@castlesofscotland: Tantallon Castle is the last of Scotland’s grand medieval castles. It was built in the mid 14th century by William, Earl of Douglas. On the death of William in 1384, he left a legitimate heir, James, and an illegitimate son, George. James inherited the entire Douglas estates but was killed at the Battle of Otterburn. The mother of the illegitimate George now sought to promote her son’s claim. The Douglas family divided into two factions with James’ heir - Archibald the Grim - leading the Black Douglases whilst George headed the Red Douglases. Tantallon Castle was held by the latter. George died in 1403 and was followed by his son, William. William was a loyal supporter of James II and was used by the King as a gaoler for key opponents. On Royal orders William incarcerated Alexander MacDonald, Lord of the Isles at Tantallon between 1429-1431. He later led the King’s army at the Battle of Arkinholm where he decisively defeated the Black Douglases. The family also frequently clashed with the Crown. It was besieged by both James IV and James V. The end came for Tantallon in 1650. Oliver Cromwell had defeated the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar and overrun southern Scotland. A force of 91 men under Alexander Seton established their base at Tantallon Castle. Operating from this secure facility they launched attacks on the English supply lines. Unsurprisingly the English were not willing to leave this garrison in their rear and General George Monck was tasked with reducing the castle. He commenced an artillery bombardment, smashing a breach and took the castle. The damage was so extensive that the castle was never rebuilt. By @castlesofscotland #Scotland #castle #explore #beautifuldestinations #visitscotland

🖤zhewa- :

The oldest castle is Erbil castle, 6000 BCE

nenebabyy :

with my dragon

Abes :

my ancestors really saw this and said “let’s move to missouri”

Nick :

No chance DoorDash would of delivered there

Brett 😀 :

No heat, no plumbing, everything is cold stone, no hygiene…no thanks. Would be cool to see but not to live.

Matt :

I bet the WiFi was terrible

🫶🏻 :

That would’ve be me

Furious George :

Yeah I imagine it sucked. Castle life was torture.

SunnyCold :

Absolutely not. I am not built for medieval times. I need heat, ac, modern medicine etc

Steven :

me after 000.1 seconds in the medieval times:

Bootleg :

With an average life expectancy of 34 years old.

OliOli :

Imagine arriving to your castle after a battle

🇨🇦Jason McLeod🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 :

Do you like grass? Do you like rocks? Do you like grass on rocks? Come on down to Scotland then. ...because it's all we have... and no much else. 😅

k :

What a privilege it is to see the remnants of how people live before. What if some of them lived their lives worried about seeing the future that we are living now. The same will be true to us. We’re going to leave this earth and the next generation would see the marvel on how we have lived. Live the life you want and enjoy the present moment as much as you can.

Mayalynn :

I lived here 765 years ago . Good times .

CDS Blax :

big.dickson.energy :

I can picture it

kayrenee18 :

my soul aches for it honestly 😪

アキラ(Akira) :

It's so sad to see it fading away ... I can't imagine how many people worked. for it. This proves again that humans are nothing and that nothing is forever in this world

Gabe :

Did it have AC?

️ :

67

Dre :

tawny 🌀 :

67

hailey :

This reminds me of wizard of a waverly place

🌴🌸☁️ ✨Julie ✨🪽 :

No heater no windows no thanks