Author: Cecily Shakespeare
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Now hard to believe, Eilean Donan Castle was once one of the largest castles in the west Highlands, known to have featured seven towers, the remains of which lie buried on the island. This book provides a refreshed view of the lost medieval guise of the castle, of its 13th-century origins and form, and of who was responsible for building it, allowing the castle to be positioned accurately in the complex dynamics of powerholding and display of the earls of Ross and associated militarized kindreds of the west Highlands during six centuries of change up to the castle’s destruction in 1719. A new history and the details of the below-ground archaeology allow us to see the lost medieval castle in our mind’s eye 500 years after it vanished. Focusing on the huge amount of archaeological material unearthed during the campaign shows the castle hosted master craftspeople including goldsmiths, shipwrights and hereditary swordsmiths. Exquisite personal items, decorative mail armor and weapons, musical instruments, gaming pieces, imported pottery and animal bones bring the castle and its inhabitants back to life.
Eilean Donan Castle
Author: Cecily Shakespeare
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Now hard to believe, Eilean Donan Castle was once one of the largest castles in the west Highlands, known to have featured seven towers, the remains of which lie buried on the island. This book provides a refreshed view of the lost medieval guise of the castle, of its 13th-century origins and form, and of who was responsible for building it, allowing the castle to be positioned accurately in the complex dynamics of powerholding and display of the earls of Ross and associated militarized kindreds of the west Highlands during six centuries of change up to the castle’s destruction in 1719. A new history and the details of the below-ground archaeology allow us to see the lost medieval castle in our mind’s eye 500 years after it vanished. Focusing on the huge amount of archaeological material unearthed during the campaign shows the castle hosted master craftspeople including goldsmiths, shipwrights and hereditary swordsmiths. Exquisite personal items, decorative mail armor and weapons, musical instruments, gaming pieces, imported pottery and animal bones bring the castle and its inhabitants back to life.
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Now hard to believe, Eilean Donan Castle was once one of the largest castles in the west Highlands, known to have featured seven towers, the remains of which lie buried on the island. This book provides a refreshed view of the lost medieval guise of the castle, of its 13th-century origins and form, and of who was responsible for building it, allowing the castle to be positioned accurately in the complex dynamics of powerholding and display of the earls of Ross and associated militarized kindreds of the west Highlands during six centuries of change up to the castle’s destruction in 1719. A new history and the details of the below-ground archaeology allow us to see the lost medieval castle in our mind’s eye 500 years after it vanished. Focusing on the huge amount of archaeological material unearthed during the campaign shows the castle hosted master craftspeople including goldsmiths, shipwrights and hereditary swordsmiths. Exquisite personal items, decorative mail armor and weapons, musical instruments, gaming pieces, imported pottery and animal bones bring the castle and its inhabitants back to life.
Place-names of Skye and Adjacent Islands
Author: Alexander Robert Forbes
Publisher: Paisley : Alexander Gardner, Limited
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Publisher: Paisley : Alexander Gardner, Limited
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
The Highland sportsman. corrected
Author: Robert Hall (sportsman.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
An deo-ghréine
Scotland Before 1700
Author: Peter Hume Brown
Publisher: Edinburgh : D. Douglas
ISBN:
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Publisher: Edinburgh : D. Douglas
ISBN:
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Bartholomew's Survey Gazetteer of the British Isles
Author: John George Bartholomew
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
Dealbh-chruth Nan Eilean Siar
Author: Western Isles (Scotland). Islands Council
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
West Coast of Scotland Pilot
Publications
Author: Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Life of Saint Columba, Founder of Hy
Author: Saint Adamnan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian saints
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian saints
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description