Delgatie Castle, Aberdeenshire (Scotland) 'Gordon Robertson' image with overlap of my old watercolour reconstruction suggestion of earlier Tower & palisade. A Hay family stronghold. #DelgatieCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt #Watercolourpainting

Garleton Castle, near Haddington, East Lothian (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. A Seton family build over an earlier site. #GarletonCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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

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

Caerlaverock Castle reconstruction mock-up with detachable wooden hoarding and wooden palisade over @undisscot.bsky.social image. A Maxwell family stronghold. #CaerlaverockCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Fast Castle, Borders (Scotland) 'Stravaiging around Scotland'
image and reconstruction of narrow Close behind Keep. A Home family stronghold. (With time travelling sheep!) #FastCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles #HistoryRebuilt

The Cistercian abbey of Culross was founded in 1217 by Malcolm I, for monks from Kinloss Abbey. Culross may have been chosen to establish here because this was the birthplace of Saint Mungo. #CulrossAbbey #ScottishChurches #HistoryRebuilt

Reconstruction mock-up of Kinloss Abbey. A Cistercian House at Kinloss, Moray (Scotland). The abbey was founded in 1150 by King David I of Scots. It was first colonised by monks from Melrose Abbey. #KinlossAbbey #ScottishChurches #HistoryRebuilt

Donjon de Loches (France) reconstruction mock-up. Archibald, 4th Earl of Douglas stayed here with Scots forces before the battle of Verneuil in 1424. Where he died fighting for his French allies against the Auld Enemy. #DonjonDeLoches #HistoryRebuilt

Drem ruined gable, East Lothian (Scotland) & speculative reconstruction as part of a long Blockhouse. May have been outer buildings within Barmkin of original Towerhouse of Drem. #DremCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Donjon de Loches (France) reconstruction mock-up over 'Alex-H' image. Archibald, 4th Earl of Douglas stayed here with Scots forces before the battle of Verneuil in 1424. Where he died fighting for his French allies against the Auld Enemy. #DonjonDeLoches #HistoryRebuilt

Dirleton Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up of earlier layout with Drum Towers present during siege by Bishop Bek in 1298. #DirletonCastle #HistoryRebuilt #ScottishCastles

Duntulm Castle, Isle of Skye (Scotland) 'Frederic Faillet' image & reconstruction. A stronghold of the MacDonalds of Sleat. Likely built on the site of an earlier Broch. #DuntulmCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Reconstruction mock-up of Earl's Palace, Kirkwall, Orkney. Built by Patrick, Earl of Orkney. #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt #Orkney

Linlithgow Palace (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. Birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots in 1542. #LinlithgowPalace #HistoryRebuilt #ScottishCastles

Glengarnock Castle, Ayrshire (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up of lean-to Barmkin beside Towerhouse from 2018. A Cunningham family stronghold. #GlengarnockCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire (England) reconstruction mock-up over @gunpowderdan.bsky.social image. Castle was bombarded by the great mortar piece 'Roaring Meg' in 1646. #GoodrichCastle #EnglishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Dunseverick Castle, County Antrim (Ireland) 'Tracy Hogan'
image & reconstruction suggestion. Castle slighted by Oliver Cromwell's forces in 1642. #DunseverickCastle #IrishCoastalCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Crichton Castle's Stable blockhouse (Scotland) roof reconstruction. A Crichton family build. #CrichtonCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Kildrummy Castle, Grampian (Scotland) my old watercolour reconstruction. Besieged by English forces in 1306. A stronghold of the Earls of Mar. #KildrummyCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt #Watercolourpainting