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Part of my 'Duffus Castle through the seasons' project.
The castle is situated on the Laich of Moray, a fertile plain that was once the swampy foreshore of Spynie Loch. This was originally a more defensive position than it appears today, long after the loch was drained.
The motte is a huge man-made mound, with steep sides and a wide ditch separating it from the bailey. The whole site is enclosed by a water-filled ditch, which is more a mark of its boundary than it is a serious defensive measure.
Duffus Castle was built by a Flemish man named Freskin, who came to Scotland in the first half of the 1100s. After an uprising by the ‘men of Moray’ against David I in 1130, the king sent Freskin north as a representative of royal authority.
He was given the estate of Duffus, and here he built an earthwork-and-timber castle. Freskin’s son William adopted the title of ‘de Moravia’ – of Moray. By 1200, the family had become the most influential noble family in northern Scotland, giving rise to the earls of Sutherland and Clan Murray.
In about 1270, the castle passed to Sir Reginald Cheyne the Elder, Lord of Inverugie. He probably built the square stone keep on top of the motte, and the curtain wall encircling the bailey. In 1305, the invading King Edward I of England gave him a grant of 200 oaks from the royal forests of Darnaway and Longmorn, which were probably used for the castle’s floors and roofs.
Quatre belles voitures anciennes abandonnées au milieu des bois.
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Four beautiful old cars abandoned in the middle of the woods.
Cette belle villa oubliée, visitée en cette belle journée ensoleillée, devait respirer la joie de vivre à l’époque.
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This beautiful forgotten villa, visited on this beautiful sunny day, must have breathed the joy of living at the time.
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Incursion dans une antique maison délaissée.
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Incursion into an ancient abandoned house.
Memories of summer. The tip of the bees wing, the wonderful light of this geranium and the bokeh make this an image that is full of promise. An image that I was drawn to today, the day when we enter yet another period of lockdown.
Visite apaisante d'un beau manoir oublié depuis une quinzaine d'années.
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Soothing visit to a beautiful mansion that has been forgotten for fifteen years.
Dix ans d’attente avant de pouvoir enfin faire une visite fort... désagréable !
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Ten years of waiting before I can finally make a very... unpleasant visit !
Incursion dans un restaurant en cours de démantèlement.
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Incursion into a restaurant being dismantled.
Incursion dans un beau petit château perdu dans la forêt.
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Incursion into a beautiful little castle lost in the forest.
Incursion dans un beau petit château perdu dans la forêt.
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Incursion into a beautiful little castle lost in the forest.
Part of my 'Duffus Castle through the seasons' project.
The castle is situated on the Laich of Moray, a fertile plain that was once the swampy foreshore of Spynie Loch. This was originally a more defensive position than it appears today, long after the loch was drained.
The motte is a huge man-made mound, with steep sides and a wide ditch separating it from the bailey. The whole site is enclosed by a water-filled ditch, which is more a mark of its boundary than it is a serious defensive measure.
Duffus Castle was built by a Flemish man named Freskin, who came to Scotland in the first half of the 1100s. After an uprising by the ‘men of Moray’ against David I in 1130, the king sent Freskin north as a representative of royal authority.
He was given the estate of Duffus, and here he built an earthwork-and-timber castle. Freskin’s son William adopted the title of ‘de Moravia’ – of Moray. By 1200, the family had become the most influential noble family in northern Scotland, giving rise to the earls of Sutherland and Clan Murray.
In about 1270, the castle passed to Sir Reginald Cheyne the Elder, Lord of Inverugie. He probably built the square stone keep on top of the motte, and the curtain wall encircling the bailey. In 1305, the invading King Edward I of England gave him a grant of 200 oaks from the royal forests of Darnaway and Longmorn, which were probably used for the castle’s floors and roofs.
Une maison abandonnée depuis longtemps. Comme tant d’autres.
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A long abandoned house. Like so many others.
Un vieux dépôt ferroviaire de la SNCB au crépuscule de sa vie. Nous lui avons rendu une ultime visite.
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We visited an old NMBS/SNCB railway depot at the twilight of its life.
A spectacular Highland castle located in beautiful wooded grounds overlooking Plockton harbour, one of Scotland’s prettiest coastal villages. A great location to explore Plockton and the Isle of Skye from, with the mountain pass to Applecross less than an hour away. At low tide seals sit on the rocks below the castle, otters are frequent visitors to the foreshore and red squirrels inhabit the woods on the Castle drive.