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Mordred Hello again :-)
Thanks for your help with my last search. BUt now I'm looking for a new castle:
Maybe it's a little bit more difficult at this time...
The castle I search is somewhere in GB (Ireland, Scotland or England). It was called the black castle by the people who lived there in the 16th century. The coat of arms (I hope this are the right words, my English is not the best) of the castles lord had the coulor black inside, very uncommon at this time.
Thanks for your help in advance (again)
hinal i dodnt no what castle u r talking bout but it sounds interesting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gordon Sounds like the Black Castle Of Moulin, at Moulin, just outside Pitlochry in Perthshire Scotland. It was built in the 1320's by Sir John Campbell of Lochow (Loch Awe) , nephew of Robert the Bruce, and later Earl of Atholl. It was abandoned and torched in the 16thc because of the Black Plague. The Campbell colours are black and yellow, and these appear prolifically on their coats of arms. http://www.celticbug.com/ClanCrest/CoatOfArms.jpg
The castle is badly ruined now, and originally stood on an island.
This from Canmore
'Known as 'An Sean Chaisteal' and 'Caisteal Dubh Mhaothlinne'.
NSA 1845.
This 13th century castle has been about 110' N-S by 85' E-W. The walls of the quadrangle are 6' thick and have probably been nearly 30' high. The only round tower remaining is at the NW angle and the walls are fragmentary (MacGibbon and Ross 1887-92).
The castle is supposed to have stood on an enlarged crannog in the centre of a lake but was probably merely moated. The remains of a stone path lead from Balnadrum farm towards the castle (Dixon 1925).
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92; J M Dixon 1925.
Caisteal Dubh was built about 1326 on an island, or crannog, in a lake, and a landing place for boats, a causeway, was uncovered at Balnadrum some years ago. It was inhabited until 1500, when traditionally it was fired because of fear of plague. The lake was drained about 1720, but remained a marsh for 100 years.
H Mitchell 1923.
Still known as Caisteal Dubh, this early castle survives in a poor and ruinous condition in a cultivated field, and is generally as planned by MacGibbon and Ross (1887-92). The foundation of the SW tower is now visible, and another internal wall.
There is no trace of a moat, nor of a crannog. There is little doubt, however, that the area was once a loch, and the castle stands on a slight rise, which would have been either the end of a low peninsula, or a very shallow point in the water. There is no knowledge now of the alleged causeway.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 11 April 1975. '
Mordred Thanx for the information, I think that helps me a lot.