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The SweetGlowPixie Castle
By: Clay Death Date: August 15, 2015, 10:01 pm
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Re: The SweetGlowPixie Castle
By: Clay Death Date: August 15, 2015, 10:19 pm
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Welcome to Camelot lady SweetGlowPixie.
Please make yourself at home. post anytime you wish and as much
as you wish.
and have fun.
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Re: The SweetGlowPixie Castle
By: @SweetGlowPixie Date: August 15, 2015, 10:23 pm
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Thank you so much much for the warm welcome!
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Re: The SweetGlowPixie Castle
By: Clay Death Date: August 15, 2015, 10:50 pm
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Re: The SweetGlowPixie Castle
By: Clay Death Date: August 15, 2015, 10:51 pm
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Re: The SweetGlowPixie Castle
By: Clay Death Date: August 15, 2015, 10:52 pm
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Re: The SweetGlowPixie Castle
By: Clay Death Date: August 15, 2015, 10:53 pm
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Dunrobin Castle  
Building in Scotland
Dunrobin Castle is a stately home in Sutherland, in the Highland
area of Scotland, and the family seat of the Earl of Sutherland
and the Clan Sutherland.
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Re: The SweetGlowPixie Castle
By: thetruth Date: August 15, 2015, 10:54 pm
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Welcome SweetGlowPixie. We are glad you're here and look forward
to interacting with you.
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Re: The SweetGlowPixie Castle
By: Clay Death Date: August 15, 2015, 10:56 pm
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Dunrobin Castle
Type
Country house
Architectural style
Scottish baronial/French Renaissance
Location
Golspie, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates
57.981944°N 3.945278°W
Completed
1845
Client
George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland
Owner
Lord Strathnaver
Design and construction
Architect
Sir Charles Barry
Dunrobin Castle is a stately home in Sutherland, in the Highland
area of Scotland, and the family seat of the Earl of Sutherland
and the Clan Sutherland. It is located 1 mile (1.6 km) north of
Golspie, and approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Brora,
overlooking the Dornoch Firth.
Dunrobin's origins lie in the Middle Ages, but most of the
present building and the gardens was added by Sir Charles Barry
between 1835 and 1850. Some of the original building is visible
in the interior courtyard, despite a number of expansions and
alterations that made it the largest house in the north of
Scotland. After being used as a boarding school for seven years,
it is now open to the public.
The lands of Sutherland were acquired before 1211, by Hugh, Lord
of Duffus, grandson of the Flemish nobleman Freskin.[1] The
Earldom of Sutherland was created around 1235 for Hugh's son,
William, surmised to have descended from the House of Moray by
the female line.[2][3] The castle may have been built on the
site of an early medieval fort, but the oldest surviving
portion, with an iron yett, is first mentioned in 1401.[3][4]
The earliest castle was a square keep with walls over 6 feet
(1.8 m) thick. Unusually, the ceilings of each floor were formed
by stone vaults rather than being timber.[2][5] The castle is
thought to be named after Robert, the 6th Earl of Sutherland
(d.1427).[3][4]
Dunrobin Castle was built in the midst of a tribal society, with
Norse and Gaelic in use at the time. Robert the Bruce planted
the Gordons, who supported his claim to the crown, at Huntly in
Aberdeenshire, and they were created Earls of Huntly in 1445.[6]
The Earldom passed to the Gordon family in the 16th century when
the 8th Earl of Sutherland gave his daughter Elizabeth in
marriage to Adam Gordon.[7] After the 8th Earl died in 1508,
Elizabeth's elder brother was declared heir to the title, but a
brieve (writ) of idiocy brought against him and his younger
brother by the Gordons meant that the possession of the estate
went to Adam Gordon in 1512.[7]
In 1518, in the absence of Adam Gordon, the castle was captured
by Alexander Sutherland, the legitimate heir to the Earldom of
Sutherland. The Gordons quickly retook the castle, captured
Alexander and placed his head on a spear on top of the castle
tower.[8] Alexander's son John made an attempt on the castle in
1550, but was killed in the castle garden.[8] During the more
peaceful 17th century, the keep was extended with the addition
of a large house, built around a courtyard to the south-west.[2]
During the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the Jacobites under Charles
Edward Stuart stormed Dunrobin Castle without warning, because
the Clan Sutherland supported the British government. The 17th
Earl of Sutherland, who had changed his surname from Gordon to
Sutherland, narrowly escaped them, exiting through a back
door.[9] He sailed for Aberdeen where he joined the Duke of
Cumberland's army. On the death of the 18th Earl in 1766, the
house passed to his daughter, Elizabeth, who married the
politician George Leveson-Gower, later created 1st Duke of
Sutherland. In 1785, the house was altered and extended
again.[2]
The west entrance of Dunrobin Castle, with the portion added by
Charles Barry in the foreground.
Between 1835 and 1850, Sir Charles Barry remodelled the castle
in the Scottish Baronial style for the 2nd Duke of
Sutherland.[10][11] Barry had been the architect for the Palace
of Westminster, home to the House of Commons, and was much in
demand. The 14th-century tower, and the 17th-century and
18th-century extensions, were retained, and survive within
Barry's 19th-century work.[1]
Dunrobin Castle railway station, on the Far North Line, was
opened in 1870, as a private station for the castle.[12] The
present waiting room was constructed in 1902, and is a category
B listed building.[12]
In 1915, the building was in use as a naval hospital when fire
damaged much of the interior, but was confined to the newer
additions by Barry.[11] Scottish architect Sir Robert Lorimer
was engaged to renovate the house following the First World
War.[1] When the 5th Duke died in 1963, the Earldom and the
house went to his niece, the current Countess of Sutherland,
while the Dukedom had to pass to a male heir and went to John
Egerton, Earl of Ellesmere. Between 1965 and 1972, the house
became a boarding school for boys, taking on forty boys and five
teachers in its first year.[13] Since 1973, the house and
grounds have been open to the public, with private accommodation
retained for the use of the Sutherland family.[14]
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Re: The SweetGlowPixie Castle
By: JFoshia Date: August 15, 2015, 11:27 pm
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Beautiful castle, lady SweetGlowPixie!
I am so glad you are here at Camelot and truly look forward to
interacting with you :)
If I can help you in any way please let me know...I would be
happy to help!!
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