Callendar House, Falkirk (Scotland) @undisscot.bsky.social image & reconstruction mock-up of original 1400s Keep raised by the Livinstone family. Mary Queen of Scots visited the Castle during the 'Chaseabout raid' in 1565. #CallendarHouse #ScottishCastles

Hawthornden Castle, Mid Lothian (Scotland) my old watercolour reconstruction of Keep & courtyard wall. Scots Warrior William Wallace used the Caves underneath the slighted Castle as a secret base to raid English convoys and outposts. #HawthorndenCastle #ScottishCastles

Yester Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. A Hay family build over the stump of the 'Goblin Ha' which was besieged/seized by English forces in 1298. King Robert The Bruce slighted Ha' to stop its use as an Auld enemy base. #YesterCastle #ScottishCastles

Lennoxlove House, near Haddington (Scotland) my old watercolour reconstruction of earlier set up with L-Plan Keep and barmkin of Lethington Castle. A stronghold of the Maitland family. #LennoxloveHouse #ScottishCastles #Watercolourpainting

Niddry Castle, West Lothian (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up of L-Plan Keep & Barmkin wall. A Seton family stronghold. Mary Queen of Scots fled here after her escape from Lochleven Castle in 1568. #NiddryCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Lochleven Castle (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. An island stronghold of the Douglas family. Site famous as prison of Mary Queen of Scots in 1567-68. She escaped to Niddry Castle. #LochlevenCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Carrick Castle on Loch Goil, Argyll & Bute (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up over 'Cameron Morrison' image. A Campbell family stronghold. #CarrickCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Cockburnspath Tower (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up over 'Scott McCafferty' image. Site fought over by the Dunbar and Douglas families. #CockburnspathTower #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

L-Plan Keep of Neidpath Castle, Peebles (Scotland) my old watercolour reconstruction. Original Tower started by the Fraser family and held by the Hays. Mary Queen of Scots visited in 1563. #NeidpathCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Mingary Castle, Ardnamurchan (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up over @damianshields.bsky.social image. A MacDonald family stronghold besieged by the MacLeans with Spanish Armada help in 1588. #MingaryCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Dirleton Castle, East Lothian (Scotland). Overlap of parts of my watercolour reconstruction from 1984. Castle built by the Anglo-Norman De-Vaux family. #DirletonCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt #Watercolourpainting

Greenknowe Tower, Gordon (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up of L-Plan Keep with lean-to Hall/Kitchen block built by James Seton in 1581. #GreenknoweTower #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Skipness Castle, Argyll (Scotland) my old watercolour reconstruction. Built by MacSweens and held by the Campbell family. #SkipnessCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt #Watercolourpainting

Doune Castle (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up over '@kaz_ess' image. Doune was used in the filming of Monty Python's Holy Grail, Game of Thrones, Outlander & OutlawKing. #DouneCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Edzell Castle, Angus (Scotland) Canmore image used as a measurement template for my old watercolour reconstruction. A Lindsay family stronghold. #EdzellCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt #Watercolourpainting

Burleigh Castle, Perth & Kinross (Scotland) 'Cameron Morrison' image & reconstruction. Built by Balfour family. Much like the tower at Edzell Castle. #BurleighCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Chateau de Coucy reconstruction (France). Site was copied in part at Bothwell, Kildrummy and Dirleton Castles in Scotland. #HistoryRebuilt #ScottishCastles

Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe (Scotland) my old watercolour reconstruction from 1990. A Campbell family stronghold. #KilchurnCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Craignethan Castle in Lanarkshire (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up over @undisscot.bsky.social image. A Hamilton family stronghold. #CraignethanCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Cadzow Castle, Lanarkshire (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. A Hamilton family stronghold. #CadzowCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt