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Dalhousie Castle: Historic house: 16th century: Occupied: Private: Bonnyrigg: Incorporates remains of 13th-century tower, now used as a hotel [1] Dalkeith Palace: Historic house: 18th century: Occupied: Duke of Buccleuch: Dalkeith: Incorporates remains of 12th-century castle [2] Now leased to the University of Wisconsin. Grounds open to the public
Ansgar (8 September 801 – 3 February 865), also known as Anskar, [4] Saint Ansgar, Saint Anschar or Oscar, was Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen in the northern part of the Kingdom of the East Franks. Ansgar became known as the "Apostle of the North" because of his travels and the See of Hamburg received the missionary mandate to bring ...
Canmore provided access to the National Monuments Record of Scotland (NMRS), which was founded in 1966 as an amalgam of the important archive of plans and photographs held by the RCAHMS and the Ministry of Public Building and Works. The NMRS was further developed with material from the Scottish National Buildings Record, the National Art Survey ...
The Ghosts of Inverloch, a Valérian comic, also features a Scottish castle. Castle Dangerous, a novel by Sir Walter Scott, drew inspiration from Douglas Castle. Old Mortality, a novel by Sir Walter Scott, drew inspiration from Craignethan Castle as Tillietudlem Castle. Hogwarts Castle, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter novels.
Ballone Castle: Z-plan tower house: late 16th century: Restored as residence: Private: near Portmahomack: Restored from scratch after 1990: Balnagown Castle: Occupied: Balquholly Castle: Occupied: 57° 30′ 44″ N, 2° 24′ 25″ W: Now known as Hatton Castle, originally owned by same Mowatts who owned Buchollie Castle: Beaufort Castle ...
Redhouse Castle is a ruined tower house castle, 2 km east of Longniddry, East Lothian, Scotland, UK, on the B1377, close to Spittal. The castle designated as a scheduled monument . [ 1 ] It is no longer protected as a category A listed building.
The Vita Ansgarii, also known as the Vita Anskarii, is the hagiography of saint Ansgar, written by Rimbert, his successor as archbishop in the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. [1] The Vita is an important source not only in detailing Ansgar's Scandinavian missionary work, but also in its descriptions of the everyday lives of people during the ...
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