Ben conservato, coperto caponier, fossato difensivo e che racchiude le alte mura in Craignethan Castle. South Lanarkshire, Scozia

• Collaboratore: PAUL MARSHALL / Alamy Foto Stock
• ID dell’immagine: 2AACBFM
• Dimensioni dei file: 103,4 MB (7 MB Download compresso)
• Liberatorie: Modello - no | Proprietà - no
• Dimensioni: 7360 x 4912 px | 62,3 x 41,6 cm | 24,5 x 16,4 inches | 300dpi
• Data acquisizione: 2 maggio 2016
• Ubicazione: Craignethan Castle, Blackwood, Lesmahagow, Lanark, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Altre informazioni

The covered caponier provided protection for troops moving between defensive areas of the castle. It also provided a shooting position for firing at any attacking troops who entered the high walled ditch. The castle is located in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. On high ground promontory above ravine of the River Nethan, a tributary of the River Clyde. The castle built around 1530 has many well preserved architectural design features, including castle keep with round bartizans at each corner, residential tower and artillery defenses. Criagnethan’s caponier, a stone-vaulted shooting gallery, is a unique and rare feature in British castles.

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• ambiente scozia
• architettura
• bretaigne
• campagna
• caponiere
• capponier coperto
• castella
• castello di craignethan
• castle grounds
• craignethan
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• firing position
• fortificato
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• il turismo
• la scozia
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• storia
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• struttura