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ANOK1

no witkrag ive seen no posts for hever where is drum castle cos thats a brilliant castle name

ANOK1

guess i can utilise a modern shuftie tool

Witkrag

 Drum Castle is a castle near Drumoak in Aberdeenshire Scotland.Construction started in the 13th Century.The place name Drum is derived from Gaelic "Druim"-meaning" Ridge".Well worth including a pic!

ANOK1

is that a hint or an order lol 

                   

Witkrag

Merely being helpful.You did ask the whereabouts and origins of "Drum" and I researched a little.thumbup.png

Eeyore2016

Crichton Castle, complete with outside toilet. 

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ANOK1
IlMave
Eeyore2016 wrote:

Crichton Castle, complete with outside toilet. 

 

Lol, at last a real practical castle.

Eeyore2016

Indeed.  With most castles you just have to go over the battlements.  What do you think the  moat was for?

IlMave

lol

ANOK1

moats , how to ,,hmm i bet theres a vid , but even drained (after a long siege in a drought) there is still the ditch the moat was in ,,

Eeyore2016

I wonder if they ever find any old shopping trolleys when they drain the moat...

 

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....treasure trove!

ANOK1

lol i wonder what archeologists will make of our remains , will they call us the plastic age ?

Eeyore2016

The Asda age?

ANOK1

the sand might become a diamond but the plastic sancastle bucket will always be the plastic sand castle bucket

Eeyore2016

If plastic's supposed to last for ever how come the arse always falls out of a bag for life after four weeks?  Did they mean the life of a housefly?

 

Anyway, back to castles...

 

Blair Atholl Castle, Cairngorms

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The Laird of Atholl has the only private army in the country.  Obviously he employs them to do the whitewashing.

 

ANOK1

lol to housefly comment , thats a nose splurting coffee post

BOTE1974

thx

ANOK1

thread gets a new post , hi bote ,

Witkrag

Wot about the Castle Perilous?grin.png