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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CQT_the-service-close_Scotland.html
The Service Close. . The Service Close. In the 1300s, you would have seen men and women making and repairing clothes, heard wood being worked into furniture and smelt ale being brewed around here. The service close was sited away from the mai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CQS_the-water-gate_Scotland.html
The Water Gate. . The Water Gate. This gate linked Urquhart to the outside world. When roads were almost nonexistent, it was easier for people to travel along the loch by boat. Everything the castle needed came through the water gate, includi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CQR_ghosts-of-urquharts-past_Scotland.html
Ghosts of Urquhart's Past. . Ghosts of Urquhart's Past. Urquhart Castle is a jigsaw puzzle with most of the pieces missing. Walls have been demolished and new ones raised many times during the last 1,500 years. Timber buildings have rotted away e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CQQ_doocot_Scotland.html
Doocot. . Doocot. This beehive-shaped home for pigeons was built in the 1500s torovide fresh meat and eggs during the harsh winter months. Four of its stone nesting boxes survive. John Grant was required to build a 'dove grove' under the term…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CQP_urquhart-the-defiant_Scotland.html
Urquhart the Defiant. . Urquhart the Defiant. Urquhart was held by some of the most powerful men in medieval Scotland and forged a reputation as a virtually impregnable fortress during the Wars of Independence. A New Castle This is the old…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CQO_a-castle-for-all-seasons_Scotland.html
A Castle for All Seasons. . A Castle for All Seasons. Urquhart was transformed many times during its long history, shaped and reshaped by its owners' changing needs and circumstances. 1. The Pictish Hill Fort The first defences could date …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CQN_loch-ness-and-the-great-glen_Scotland.html
Loch Ness and the Great Glen. . Loch Ness and the Great Glen. Urquhart guards the Great Glen, An Gleann Mòr in Gaelic, that runs 73 miles (117km) from coast to coast. People have sought to control this route since ancient times. The castle co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CPU_a-highland-icon_Scotland.html
A Highland Icon. . A Highland Icon. 'S a bhaidealan àrda Air sgàineadh o chèil' 'S chan eil eachdraidh no seanchas A dh'fhàg dearbhadh o chèin Air an àl chuir an àird e No dhaingnich a stèidh Òran do Ghleann urchadain — Tòma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CPS_the-trebuchet_Scotland.html
The Trebuchet. . The Trebuchet. To breach the walls of a castle as mighty as Urquhart, an attacker needed siege engines. Most fearsome was the trebuchet, a type of giant catapult that could hurl massive stone balls hundreds of metres. There i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CPR_destroying-the-gatehouse_Scotland.html
Destroying the Gatehouse. . Destroying the Gatehouse. Blocks of masonry were thrown here by an explosion in 1692 that ended the castle's long military career. Its garrison deliberately destroyed the gatehouse to prevent their Jacobite enemies fro…