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Alloway’s Auld Haunted Kirk
Alloway’s auld haunted kirk was the location of the demonic gathering of witches in Robert Burns’ classic poem “Tam o’ Shanter”. I visited the ruin two years ago and got this spooky shot as dusk fell…
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Tagged after dark, Alloway, church, grave stones, graveyard, kirk, ruins
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Craignethan Castle
Craignethan Castle, a Historic Scotland property, is located in the Clyde Valley. The castle was built in the early 1530s and only lasted as a fortification for about 50 years before being demilitarised. Construction was started by an illegitimate son of James Hamilton, the 1st Earl of Arran – Sir James Hamilton of Finnart. Sir James went on to become Master of Works to King James V from 1536 to 1540.
One well known guest at the castle was Mary, Queen of Scots. Forced to abdicate in 1567 while imprisoned in Loch Leven Castle, she escaped the following year and was sheltered/entertained for a while at Craignethan Castle.
I hadn’t heard of the castle before, but it looked like an interesting afternoon out – and not too far from home…
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Tagged castle, Clyde Valley, Craignethan, Historic Scotland, ruins
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Dunure at sunset
In which Gary travels to Dunure to try to photograph the ruins of the castle by the golden light of the setting sun…
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Tagged castle, Dunure, harbour, ruins, sunset, twilight
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