A-Z Challenge 2012 - I
Inverness Castle
The red sandstone Inverness
Castle on the cliff overlooking the
River Ness in Scotland
is a comparatively modern castle. Although a series of castles have stood on
the site since the 11th century, the castle we see today was built
as recently as 1836.
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| Inverness Castle - 2005 |
The 12th century earth
and timber fortress was occupied by English troops under King Edward I; King
Robert the Bruce took and destroyed the castle in 1310. A stone castle founded
in the early 15th century by the Earl of Mar had a square stone
tower added by George Gordon, Earl of Huntly in the 1548. Gordon was constable
of the castle until 1562.
He was hanged by Mary Queen of
Scots after the castle had been taken for the Queen by the Frasers and Munros.
Earlier the Queen had found the gates of the castle shut against her.
The castle was defended against
the Jacobites more that once. During the second major Jacobite rising in 1745
it fell to Bonnie Prince Charlie (Prince Charles Edward Stuart). It was blown
up after the Battle of Culloden.
The castle now standing on the site was built
to house the Sheriff Courthouse and County Hall. A deep well and part of a
bastion wall are all that remain of the medieval castle.
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| Inverness Castle front - 2007 |
Hilary Melton-Butcher's Castle H - Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex
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