So Many Castles, So Little Time - Castles in Scotland 2017 (Repost from Steemit)

This will be the first of two blog posts I originally posted on Steemit. The pictures are nice and worthy of sharing with everyone. I meant to do this reposting a long time ago. So, without further ado...

During my recent visit to Scotland, I had the very distinct pleasure to photograph many castles, kirks, crosses and other buildings of interesting architecture. I will include a few images that really turned out well, in my opinion.

The first image is of Castle Sween, on the shores of Loch Sween, Knapdale, Scotland. And here is another view of Castle Sween.

The rounded tower is called the Sween Tower after the Danish Prince Sween who is believed to have had this castle build in the 11th century. Making this one of the earliest stone castles built in Scotland, I have heard it said it is the 6th oldest, but I do not know that with any certainty.

The next castle will be recognised by more of you, this is the Edinburgh Castle, in Edinburgh, Scotland.

This was taken the morning before we attended the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Which is a must see event each August. If you want to see the Tattoo, you should order your tickets early, they do sellout fast.

Next, we have a cool shot of the Edinburgh Castle during the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo of the Lone Piper, playing with the castle cloaked in blue light.

I will finish with a couple photos from Dunnottar Castle, near Stonehaven, Aberbeenshire, Scotland. It took three journeys to Scotland before I was able to make a visit to this wonderful marvel of old world engineering.

Dunnottar Castle would have been a very difficult castle to attack as an invader - either by land or sea. There are no beaches and terrible rocks to rip out a ship's haul. The land route is no easier. Only one skinny finger of land joins the castle to the mainland.

I will make another post in the near future. I would like to clarify these photos are here to share the beauty of Scotland and her castles. For those, who cannot resist copying these images, I only ask that you credit those images to me and have a link to the source - here on STEEMIT. Otherwise, uncredited copying will be viewed as infringing on the copyright.

Of course, if you are seeing these photos for the first time here on Mountainman's Mantra; please, let others know where you found these photos. I am all for sharing great photos, just acknowledge the source and give credit where it's due.

Until next time...take a trip and bring home awesome photos!

Mountainman.