| We spent the night in Edinburgh and
snapped a couple of photos on the way out of town. From Edinburgh,
we drove north to see the Towie Barclay castle. Towie Barclay is the
ancestral lands and castle of clan Barclay. |
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| Frontal view of Towie Barclay castle (56kb) |
View of the Towie Barclay gardens |
Tarythe standing by an outbuilding in the castle gardens |
Towie Barclay outbuildings |
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| The side of Towie Barclay (95kb) |
Oblique view from down in the cluster of outbuildings |
Tarythe in the doorway of Towie Barclay castle |
Upon entering Towie Barclay, this crest is in the ceiling of the foyer. |
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| When you enter and turn left, you look down a hall that
ends in stairs leading to the second floor. |
Some of the displays in the hall. |
A nice set of armour guards the stairs (33kb) |
Another shot at the bottom of the stairs. (39kb) |
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| Walking up the stairs, you see this beautiful stained
glass window with the Barclay coat of arms. |
The "Grand Hall" of Towie Barclay, currently in
use as Marc Ellington's study |
One of the crests in the ceiling of the grand hall,
showing the union of Barclay and ??? |
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| A 16th century chair in the grand hall |
Frontal view of the 16th century chair |
The hutch in the background displays a date 1642 carved
into. |
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