Bamburgh Castle lies on the coast of Northumberland with views to Lindisfarne and the Farne Islands.

Castle from Bamburgh village:-

Castle from below:-

From south:-

Castle buildings from courtyard (stitch of three photos):-

Tower from courtyard:-

View from lower courtyard:-

Old entrance from lower courtyard:-

Castle from north wall:-

Castle keep:-

Inlaid Table, Brodie Castle:-

Bed:-

Bedroom:-

Library:-

Stained glass armorial window, bearing the Brodie Arms:-stained glass

A ceiling. As I recall we were told this was plaster made to look like carved wood:-

Another ceiling:-

An armorial ceiling:-

Fire Range:-

A fireplace:-

Heavily carved fireplace:-

Brodie Castle from approach drive:-

Side view:-

Dining table:-

Room with chandelier:-

Decorated internal doorway:-

Chaie longue:-

Apart from Edinburgh, Alfred Buckham also photographed from the air other British cities and landmarks.

Durham:-

Lincoln:-

Oxford:-

Forth Bridge:-

Windsor Castle:-

His work is also a chronicle of early aviation (see R101 and R100 in the link above.)

This one’s a Fairey Napier in flight:-

Buckham’s Camera. It was specially constructed to be easier to use than ground based ones:-

Castle from car park:-

Main building:-

Walls to left of above:-

Walls to right:-

Model in grounds:-

For the castle’s exterior see my post of 24/8/24.

Internal tower:-

Other side of tower:-

Courtyard and tower:-

From curtain wall:-

As it might have been:-

Pier and curtain wall (‘prow’ of ‘the ship that never sailed’:-

History of castle information board:-

Fireplace:-

Great Hall:-

Reverse view:-

Wooden ceiling:-

Part of internal structure:-

Fire grate:-

Blackness Castle sticks out into the River Forth a few miles west of the Forth Bridges. (See photograph in the link.) Because of its situation and prominence it is sometimes known as ‘the ship that never sailed’. It has had several uses over the years since it was built in the 1440s including as an ammunition store. As with most Scottish castles it has featured in the TV series Outlander.

Infiormation board:-

From approach road:-

Closer view and modern entrance:-

Side view and old entrance:-

Old entrance: now blocked off. The notice warns you not to climb on it:-

As you can see in the photo in the link a pier pokes from the castlefurther out into the river.

Castle from pier. (Stitch of two photos.):-

Pier, part of Castle and Blackness village beyond:-

View west from pier:-

View east: three bridges across the Forth:-

Close-up:-

On the same trip on which we visited both Dirleton and Hailes Castles (we do tend to pack a lot in) we sandwiched in a visit to Tantallon Castle, which stands on a promontory east of North Berwick in East Lothian.

Though a ruin it’s a seriously impressive structure:-

Information board:-

It’s a fair walk from the car park and Castle shop up to the castle. Approach:-

Entrance:-

Within the walls:-

The courtyard is now a grassy space:-

Far right-side wall:-

The Firth of Forth’s most prominent island, the Bass Rock, lies just off the coast here:-

Part of castle-:-

It’s possible to climb up to the top of the castle. Its a long way down!:-

Fireplaces on different levels:-

What looked like  like World War 2 gun emplacements or the buildings that served them lay just to the west:-

A good position to protect the Firth of Forth from sea attack. East Lomond Hill and Largo Law can be seen on the far side.:-

Dirleton Castle is in the village of Dirleton in East Lothian. It was built in the thirteenth century and ha ben home to the Des Vaux, the Haliburton and the Ruthven families but is now in the care of Historic Environment Scotland.

Entrance:-

Interior:-

Fireplace:-

Courtyard:-

Dungeon within the castle:-

Tower on external wall :-

There is a visitor centre type display inside the tower which contains these two posters:-