Unforgettable Stroll Around Hermitage Castle in Scotland

Um passeio pela Escócia na tentativa de mostrar um pouco este castelo com uma arquitectura bem peculiar!

Saturday trip to Scotland and a view (from outside) of Hermitage Castle

Hermitage Castle is a semi-ruined castle in the border region of Scotland. It stands in the remote valley of the Hermitage Water, part of Liddesdale in Roxburghshire. It is under the care of Historic Scotland. The castle has a reputation, both from its history and its appearance, as one of the most sinister and atmospheric castles in Scotland.

It is thought that the name derives from Old French: l'armitage – guardhouse. The castle was known as the guardhouse of the bloodiest valley in Britain, and the "Strength of Liddesdale".

Hermitage Castle was supposedly built by one Nicholas de Soulis around 1240, in a typical Norman Motte and Bailey pattern. It stayed in his family until approximately 1320 when his descendant, William de Soulis, forfeited it because of suspected witchcraft and the attempted regicide of King Robert I of Scotland. Legend has it that Soulis's tenantry, having suffered unbearable depredations, arrested him, and at the nearby Ninestane Rig (a megalithic circle), had him encased in lead sheet and boiled to death. In actuality, he died, a prisoner, in Dumbarton Castle.

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Meu Deus .
Gratidão.
Gostaria de estar aí, onde várias vezes fui em sonho

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Sonhei com esse castelo por muito tempo.
Só agora soube que ele
Inclusive via um cavaleiro jogar um baú de tesouro num lago.