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Findlater Castle
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English: Findlater Castle The horizontal masonry clinging to the side of the rock is what remains of Findlater Castle. The rock is 90 feet (27 metres) high and its summit is 50 feet (15 metres) lower than the nearby cliffs. Only pedestrians could enter the castle, and the access was defended by two bridges over gaps in the rock. The castle was in existence in 1455, when Sir Walter Ogilvy of Auchlevin was granted permission by King James II to add to and strengthen it. It passed briefly into the hands of the Gordons, and then returned to the Ogilvys, who finally abandoned it for the greater comfort of NJ5066 : Cullen House in the 17th century.
The rock strata on which the castle stands are almost vertical. They have been folded by tectonic movements to the point that in some places they have been tilted beyond the vertical. This geological formation is the Findlater Flag Formation, named for the castle, and includes flaggy metamorphosed sandstones. Notice the sea surface, which is whipped up into a mass of white horses. The gales today were such that I was barely able to stand on the clifftop, and instantly abandoned as foolhardy my original plan of descending to the castle itself. There was so much sea spray that there were shifting rainbows all over the surface of the sea. |
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| Author | Anne Burgess |
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This image was taken from the Geograph project collection. See this photograph's page on the Geograph website for the photographer's contact details. The copyright on this image is owned by Anne Burgess and is licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license.
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