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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.
Un théâtre abandonné planté à côté d’un commissariat. Voici la visite du jour.
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An abandoned theater planted next to a police station. Here is today's visit.
Une maison abandonnée depuis longtemps. Comme tant d’autres.
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A long abandoned house. Like so many others.
Incursion dans une antique maison délaissée.
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Incursion into an ancient abandoned house.
Plusieurs tentatives auront été nécessaires, ma persévérance a été récompensée avec la visite du Château des Muscles.
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Several attempts were necessary, my perseverance was rewarded with the visit of the Château des Muscles.
Ultime occasion de voir les derniers vestiges de ce qui fût autrefois un site industriel florissant.
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Ultimate opportunity to see the last remains of what was once a thriving industrial site.
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.
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La chapelle visitée n'a plus aucun avenir, malgré qu'elle soit toujours bien vaillante.
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The chapel visited has no future, despite being still very valiant.
Exploration d’une ancienne cokerie en pleine décomposition.
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Exploration of a decaying old coking plant.
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.
Embrace of the Ceylon Oak
In the heart of the emerald glade,
Where whispers of ancient stories wade,
Stands the Ceylon oak, steadfast and grand,
A sentinel of time, in this lush land.
With a crown of red, new leaves unfurl,
Like tiny flames in a gentle swirl,
Each bud a promise, each leaf a sigh,
Embracing the sun, reaching for the sky.
Roots deep in the earth, they cradle the past,
Silent witness to seasons, forever cast,
While breezes dance through its canopied throne,
In the symphony of life, it stands alone.
Macro photography of red and pink flowers, with very shallow depth of field and beautiful soft warm light.
Shag watches the boats depart from Burghead Harbour....
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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.