and estate is located just outside of the village of Howth, County ... July and August and on Saturdays in July. The origins of the castle date back to the twelfth century when the original wooden castle was built by Almeric from whom the present owners descend. A new castle, ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 8 2021 - 3:56pm
Red Castle of Lunan is a ruined fortified house. It is located close to the village ... Monadh Rois) and overlooks Lunan Bay on the coast of Angus, Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Aonghas, Alba). There was an earlier twelfth century ... on Lunan Bay can be obtained from this link to the Visit Scotland webpage . Link and Image : Visit Angus Red Castle . ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Jul 26 2021 - 10:19am
Nevern Castle - Castell Nanhyfer is located in Nevern, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Welsh: ... Age promontory fort site which has a later motte and bailey castle within it. The castle is Welsh, which fell to the English then won back by the Welsh. It was ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 28 2021 - 6:40pm
Skipness Castle was built in the early 13th century by the Clan MacSween. It is located ... This is a peninsula in the southwest of Argyll and Bute, Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, Alba). The remains of ... The ruins of Skipness Castle at the east coast of Kintyre, Scotland. 22 August 2007 by Ingo Wölbern. Image via wikimedia commons . ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Aug 3 2021 - 1:53pm
Kilclief Castle (Irish: Caislean Cill Cléithe) is a tower-house castle beside Strangford Lough and 2.5 miles (4 km) south of the village of Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland (Irish Baile Loch Cuan, Contae an Dúin, Éire). Kilclief Castle is the oldest tower-house ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 7 2021 - 5:52pm
Ashford Castle is on the border of County Mayo (Irish: Contae Mhaigh Eo) and County ... village of Cong at the northern end of Lough Corrib (Irish: Loch Coirib) in Ireland (Éire). It was built in 1228 by the de Búrca family ... in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries This 800 year old castle is now a prestigious luxury hotel and is set on a spectacular 350-acre ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Apr 30 2021 - 12:02am
Douglas MacQueen's blog Scotland's Celtic Psalter dates from the 11th Century and contains hand-written ... old psalter, which is the oldest Scottish book still in Scotland, has Gaelic and Pictish Celtic illustrations. With its extraordinary ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jul 14 2017 - 11:50am
... in the north-east of Ireland. It flows into Lough Neagh (Loch nEathach), from which the Lower Bann then flows into the Atlantic Ocean at ... lake monsters. He is credited with spreading Christianity in Scotland and during this period came across the elusive Loch Ness Monster. He ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Aug 30 2018 - 4:05pm
... Landseer has been described as encapsulating the majesty of Scotland’s highlands and wildlife. The painting is Landseer's best known work ... This is a glen that is some 15 miles (24 km) to the west of Loch Ness (Loch Nis) in the Scottish Highlands. The Monarch of the Glen ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jun 6 2017 - 2:31pm