THE POWER AND WEALTH OF SCOTLAND AND THE URQUHART'S IS EMBODIED IN THIS PICTURE OF URQUHART CASTLE BELOW: Yes, Fitzwarine's association with Urquhart Castle, although brief, allows us to also glimpse this lovely love story. In the end, the English King persuaded the other side to release Fitzwarine, but within a year of being released, he died in battle. By Fitzwarines association with Urquhart Castle, we know about him being captured, about his devoted wife that pleaded to the King Of England to remember her husband and how her husband had dutifully supported him. He was wrong, but, in building building those towers, he did make a rememberance to the Fitzwarine family that has lasted through the ages. When the English took Urquhart Castle on one occassion, Fitzwarine fortified Urquhart Castle by adding these two huge towers, in the hope it would keep Urquhart Castle from being taken back.
To give an example, if you look at the photo of Urquhart Castle at the very top of this page, or the one a bit further down, you will notice that the ruins of Urquhart Castle have two distinctly whiter colored tower bases. Like most Castles I think, Urquhart Castle has changed much from the time it was first built. THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE RUINATION OF URQUHART CASTLE AND WHY - THE ENGLISH FEARED THE HIGHLAND WARRIORS THE POWER AND WEALTH OF SCOTLAND IS EMBODIED IN THIS PICTURE OF URQUHART CASTLE BEFORE IT'S DESTRUCTIONĪLTERNATIVE HISTORY OF THE RUINATION OF URQUHART CASTLE - THE LOCK NESS MONSTER, NESSIE. URQUHART CASTLE CHANGED OVER THE CENTURIES. Urquhart Castle held a vital military position in Scotland and so, ownership would sometimes pass improperly and without consent from the rightful heirs to other people who were thought to be more able to maintain and defend Urquhart Castle, as the Sovereignty so deemed.
England took the Urquhart Castle from the Scotts several times and on at least one occassion killed every man, woman and child that occupied it. Ownership of Urquhart Castle came and went among many people. The people with the name Urquhart did not come to occupy Urquhart Castle until quite late in history. Urquhart Castle was named after the land - suburb so to speak - it was built upon. Urquhart Castle of Loch Ness, Scotland The Occupiers and Owners of Urquhart Castle over the Centuries.įirst, lets clarify ownership of Urquhart Castle through the ages.
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