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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 43m

Prince Hal's Brother, Thomas was killed at Bauge in 1421. Stewart, Douglas, Carmichael & Forbes all targeted him because he had a crown on his helm. He should have used decoys like his Father Henry IV at Shrewsbury in 1403. Where 3 fake 'Kings' were killed but Henry IV was safe.

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 50m

Reconstruction mock-up of Jedburgh Castle. Seized several times by English invaders. Demolised by the Scots in 1409 to stop its use as an English foothold in the Borders. #JedburghCastle #ScottishCastles

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 53m

Jedburgh Abbey, Borders (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up over 'Historic Scotland' image. Church (an Augustian House) established by King David I of Scots (1124-1153) #JedburghAbbey #ScottishChurches #HistoryRebuilt

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 5h

Asked 'AI' to animate my Paint version of Rosslyn Chapel (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up a 'what if' had site been completed to original cruciform Plan. A Sinclair family build. #RosslynChapel #ScottishChurches

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 7h

At the Battle of Neville's Cross near Durham in 1346. Robert The Bruce's Son, King David II of Scots had two arrows in his face & one in his leg & was captured under a bridge after the Battle. He also punched the front teeth out of one of the men trying to capture him.

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 7h

Edinburgh Castle (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up of King David's Tower. In 1371 King David II died here during a dinner, when one of the remaining arrowheads (from Neville's Cross in 1346) became dislodged from somewhere is his head.

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 7h

Duntulm Castle, Isle of Skye (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. A stronghold of the MacDonalds of Sleat. Likely built on the site of an earlier Broch. #DuntulmCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 7h

Ousdale Broch, Caithness (Scotland) 'TheBrochProject' image and mock-up suggestion from 2021. #ScottishBrochs #HistoryRebuilt

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 7h

Dunaverty Castle, Kintyre (Scotland) overlap of cutout of my old watercolour reconstruction. King Robert The Bruce fled here 1306. An English force was sent to capture Bruce but he escaped by boat with help of Angus Og. #DunavertyCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 8h

Dundonald Castle Keep, Ayrshire (Scotland) 'Tracy Hogan' image & reconstruction with detachable wooden hoarding and Barmkin for a Gif. A Stewart family stronghold. #DundonaldCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 8h

Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire (England) a Cistercian house, near the village of Aldfield. Reconstruction mock-up over 'geo_woodall' image. #FountainsAbbey #HistoryRebuilt #EnglishAbbeys

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 8h

In 1388 the armour bearer to James Douglas, John Bickerton allegedly stabbed his Master in the back at Otterburn. He hid at Luffness Friary on 'holy ground' to avoid being questioned. Ramsay of Waughton waited for Bickerton to leave on 'Bickerton's Walk' & stabbed him to death.

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 8h

Reconstruction mock-up of Saddell Abbey a Cistercian monastery located in western Scotland. The abbey was established in 1160 by Somerled, Lord of Kintyre. #SaddellAbbey #HistoryRebuilt #ScottishChurches

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 8h

Saddell Castle, Kintyre, Argyll (Scotland) 'Cameron Morrison' image & reconstruction mock-up with Barmkin in 1500s. Castle constructed with stones from the ruined Saddell Abbey. #SaddellCastle #HistoryRebuilt #ScottishCastles

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 8h

The Watchstone at Stenness in Orkney. Located where the Stenness and Harray lochs meet, the Neolithic stone was once part of a pair, and probably served as an outlier for the nearby Stones of Stenness. @kpw1453.bsky.social Post turned into a mock-up suggestion. #WatchStones #Orkney

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 21h

Tarbert Castle, Loch Fyne (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. Site famous for rebuilding work done by King Robert The Bruce in 1325 with enlarged Barmkin wall and extra curtain wall towers. #TarbertCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles #KingRobertTheBruce

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art, built in 1993 close to Glasgow Cathedral on site of the long-lost Glasgow Castle. @undisscot.bsky.social Post & overlap of reconstruction mock-up based on ruin print image. #GlasgowCastle #GlasgowCathedral

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Granton Castle, Edinburgh (Scotland). A Melville family stronghold sacked by English in 1544 during the Wars of the 'Rough Wooing'. Castle & rock mass used as a quarry in 1928 . #GrantonCastle #MissingScottishCastles

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Seton Palace beside Seton Collegiate Church overlap of my old watercolour reconstruction of medieval building (Harl washed) over modern Adams style house. Put gatehouse (on Right) onto foundations uncovered in 2018 dig. Was pleased to find gateway had ground level gun loops. #Watercolourpainting

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Seton Collegiate Church, East Lothian (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up of missing West wing suggestion from 2019. A Seton family build alongside medieval Seton Palace which was rebuilt as an Adams style building. #SetonCollegiateChurch #ScottishChurches #HistoryRebuilt

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Smailholm Tower, Borders (Scotland) 'Cameron Morrison' image & reconstruction mock-up with defensive hoarding. A Pringle (Hoppringle) family stronghold. #SmailholmTower #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Castle Varrich (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up of Tower and Barmkin wall. A Mackay family stronghold. #CastleVarrich #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The formidable south wall and towers of #Roman Portchester (PORTVS ADVRNI) #Hampshire Built in the late 3rd c AD, this coastal fort, now looked after by 'EnglishHeritage' , remains an intimidating prospect April 2015 @durotrigesdig.bsky.social image turned into a reconstruction mock-up.

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Portchester Castle, Hampshire (England) gatehouse reconstruction mock-up from 2018. #PortchesterCastle

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Kinneil House, Boness (Scotland) @kinneil.bsky.social image & mock-up of earlier 1550s Keep with later towers. A Hamilton family build. #KinneilHouse #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Cawdor Castle, Nairn (Scotland) home of the Thanes of Cawdor of Shakespear fame in 'Macbeth' @undisscot.bsky.social image & suggestion of earlier tower with second level entry and wooden palisade Castle-Town. #CawdorCastle #ScottishCastles

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries & Galloway (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up over 'Historic Scotland' image. Castle besieged by King Edward I of England in 1300. #CaerlaverockCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire (Scotland) 'Arjayempee' image & reconstruction with Castle-Town on landward approach. A Bruce family stronghold. Likely the Birthplace of King Robert The Bruce. #TurnberryCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles #HistoryRebuilt #KingRobertTheBruce

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland (England) @jimscottphoto.bsky.social image & reconstruction mock-up. Castle used as a muster point by Hotspur Percy & Lord Dunbar forces to intercept the Scots army at the Battle of Homildon Hill in 1402. #DunstanburghCastle #EnglishCoastalCastles

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

L-Plan Keep of Neidpath Castle, Peebles (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up with wooden palisade replaced by Barmkin wall. Original Tower started by the Fraser family and held by the Hays. Mary Queen of Scots visited in 1563. #NeidpathCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Eilean Donan Castle (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up with original Barmkin wall mock-up over pre 1913 ruin image. Castle famous for Highlander (1986). #EileanDonan #ScottishCastles

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye (Scotland) print of ruin in 1790 used as a measurement layout sketch for one of my old watercolour reconstructions. A MacLeod family stronghold. #DunveganCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles #HistoryRebuilt #Watercolourpainting

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Burghead promontory fort at Burghead in Moray. Reconstruction mock-up of Pictish fortress over @undisscot.bsky.social image.

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Findlater Castle, Aberdeenshire (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up. A Gordon family stronghold besieged by Mary Queen of Scots forces in 1562. #FindlaterCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Finlarig Castle, Stirlingshire (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up of Z-Plan towerhouse held by the Campbell family. May have been built over an earlier Menzies family Tower. #FinlarigCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Castle Menzies near Aberfeldy in Perthshire (Scotland) earlier tower suggestion for a Gif over @undisscot.bsky.social image. A Menzies family stronghold. #CastleMenzies #ScottishCastles

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Reconstruction suggestion of earlier layout of Dore Abbey Herefordshire (England) A Cistercian monastery established in 1147 by Robert fitzHarold of Ewyas as a daughter house of Morimond Abbey in France. #DoreAbbey

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Heraldic medieval floor tile from Dore Abbey - the former Cistercian abbey at Abbey Dore in Herefordshire. @kpw1453.bsky.social info/image turned into a mock-up Gif. #MedivalFloorTiles

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Tiles of Abbey Dore 'Fiona Charters' image turned into a mock-up Gif.

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Gloucester Cathedral floor tiles and Gif mock-up. #Floortiles

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Surviving medieval floor tiles from late 14thC Bodiam Castle, Sussex #castle #history @enortonhistory.bsky.social post/image turned into a Gif.

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Rothesay Castle, Isle of Bute (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up from 2019. A Stewart stronghold. #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Rhuddlan Castle (Wales) 'Bryn Mez' image and reconstruction suggestion with conical roofed entrance, detachable hoarding and low outerwall for a Paint Gif from 2019. This took hours to draw in stages. AI can do it in minutes which is disconcerting. #RhuddlanCastle

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Flint Castle, North Wales reconstruction. Classic design with Donjon on its own as last stand point if courtyard breached during siege. (Donjon should really be at the back rather than front of house which is a bit of a puzzle. Unless they were expecting naval assaults.

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thirlwall Castle, Northumberland (England) reconstruction mock-up over @kpw1453.bsky.social image. Held by Percy Thirlwall, King Richard III's bannerman at Bosworth in 1485. Who it is said still held the banner aloft even after his legs were cut off! #ThirlwallCastle #EnglishCastles

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Dunnottar Castle, near Stonehaven (Scotland). One of my old watercolour reconstructions. A Keith family stronghold. #DunnottarCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles #HistoryRebuilt #watercolourpainting

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Dunure Castle, Ayrshire (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up over 'yesjimstheman' image. A Kennedy family stronghold. Site used in the filming of #Outlander Keep was later harled likely to hide the rough rubble lean-to build on seaward cliff side. #DunureCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Reconstruction mock-up of Vault of Dryburgh Abbey, Borders (Scotland). The abbey was established by Premonstratensian canons in 1150. Hugh de Moreville, Constable of Scotland and Lord of Lauderdale, had invited them from Alnwick Priory, Northumberland. #DryburghAbbey

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Reconstruction mock-up of Cloister of Dryburgh Abbey, Borders (Scotland). The abbey was established by Premonstratensian canons in 1150. Hugh de Moreville, Constable of Scotland and Lord of Lauderdale, had invited them from Alnwick Priory, Northumberland. #DryburghAbbey

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