Picture Extract from Stunning Castles of Scotland
Stirling Castle Gatehouse
The gatehouse to the castle is flanked by two mighty round towers, which were added in 1510 as an additional line of defence.
Crichton Castle
Standing above a bend in the Tyne Water, Crichton Castle was first built around 1375. Mary, Queen of Scots, attended a wedding here in 1562 and was later married to its owner, James Hepburn, the fourth Earl of Bothwell. The castle later passed to Francis Stewart, the next Earl, who extensively remodelled the castle with the addition of a unique diamond-faceted façade.
Drummond Castle
Standing proud overlooking splendid gardens, Drummond Castle was built at the close of the fifteenth century on lands near Crieff in Perthshire. The family came to prominence after Sir Malcolm Drummond distinguished himself in 1314 at the Battle of Bannockburn when in the army of Robert the Bruce that crushed the English.
Balmoral Castle
Built in 1855 by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria, the present Balmoral Castle is a fine castellated mansion with no defensive features, although it replaced an old tower house. Balmoral’s position high above a bend in the River Dee, with the impressive mountain of Lochnagar as a backdrop, is certainly a location fit for a queen.
This image is 1000mm wide in the printed edition of Stunning Castles of Scotland
-
Add to BasketStunning Castles Of Scotland - Paperback -
£10.00
This text presents Scotland's most photogenic and aesthetic castles. It includes four double gate fold picture spreads of Wallace's views and incorporates many more large format scenes.
Extract from The Stunning Castles of Scotland by Graeme Wallace by kind permission of GW Publications.
The most significant feature of this book is that it concentrates on the photogenic attributes of the castles and locations and has four double-gate fold spreads which open out to 1000mm wide. The book has been flexibound which is a cross between hardbound and paperback, making the book lighter and cheaper than other photographic books.