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AJR
Senior Member 		posted 05-01-2008 11:45 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for AJR     Edit/Delete Message
A strange one from me, but I could do with some help nonetheless.

Could anyone tell me the location of the fortification shown in the following weblink? http://www.castleduncan.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2228
Thanks

ipflo
Moderator 		posted 05-08-2008 03:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ipflo   Click Here to Email ipflo     Edit/Delete Message
hmm due to the flag on the building (the cross of saint Patrick) I would assume it is somewhere in Ireland. I will have a look in my books once I have found the books, as on the moment my Irish books are lost in all the other books. Also I wanted to write it at duncans forum, however, mine account just got disabled, lucky me ;(

ipflo
Moderator 		posted 05-08-2008 04:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ipflo   Click Here to Email ipflo     Edit/Delete Message
the text from me on castle on duncan:

Got it. Could not find the Irish books, but then remembered that Jersey has the same flag:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Jersey

I liked the following story 'Among the legends are a story that a mistranslation from Dutch of the word Erse ("Irish") in a Dutch chart endowed Ierse (Jersey) with a cross of St. Patrick by mistake. '

Or did I remember the castle first:

Mont Orgueil Castle

All the pictures I find are from land, and the building has changed a little bit (some of the homes are destroyed), but this should be the castle
http://www.jeron.je/thatwasjersey/castlefiles/AH013big.jpg
http://www3.sympatico.ca/locsound/champart/
http://www.cipostcard.co.nz/jersey/orgueil.htm
http://www.jamd.com/search?assettype=g&...+Orgueil+Castle <--- flag still on top
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...r%2C_Jersey.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...m_the_south.jpg

ipflo

AJR
Senior Member 		posted 05-09-2008 06:20 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for AJR     Edit/Delete Message
Thanks ipflo. I have passed this information on to my friend, who will let me know what he can come up with.

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