[Loch-Ruadh] We Need Our Own Castle

[Padraig Ruad O'Maolagain]

Amber and I toured Warwick Castle as well, when we visited her parents in 2002.  Apparently during the summer there are a lot of re-enactments that go on in and around the castle.
 
One of the coolest things was watching and talking with the armourer, who was making chainmail down in the armory.  Got to talk to him about welded and riveted rings, though the majority of what he makes is butted rings (much like most of us who have tried our hand at it in the SCA).  But the castle was great, and if I had the money, I'd build a replica here in Loch Ruadh.

Padraig
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--- On Tue, 6/23/09, Brighid Mac <dallaspanther at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: Brighid Mac <dallaspanther at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Loch-Ruadh] We Need Our Own Castle
To: padraig_ruad at irishbard.org, "Shire of Loch Ruadh, Kingdom of Ansteorra, SCA, Inc." <loch-ruadh at lists.ansteorra.org>
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 5:31 PM







Bear and I toured this castle, including the dungeon, while we were there on our honeymoon in 2006. They didn't have any special exhibit in the dungeon then but it was still pretty horrifying imagining what it would have been like. They even have an oubliette! It was so small that very few people from our time would even come close to fitting down in it. The stairs leading down were very steep with a very low ceiling. I can definitely see where some folks might have an averse reaction. It was really, really cool though!!
 
Brighid
 
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From: Padraig Ruad O'Maolagain <padraig_ruad at irishbard.org>
To: loch-ruadh at lists.ansteorra.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:47:32 AM
Subject: [Loch-Ruadh] We Need Our Own Castle

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5579557/Warwick-Castles-dungeon-attraction-make-15-people-faint.html

Padraig