{"id":1055,"date":"2024-06-24T19:45:51","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T19:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castle.nicuilie.eu\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2024-06-24T19:45:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T19:45:54","slug":"dunnottar-castle-scottish-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/dunnottar-castle-scottish-castle\/06\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunnottar Castle (Scottish castle)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/du_ca02855f.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" data-attachment-id=\"1057\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/du_ca02855f\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/du_ca02855f.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,432\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"du_ca02855f\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/du_ca02855f-300x202.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/du_ca02855f.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/du_ca02855f.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/du_ca02855f.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/du_ca02855f-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Stonehaven, Grampian, stands on a real dream of a castle site &#8211; a hard red rock full with a variety of large pebbles and rocks like raisins in a fruitcakephoto packed there 400 million years ago; in late 14th century Sir William Keith, the Marischal of Scotland built there a tower house, which was later followed by numerous other fortifications and buildings ; in 1651 the Scottish Crown Jewels were successfully protected here against Cromwell&#8217;s army; today the castle is an impressive and romantic ruin , &#8220;a must for anyone who takes Scottish history seriously&#8221;!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dunnottar_Castle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"1056\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/dunnottar_castle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dunnottar_Castle.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"809,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dunnottar_Castle\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dunnottar_Castle-224x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dunnottar_Castle-767x1024.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dunnottar_Castle-767x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dunnottar_Castle-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dunnottar_Castle-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dunnottar_Castle.jpg 809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/003034_cfeb3638.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"487\" height=\"304\" data-attachment-id=\"4029\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/dunnottar-castle-scottish-castle\/06\/003034_cfeb3638\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/003034_cfeb3638.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"487,304\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\\&quot;http:\/\/www.geograph.org.uk\/photo\/3034\\&quot; rel=\\&quot;nofollow\\&quot;&gt;Dunnottar Castle&lt;\/a&gt; by &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/geograph.org.uk\/profile\/139\\&quot; rel=\\&quot;nofollow\\&quot;&gt;Anne Burgess&lt;\/a&gt; is licensed under &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\\&quot; rel=\\&quot;nofollow\\&quot;&gt;CC-BY-SA 2.0&lt;\/a&gt;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Dunnottar Castle&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"003034_cfeb3638\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/www.geograph.org.uk\/photo\/3034&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Dunnottar Castle&lt;\/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/geograph.org.uk\/profile\/139&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Anne Burgess&lt;\/a&gt; is licensed under &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CC-BY-SA 2.0&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/003034_cfeb3638-300x187.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/003034_cfeb3638.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/003034_cfeb3638.jpg\" alt=\"Dunnottar Castle\" class=\"wp-image-4029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/003034_cfeb3638.jpg 487w, https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/003034_cfeb3638-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geograph.org.uk\/photo\/3034\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dunnottar Castle<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/geograph.org.uk\/profile\/139\" rel=\"nofollow\">Anne Burgess<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CC-BY-SA 2.0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History (video)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IYxC58xKiJY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dunnottar Castle has a rich history from early chronicles to William Wallace to the Jacobite Rebellions, and it also was the scene of the one of the most famous sieges in Scottish history. The Dunnottar Castle history is also very much entwined with the Keith Family of Scotland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stonehaven, Grampian, stands on a real dream of a castle site &#8211; a hard red rock full with a variety of large pebbles and rocks like raisins in a fruitcakephoto packed there 400 million years ago; in late 14th century Sir William Keith, the Marischal of Scotland built there a tower house, which was later&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/dunnottar-castle-scottish-castle\/06\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dunnottar Castle (Scottish castle)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[22,127,317,626,5,987,1753,1816,1854,1859,1861,1864,2077,13],"class_list":["post-1055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-united-kingdom","tag-14th-century","tag-army","tag-british-castles","tag-cromwell","tag-forts","tag-grampian","tag-rocks","tag-ruin","tag-scotland","tag-scottish-castle","tag-scottish-crown-jewels","tag-scottish-history","tag-tower-house","tag-united-kingdom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/003034_cfeb3638.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4IfKt-h1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":980,"url":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/crathes-castle-photo-gallery\/06\/","url_meta":{"origin":1055,"position":0},"title":"Crathes Castle (photo gallery)","author":"hrnicu","date":"June 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Crathes Castle in Grampian, is another Scottish fairy tale castle with turrets and gargoyles, built in late16th century; the seat of the family of Burnett of Leys ; fine furniture and painted ceiling; famous for a beautiful walled garden. 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