Ravenscraig Castle, Fife (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. Site started by King James II of Scots. #RavenscraigCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles #HistoryRebuilt
Andrew Spratt
@dirleton.bsky.social
Castle reconstruction Artist. Medieval reenactor #ManAtArms #DirletonCastle
Craigmillar Castle, Edinburgh (Scotland) 'Historic Scotland' image & reconstruction mock-up. A Preston family stronghold burnt by English forces during the Wars of the Rough Wooing in 1544. Site used in the filming of #Outlander and #OutlawKing #CraigmillarCastle #ScottishCastles
The late medieval Church of St. Mary on the Island of Rousay in Orkney. Reconstruction mock-up over @kpw1453.bsky.social image. #ChurchOfStMary #Orkney
Managed to squeeze into my plate harness for the concert at the castle last month. #ManAtArms #DirletonCastle
The remains of the late medieval Church of St. Mary on the Island of Rousay in Orkney. 📸 My own. #WallsOnWednesday #Rousay #Orkney
The Cistercian abbey of Strata Florida (‘Vale of Flowers’ in Latin) has stood on lush meadows beside the banks of the river Teifi since 1184. It was established by white-robed Cistercian monks as part of a movement that spread across the whole of western Europe in the early Middle Ages.
Crossraguel Abbey gatehouse near Maybole in Ayrshire (Scotland) my old watercolour reconstruction. Founded in 1244 by Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick over an earlier simple church. #CrossraguelAbbey #ScottishChurches #HistoryRebuilt #Watercolourpainting
Thirlwall Castle, Northumberland (England) reconstruction mock-up over @kpw1453.bsky.social image for a Gif. Held by Percy Thirlwall, King Richard III's bannerman at Bosworth in 1485. Who it is said still held the banner aloft even after his legs were cut off! #ThirlwallCastle #EnglishCastles
Old Thirlestane Castle, Lauder (Scotland) 'Cameron Morrison' image & reconstruction for a Gif of oblong Plan Keep with later lean-to additions. Added huts & palisade from my old watercolourpainting of Thirlestane. A Maitland family stronghold. #ThirlestaneCastle
Reconstruction mock-up of Deer Abbey, Aberdeenshire (Scotland). A Cistercian monastery, founded in 1219 by William Comyn, Earl of Buchan. #DeerAbbey #ScottishChurches #HistoryRebuilt
Dunseverick Castle, County Antrim (Ireland) reconstruction mock-up based on lidar image. Castle slighted by Oliver Cromwell's forces in 1642. #DunseverickCastle #IrishCoastalCastles #HistoryRebuilt
Blair Castle (Scotland) 'Cameron Morrison' image & reconstruction of earlier simple Comyn Tower hidden behind modern work with Barmkin suggestion for a Gif. #BlairCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt
South Berwick Castle. Reconstruction mock-up of breakneck stair leading to Tweed. Castle defended by William le Hardy Douglas in 1296 when King Edward I of England massacred the entire Scottish civilian population within the Town Walls below over a period of 3 days.
Airlie Castle, Angus (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. An Ogilvy family stronghold. Burnt in 1640 by Parliamentarian forces. #AirlieCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt
Tantallon Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. Built by William 1st Earl of Douglas, he may have copied elements of Château Gaillard in his construction of Tantallon. #TantallonCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles #HistoryRebuilt
Chateau Gaillard (France) reconstruction mock-up. Built by King Richard the Lionheart. William 1st Earl of Douglas may have copied elements of Gaillard in his construction of Tantallon Castle in Scotland. #ChateauGaillard #FrenchCastles #HistoryRebuilt
Coucy Town walls (France) reconstruction mock-up. Bothwell, Kildrummy & Dirleton Castles in Scotland all copied design elements of D-Shaped Plan and Donjon round Plan Conical roofed towers showcased at Coucy town & Chateau. #CoucyLeChateau
Chateau de Coucy (France) my reconstruction mock-up. Site was copied in part at Bothwell, Kildrummy and Dirleton Castles in Scotland. #FrenchCastles #HistoryRebuilt
Micklegate Bar - one of York’s four main medieval gateways. The lower sections date to the C12th, while the upper storeys are C14th in date. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #York
My old watercolour from 1986 of James 2nd Earl of Douglas unhorsing Hotspur Percy before the walls of Newcastle stealing his banner, leading to the Battle Otterburn in 1388. #Watercolourpainting
Bothwell Castle near Glasgow (Scotland) a 'what if' reconstruction mock-up. Had it been been completed to original Plan, drawing elements from Chateau de Coucy (France). #BothwellCastle #HistoryRebuilt
Covington Tower with Beehive Dovecote (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. A Lindsay family stronghold built over earlier Wooden tower and earthworks started by the Flemish Colban family. #CovingtonTower #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt
Liberton Tower, Edinburgh (Scotland) 'Cameron Morrison' image and a more defensive reconstruction suggestion with battlement hoarding for pouring liquids and a wooden Barmkin palisade to keep out unwelcome visitors. #LibertonTower #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt
North Berwick's old St Andrews Kirk (ruin beside SeaBird centre). Reconstruction mock-up. #NorthBerwick #StAndrewsKirk
Cessford Castle near Kelso (Scotland) @undisscot.bsky.social image & reconstruction mock-up for a Gif. A Kerr family stronghold with backwards turnpike stairs for Left handed defence. Kerrs of Viking stock who favoured Left hand sword use as it confused the enemy. #CessfordCastle #ScottishCastles
Tantallon Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) a Red Douglas family stronghold. #TantallonCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt
Close helm 'aic_armor image and modern Maximillian style replica that I painted in the Red and Silver stripe bands heraldry colours of the Ruthven family of Dirleton Castle in 2017. Helmet was packed away with other kit during first lock-down. #ManAtArms #DirletonCastle
2015 Dirleton Castle tour telling story of Battle of Crecy (1346) where a blind king was killed and his three feathers stolen from his helm by the Black Prince. This is remembered on a 2 pence piece. But wasn't a fair, honourable fight. #storytelling #DirletonCastle
