"1066 and Urquhart Castle" Topic
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| JimDuncanUK | 11 Mar 2017 11:35 a.m. PST |
Currently on BBC iPlayer is a documentary entitled '1066: A Year to Conquer England' and in its introductory scenes there is an aerial shot of Castle Urquhart which is in Scotland and dates from the 13th to the 16th century. Was this really the best clip that the BBC could find to lead us into this story? Can't blame Dan Snow, can we? |
| Vintage Wargaming | 11 Mar 2017 11:39 a.m. PST |
Hard to show a picture of a Norman castle in England dating to 1066 |
| JimDuncanUK | 11 Mar 2017 11:47 a.m. PST |
True but surely there are a few English castles with Norman ancestry left in England. |
| Frontline Tim | 11 Mar 2017 12:48 p.m. PST |
Yes Rochester.I don't suppose "nessie" put in an apperance, she has been photographed near Urquhart before. |
| JimDuncanUK | 11 Mar 2017 12:51 p.m. PST |
That's just for the tourists. |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 12 Mar 2017 2:06 a.m. PST |
Tell you what, still a creepy place… |
| Khusrau | 12 Mar 2017 3:32 a.m. PST |
Could have been worse Jim, could have been a Peel tower or a Z plan. |
| Dagwood | 12 Mar 2017 3:57 a.m. PST |
There may have been a few "Norman" castles in England before 1066, some on the Welsh border may have been built by Edward the Confessor's Norman friends. Don't know if there is anything recognisably Norman left though. |
| Gwydion | 12 Mar 2017 8:47 a.m. PST |
Think the stone pre conquest 'castle' is debatable at best (and evidence is buried footings/foundations so not useful for recognisable TV footage). Most possible evidence of pre conquest castles is earthwork, wood trace and as above a few (contentious) datings of stone foundations. |
| gunnertog | 12 Mar 2017 9:03 a.m. PST |
I think The White Tower would have been a better choice, definitely Norman. |
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