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Scottish Castles
Adrian Pettifer
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Beschreibung
Gazetteer of over 500 hundred surviving Scottish Castles.
Discover the castles of Scotland, from early "motte and bailey" earthworks and impressive walled enclosures to the many tower houses that dot the landscape. Castles were built in increasing numbers from the 14th to the 17th century, as residences for the Scottish nobility. Some are still proudly occupied; others are well-maintained ruins; many others slowly decay in fields and farmyards.
Here, Adrian Pettifer provides a brief account of every Scottish castle to survive in a reasonable state of preservation, including such iconic sites as Edinburgh, Glamis and Cawdor. Each of the more than five hundred main entries provides a brief history and description of a castle, followed by advice on accessibility, sources for further reading and cross-references to related sites. An introduction supplies the historical background, while a glossary covers all aspects of Scottish castles in some detail. Ordnance Survey references are given in the index.
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Caerlaverock Castle, Craigievar Castle, Stirling Castle, Urquhart Castle, Huntingtower Castle, Threave Castle, Dunstaffnage Castle, Old Keiss Castle, Balvenie Castle, Craignethan Castle, Duart Castle, Duffus Castle, Hermitage Castle, St Andrews Castle, Fyvie Castle, Kirkwall Palace, Smailholm Tower, Castle Sinclair Girnigoe, Claypotts Castle, Dirleton Castle, Dunvegan Castle, Eilean Donan Castle, Borthwick Castle, Castle Stalke, Linlithgow Palace, Cawdor Castle, Comlongon Castle, Lochleven Castle, Crichton Castle, Dunnottar Castle