We drove down to Perth, to visit Huntingtower
Castle and the Perth Museum.
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Huntingtower Castle. (111kb) |
The room with a really cool painted
ceiling, from the 14th century. (131kb) |
The back side of Doune Castle. (186kb) |
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Another shot of the ceiling. (137kb) |
One of the rooms on the top floor,
with a nice fireplace and roof timbers. (171kb |
The roof timbers. (193kb)
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The outside of Huntingtower. (141kb) |
An oak stool, made in Scotland
around 1600. (190kb) |
The interesting thing is the drawer. (121kb)
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A different angle. (123kb) |
A close-up straight on. (121kb)
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A chair from 1588 (114kb) |
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Info on the chair. (44kb) |
A different angle on the chair,
especially showing the method the arms attach to the supports. (120kb) |
A close-up of the seat.
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One last angle, showing the sides. (118kb)
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Info and picture of "beggar's
badges". (115kb) |
A spur and some cool rings. (150kb) |
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An attempt to get a good image of
the spur prick. (56kb) |
A close-up of the spur. (70kb) |
Another try to get a good image.
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The best close-up of the spur. (32kb)
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Another shot, with flash. (32kb) |
Some different pieces, including a
different type of spur. (83kb) |
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Another shot of the different spur. (71kb)
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A really cool pilgrim badge and a
seal. (78kb) |
Another shot of the seal. (69kb) |
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A close-up of the pilgrim's
badge. (55kb) |
A neat pilgrim's ampulla. (185kb) |
A close-up of the ampulla (59kb)
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A different, really interesting
ampula(71kb) |
Another shot. (61kb) |
Some pewter brooches. (103kb) |
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Some shoes, identified as "medieval"
but not by a specific year or century. The cool bit is the reference to the
felt (wool) lining. (73kb) |
A close-up shot. (43kb) |
A barrel lock. (101kb) |
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A really cool mirror case, made from
pewter. (78kb) |
A close-up of the mirror case. (36kb)
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