Newcastle Keep (England) Barmkin, courtyard wall, reconstruction mock-up over 'Kyle Spratt' image. #Newcastle #EnglishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

John Muir’s Birthplace Museum. The image shows an oblique view of one side of a street in Dunbar. A stone building on the right and a blue-painted building on the left sandwich a three-storey and three bay wide white building with a red pantile roof. It is flying the Saltire and the US flag. The scene is in sunshine.

188 years ago today. John Muir, who convinced US President Theodore Roosevelt that Yosemite should be protected as a national park, was born in Dunbar in East Lothian on 21 April 1838. Today his birthplace is a museum about him. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #EastLothian

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

Duchal Castle, Renfrewshire (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. A Lyle family stronghold bombarded in 1489 by King James IV of Scots using the infamous Mons Meg Cannon/Bombard. #DuchalCastle #HistoryRebuilt

Reconstruction mock-up of Castle Semple Collegiate Church, Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire (Scotland). A late Gothic church founded in 1504 by John, 1st Lord Sempill, to provide prayers for his family. #CastleSempellCollegiateChurch

Melrose Abbey, Borders (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. Abbey burnt by invading English forces in 1322, 1385 & 1544 during the Wars of Rough Wooing. #MelroseAbbey #HistoryRebuilt

My knights guard my 'Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch' prop and a MK6 beakie helmet fron Warhammer 40K

The stalwarts of Gnomeland Security are the first to appear in the fairy garden, ensuring it is safe for the fairies to appear. They say it isn't. They were right, moments after this the hail came down. 🌱

My knights guard my 'Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch' prop and a MK6 beakie helmet fron Warhammer 40K

Reconstruction mock-up of Cambuskenneth Abbey. Site was founded in 1140 by King David I to serve Stirling Castle, which stands a short distance to the west. It was the scene of Robert the Bruce’s parliaments in 1314 and 1326, and the burial place of James III in 1488. #CambuskennethAbbey

Reconstruction mock-up of Tolquhon Castle in Aberdeenshire (Scotland). A 16th-century Scottish baronial mansion built around a 15th-century tower. A Forbes family home. #TolquhonCastle #HistoryRebuilt #ScottishCastles

Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran (Scotland) @undisscot.bsky.social image & reconstruction of earlier build. Sacked by the MacDonald family in 1455. "There were slain of good men fifteen; of women three or four; of children three or four" The 'Law of Innocents' didn't apply?? #BrodickCastle

Prudhoe Castle, Northumberland (England) reconstruction mock-up. Site besieged by King William the Lion of Scots (1165-1214). Castle passed to Percy family. Who spent most of their time fighting the Scots (Douglases) in Tit for Tat raids. #PrudhoeCastle #HistoryRebuilt

Hailes Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. A Hepburn family stronghold. #HailesCastle #HistoryRebuilt #ScottishCastles

In 1547 during the Wars of the 'Rough Wooing' the English invasion forces built a V shaped cannon platform at Eyemouth which was later extended. They also built a Fort at Haddington in 1548. Tantallon Castle also added a Ravelin for cannon defense it may have been inspired by these Forts.

Templar Church, Midlothian (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. #ScottishChurches #HistoryRebuilt

John Knox was captured by the French at St Andrews Castle in 1547 & served as a galley slave. At one point he was in Aberlady Bay beside Luffness Castle during the Haddington siege 1548/49. If he had escaped & swam ashore then some locals may have hidden him. #JohnKnox

Kelso Abbey, Borders (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. Tironenesian monks from Kelso Abbey also established Kilwinning Abbey in Ayrshire on an earlier site. #KelsoAbbey #ScottishChurches

Stirling Castle (Scotland) @undisscot.bsky.social image & reconstruction mock-up of earlier stronger four towered entrance with hoarding & hatches for protecting Castle archers. #StirlingCastle #ScottishCastles

Swansea Castle (Wales) reconstruction mock-up of corner blockhouse beside outer Bailey entrance. #SwanseaCastle #WelshCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Llanfleiddan -St Quintins Castle reconstruction mock-up with hoarding. #WelshCastles #HistoryRebuilt

Reconstruction mock-up of Kilwinning Abbey in Ayrshire (Scotland), founded by Tironensian monks from Kelso Abbey after 1162 on the site of an earlier Church. #KilwinningAbbey #ScottishChurches #HistoryRebuilt

Lismore Parish Church, also known as the Cathedral Church of St Moluag.

Apr 17: Feast of Eochaid (†635) of Lios Mór (Lismore), island church near Oban founded by Mo-Luóc in the 6thC. 📸Otter

Bowmore Distillery. The image shows a view of the white-painted buildings of the distillery. There’s a wall left foreground and a gateway on the right. Beyond is a gable end with the name of the distillery and a little further away another building topped off by two tall pagodas. The sky is blue.

Bowmore Distillery, in the heart of the village of Bowmore beside Loch Indaal on the Isle of Islay. It has its own maltings, so the pagodas are not just for show. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #BowmoreDistillery #IsleOfIslay #Islay #Bowmore #Scotch #Whisky

New pictures from the set of Highlander show Karen Gillan filming at Eilean Donan Castle.

Henry Cavill and Kevin McKidd can also be seen as filming continues

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Eilean Donan Castle (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up with Barmkin wall. Castle famous for fantasy movie 'Highlander'(1986). #EileanDonan #ScottishCastles

English fleet on way to Pinkie past Tantallon Castle as it was too strong to attack or more likely Douglas was an 'assured Scot'. Battle of Pinkie 1547, Musselburgh (Scotland) First battle in history where an army was defeated by a land & ship based bombardment. #BattleOfPinkie

During the Wars of the Rough Wooing in 1547, Innerwick Castle, Thornton Castle and Waughton Castle were among several other Castles and villages burnt by the invading English. Tantallon was bypassed by the English fleet and army. #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

I still use 'Paint' drawing on my old watercolour images as a starting point. But my Son gets upset that I use Grok to add snow and tweak images. He says I should go back to watercolours as I'm teaching Grok how to paint like me in the 1980s! I'm trying to use the machine before it takes over.

I still use 'Paint' drawing on my old watercolour images as a starting point. But my Son gets upset that I use Grok to add snow and tweak images. He says I should go back to watercolours as I'm teaching Grok how to paint like me in the 1980s! I'm trying to use the machine before it takes over.