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	Kildrummy Castle

Patty2007

8-15-2007 1:55 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/93cd3010-88fc-4178-bc83-2c3bc51e86fa/C964A7F9-4A55-46E6-8124-B5AF33F14E43/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/strathdon/kildrummycastle/index.html" href="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/strathdon/kildrummycastle/index.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/strathdon/kildrummycastle/index.html"><H1 minmax_bound="true">Kildrummy Castle</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/strathdon/kildrummycastle/index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/img/29A4C593-6DA5-48D8-8B7F-034275A7A571" alt="The South East Tower" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/strathdon/kildrummycastle/index.html"><SPAN minmax_bound="true">The South East Tower</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/strathdon/kildrummycastle/index.html"><P minmax_bound="true">Kildrummy Castle was once one of the most magnificent and imposing castles in Scotland. It was built in about 1250 by the Earl of Mar. The castle was intended to consolidate the Mar dynasty's hold over north-eastern Scotland and was located where it could command important routes across the region. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/strathdon/kildrummycastle/index.html"><P minmax_bound="true">The film <SPAN minmax_bound="true">Braveheart,</SPAN> whatever its historical credentials, did a lot for a sense of Scottish identity. Its treatment of <A href="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/def/edwardiengland.html" minmax_bound="true">Edward I,</A> on the other hand, has left him with a bigger image problem than the one given to Richard III by Shakespeare's equally unbalanced telling of his story. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/strathdon/kildrummycastle/index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/img/EFE1CAB3-7C3D-4BEF-964E-A126A65683CF" alt="Elphinstone Tower" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/strathdon/kildrummycastle/index.html"><SPAN minmax_bound="true">Elphinstone Tower</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/strathdon/kildrummycastle/index.html"><P minmax_bound="true"><A href="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/def/edwardiengland.html" minmax_bound="true">Edward I</A> paid at least two visits to Kildrummy Castle, in 1296 and 1303. Both times he came as a guest on his way south from <A href="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/elgin/elgin/index.html" minmax_bound="true">Elgin,</A> and he may even have lent his favourite mason to help design a better gatehouse for the castle. What emerged as a result was very like the gatehouse of <A href="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/def/edwardiengland.html" minmax_bound="true">Edward's</A> castle at Harlech. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/strathdon/kildrummycastle/index.html"></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C964A7F9-4A55-46E6-8124-B5AF33F14E43/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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