Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2007 21:05:51 GMT
*** Without giving too much away I have now expanded the clues in each case to make them slightly easier to identify ***
Castles Quiz I covered the most well-known ones that I could think of, but it was pointed out - by Fazza, I believe - that they were all in England and Wales and I hadn't catered for the Scottish contingent.
So, leaving out the most obvious ones such as Edinburgh, here are 14 to identify and in each case their county/region is given by way of a clue:
1
Grampian: near Nairn, a typical tower house , was partially burned in 1645 and remodelled in 1730s with additions of the present entrance hall and library in the 19th centuries. Fine furniture, porcelain, paintings and unusual plaster ceilings. Famous for many varieties of daffodils in Springtime.
2
Sutherland: has been the property of the Sutherland family since 13th C. and parts of the present castle date from that time. The castle by the North Sea with 189 rooms, a fairy-tale look and a distinct air of "French Scottish" was created during the remodel in 1845-51 by Sir Charles Barry, the architect for the House of Commons in London. When the 5th Duke died in 1963, the house became a boy's boarding school for a period of seven years from the late 1960's before reverting back to being a family house, and it is now lived in by the Countess of Sutherland. Open to the public every day between Easter and September and is well worth a visit. Next to the garden, based on Versailles, there is a museum containing hunting trophies, taxidermy, fossils, medals, archaeological finds and an important collection of Pictish symbol stones.
3
Highlands: a neo-Norman castle built in 1836 now stands on the site of an 11th century royal stone enclosure fortress, which was blown up by the Jacobites in 1746. The Castle contains the offices of local government and law courts. In the Drum Tower there is an exhibition about the castle story and is open daily during the summer season.
4
Borders, Nr.Lauder: the home of the Maitland family throughout its long history; the present castle was built in 1590 and remodelled in 1670s and 1840s; fine 17th century ceilings, large collection of historic toys, country life exhibitions; the venue of Scottish Horse Trials.
5
Perthshire: the home of the Mansfield family for 400 years was built in 1580 on the old crowning site of Scottish Kings and extensively rebuilt in 1804; the Palace houses unique collections of Vernis Martin , French furniture, clocks, porcelain.
6
Argyll: home of the Duke of Argyll's family, the senior branch of the Campbell Clan; the present castle , a large classical mansion with corner towers and turrets, was built in 1741-85 to replace the earlier fortified keep; the famous Armoury Hall contains 1300 pieces; the French tapestries were made especially for the Castle; fine examples of Scottish and European furniture, china, silver and family artifacts.
7
Angus: home of the family of the Strathmore and Kinghorne since 1372, the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the birthplace of The Princess Margaret; building of
the present castle started about 1400; magnificent palace-like rooms with fine plasterwork ceilings; an interesting museum called "The Family Exhibition"; extensive park with Italian Garden.
8
Dumfries & Galloway: 17th century castle , Dumfriesshire home of Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry , renowned collection of paintings by Leonardo da Vinci , Rembrandt, Hans Holbein.
9
Inverness-shire: a late 14th century private fortress and a real fairy-tale castle was built around a small living holly tree by the Thanes and is still their ancenstral home; romantically linked by Shakespeare with Macbeth.
10
Perthshire: the ancient home of the Earls and Dukes of Atholl since 1269; famous for the only remaining private army in Europe - the Atholl Highlanders. Taking of photographs is allowed inside this castle, which is a welcome change to the normal rules!
11
Isle of Skye: a ruin of a mansion house, not really a castle. The Macdonalds arrived on Skye in 15th century from the Southern Hebrides and stayed at Armadale from the 1650s. Flora
MacDonald of Bonnie Prince Charlie fame was married here in 1750. The building of the mansion house was finished by in 1815, but much of it was destroyed by fire in 1855. Armadale houses the Clan Donald centre and 'The Museum of the Isles' in some of the outbuildings with the exhition of the history of the Scottish Higlands. The Gardens have 40 acres of exotic trees, shrubs and flowers in its gardens dating from the 17th century.
12
Strathclyde: a Robert Adam palace of the Kennedy family includes a memorial to General Eisenhower.
13
Grampian: was started in the 13th century, but the south front's five round towers were each built in a different century by one of the families who lived there; this glorious castle has fashionable plasterwork and panelling, the famous haunted Wheel Staircase and there are portraits by Romney, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Hoppner, and Raeburn; in 1889 Lord
Leith used the fortune he had made in the American steel industry to buy the estate and restore it to be one of the richest castles in Scotland.
14
Fife: former Scottish Royal Residence , maybe the grandest of all Scotland's castles with outstanding architecture; strong links with Mary Queen of Scots who was crowned here in 1543.
1.5pts for each. Good luck !
Castles Quiz I covered the most well-known ones that I could think of, but it was pointed out - by Fazza, I believe - that they were all in England and Wales and I hadn't catered for the Scottish contingent.
So, leaving out the most obvious ones such as Edinburgh, here are 14 to identify and in each case their county/region is given by way of a clue:
1
Grampian: near Nairn, a typical tower house , was partially burned in 1645 and remodelled in 1730s with additions of the present entrance hall and library in the 19th centuries. Fine furniture, porcelain, paintings and unusual plaster ceilings. Famous for many varieties of daffodils in Springtime.
2
Sutherland: has been the property of the Sutherland family since 13th C. and parts of the present castle date from that time. The castle by the North Sea with 189 rooms, a fairy-tale look and a distinct air of "French Scottish" was created during the remodel in 1845-51 by Sir Charles Barry, the architect for the House of Commons in London. When the 5th Duke died in 1963, the house became a boy's boarding school for a period of seven years from the late 1960's before reverting back to being a family house, and it is now lived in by the Countess of Sutherland. Open to the public every day between Easter and September and is well worth a visit. Next to the garden, based on Versailles, there is a museum containing hunting trophies, taxidermy, fossils, medals, archaeological finds and an important collection of Pictish symbol stones.
3
Highlands: a neo-Norman castle built in 1836 now stands on the site of an 11th century royal stone enclosure fortress, which was blown up by the Jacobites in 1746. The Castle contains the offices of local government and law courts. In the Drum Tower there is an exhibition about the castle story and is open daily during the summer season.
4
Borders, Nr.Lauder: the home of the Maitland family throughout its long history; the present castle was built in 1590 and remodelled in 1670s and 1840s; fine 17th century ceilings, large collection of historic toys, country life exhibitions; the venue of Scottish Horse Trials.
5
Perthshire: the home of the Mansfield family for 400 years was built in 1580 on the old crowning site of Scottish Kings and extensively rebuilt in 1804; the Palace houses unique collections of Vernis Martin , French furniture, clocks, porcelain.
6
Argyll: home of the Duke of Argyll's family, the senior branch of the Campbell Clan; the present castle , a large classical mansion with corner towers and turrets, was built in 1741-85 to replace the earlier fortified keep; the famous Armoury Hall contains 1300 pieces; the French tapestries were made especially for the Castle; fine examples of Scottish and European furniture, china, silver and family artifacts.
7
Angus: home of the family of the Strathmore and Kinghorne since 1372, the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the birthplace of The Princess Margaret; building of
the present castle started about 1400; magnificent palace-like rooms with fine plasterwork ceilings; an interesting museum called "The Family Exhibition"; extensive park with Italian Garden.
8
Dumfries & Galloway: 17th century castle , Dumfriesshire home of Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry , renowned collection of paintings by Leonardo da Vinci , Rembrandt, Hans Holbein.
9
Inverness-shire: a late 14th century private fortress and a real fairy-tale castle was built around a small living holly tree by the Thanes and is still their ancenstral home; romantically linked by Shakespeare with Macbeth.
10
Perthshire: the ancient home of the Earls and Dukes of Atholl since 1269; famous for the only remaining private army in Europe - the Atholl Highlanders. Taking of photographs is allowed inside this castle, which is a welcome change to the normal rules!
11
Isle of Skye: a ruin of a mansion house, not really a castle. The Macdonalds arrived on Skye in 15th century from the Southern Hebrides and stayed at Armadale from the 1650s. Flora
MacDonald of Bonnie Prince Charlie fame was married here in 1750. The building of the mansion house was finished by in 1815, but much of it was destroyed by fire in 1855. Armadale houses the Clan Donald centre and 'The Museum of the Isles' in some of the outbuildings with the exhition of the history of the Scottish Higlands. The Gardens have 40 acres of exotic trees, shrubs and flowers in its gardens dating from the 17th century.
12
Strathclyde: a Robert Adam palace of the Kennedy family includes a memorial to General Eisenhower.
13
Grampian: was started in the 13th century, but the south front's five round towers were each built in a different century by one of the families who lived there; this glorious castle has fashionable plasterwork and panelling, the famous haunted Wheel Staircase and there are portraits by Romney, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Hoppner, and Raeburn; in 1889 Lord
Leith used the fortune he had made in the American steel industry to buy the estate and restore it to be one of the richest castles in Scotland.
14
Fife: former Scottish Royal Residence , maybe the grandest of all Scotland's castles with outstanding architecture; strong links with Mary Queen of Scots who was crowned here in 1543.
1.5pts for each. Good luck !
