I stopped to take a photo of Fedderate Castle near New Deer on my little road to winter journey. It dates from 1474, but there’s not much left of it today. The castle is a protected monument now, but before it gained that status, there was an attempt to blow it up as it was seen “as an impediment to agriculture.” It stands tall, a beautiful and distinctive shape in the landscape. The over-wintering crop around it is only slightly impeded, I think.
Medieval re-enactor Andrew Spratt took an older image of mine and created this rather wonderful GIF of the castle through the ages and the seasons:
Fedderate Castle on Canmore
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I’m glad what’s left of the castle is preserved, Ailish. It will put some of the crops around it in shade for part of the day, but preserving history is important to me.
It will probably crumble away in time, but I’m glad no more explosives will be used.
Indeed.
How sad that the castle has crumbled, but I loved the GIF reconstruction of how it must have looked!
I love that GIF too.