Andrew Spratt
@andrewsp2009
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Medieval re enactor, 'Man at Arms'. reconstruction Castle Artist. 'I come bearing Gifs' Historical opinions my own.
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John Boorman's excellent Excalibur 1981. With a young Patrick Stewart ( aka Jean-luc-Picard) Shields up. Make it so! #Excalibur1981
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I loved the Terry English helmet designs in John Boorman's 'Excalibur' (1981) they were exaggerated versions of pig face basinets & armets and although mocked by some, you just have to look at medieval examples to see armour smiths could make bizarre designs when they wanted.
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Inside Cromarty East Church in Cromarty on the Black Isle, painstakingly restored to its original state to serve as a nationally important example of the changes that swept across Scotland's churches after the Reformation of 1560. More pics and info: https://t.co/h756erCpuK
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Warkworth Castle, Northumberland (England) reconstruction mock-up over @GunpowderDan image. A Percy family stronghold. #WarkworthCastle #EnglishCastles #HistoryRebuilt
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🏛️ McCaig’s Tower 📍 Oban, Scotland Perched above Oban Bay, McCaig’s Tower (1897) is a striking circular monument inspired by Roman coliseums Built by banker John Stuart McCaig to honor his family & provide work for stonemasons, it remained unfinished after his death in 1902
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Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland (England) reconstruction mock-up. In 1402 Dunstanburgh was used as a muster point by Harry Hotspur Percy & rebel Scots Lord Dunbar to gather forces to engage Scots returning from sacking of Newcastle leading to Homildon Hill.
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Blackness Castle (Scotland) @welovehistory image & reconstruction of earlier layout. 'The Ship that never sailed'. Site used in the filming of Hamlet with Mel Gibson (1990), IvanHoe (1997), Outlander (2016), Outlawking with Chris Pine (2017) and Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
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Dundas Castle, South Queensferry (Scotland) built in 1416 by the Dundas family. Mock-up of earlier Keep and palisade castleton suggestion. #DundasCastle #ScottishCastles
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Dunaverty Castle, Kintyre (Scotland) @scottishbeach image & reconstruction mock-up. King Robert The Bruce fled here 1306. An English force was sent to capture Bruce but he escaped by boat with help of Angus Og. #DunavertyCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles #HistoryRebuilt
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'Freelance' in modern terms is someone working for themselves in a second job. However in medieval times it was the lance of the knight offered to fight local conflicts for financial gain. A lance was not just a spear it was a small unit of men, A knight, Men at Arms, Archers etc
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The battle of Boroughmuir in 1335 thru the streets of Edinburgh the English army fled to the ruins of the Castle. One young knight charged Richard Shaw & didn't swerve. Both knights were killed, impaled by their lances. The knight was stripped of armour and found to be a girl!
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Elgin Cathedral, the "Lantern of the North", from the top of its vertiginous north tower. A church was first built here in the 1200s & despite major setbacks the cathedral thrived until the Reformation of 1560 @UndisScot Post turned into a reconstruction mock-up. #ElginCathedral
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Spynie Palace (Scotland) @UndisScot image & reconstruction. The fortified residence of the Bishops of Moray. Surprisingly the Wolf of Badenoch didn't attack Spynie when burning Elgin Cathedral to annoy Bishop Moray in 1390. It may be the Wolf's Father told him not to attack it.
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Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness (Scotland) overlap of my watercolour reconstruction from 1980s. Site seized by the MacDonald family in 1452 to annoy King James II of Scots in his War with the Black Douglases. #UrquhartCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt
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Castle Campbell, Dollar Glen (Scotland) @yesjimstheman image & reconstruction. A Campbell family stronghold. Also known as 'Castle Gloom'. #CastleCampbell #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt
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