Dunbar Castle and Victoria Harbour, East Lothian
Dunbar Castle has had a very complex history involving Britons, Scots, French, Angles, etc. The Victoria Harbour entrance was blasted through the castle rocks and the Cromwell Harbour lies next to the now blocked old entrance. The Tide Gauge stands at the side of the present harbour entrance.
Local fishermen feeding a very tame seal at Victoria Harbour in Dunbar, Scotland
Local fishermen share some of their catch with a very tame (brave) seal. 11 October 2017
Castle and Harbour, Dunbar, Scotland
Video of the Harbour and Castle in Dunbar
THE BATTLE OF DUNBAR
.Following Parliamentary victory in the first and the second Civil Wars, Charles I had been executed in January 1649 and a Commonwealth declared in England.In June 1650 his son landed in Scotland, where he was proclaimed King Charles II.In July the English Parliament, expecting Charles to initiate a Scottish led campaign for the English crown, launched a pre-emptive invasion of Scotland.
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Dunbar castle was built by Earl of Northumbria, first stone castle was In 1070 second castle was built in 13 s century by Alexander II of Scotland, this was one of most impressive and imposing castle in Scotland..In AD 678 St Wilfrid, Bishop of Northumbria, was briefly held prisoner at Dunbar Castle. The 9th-century Pictish king Kenneth MacAlpin took possession of the castle, or, according to some accounts, attacked and burned it. That early castle would have been built of timber and earthworks.
When William the Conqueror seized the English throne in 1066 the north of the country rose in revolt. William responded with the ferocious Harrying of the North, leaving vast swaths of territory destroyed. Leading nobles were forced to flee abroad or north to Scotland. Among those nobles was Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria.
Gospatric took refuge with Malcolm III of Scotland. Malcolm accepted Gospatric as a vassal and gave him estates in southern Scotland, including Dunbar. He also named Gospatric the 1st Earl of Dunbar. It was Gospatric who erected the first stone fortifications at Dunbar Castle, replacing the older timber and earthworks.
Gospatric's descendants held Dunbar Castle until the late 13th century. Edward I captured the castle in 1297. His son Edward II took shelter at the castle following his ignominious defeat at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.
The castle was regained by the Scots but in 1338 the English attacked again. Dunbar was defended by Agness, Countess of Douglas, known as Black Agnes. She and her troops held out for 6 weeks and forced the English to withdraw.
The Douglas family were frequently in and out of favour, and when the 11th Earl of Dunbar was found guilty of treason the castle was slighted to make it militarily unusable. James IV later had it rebuilt.
In 1489 Scottish ships commanded by Sir Andrew Wood defeated an English navy off Dunbar.
In 1515 the castle was strengthened by the Duke of Albany to take advantage of modern advances in artillery. The new defences did not help Dunbar Castle survive an attack by the English in 1548 and the castle was badly burned. The Scot's French allies strengthened the castle defences once more in 1550.
In 1560 the Treaty of Leith (also known as the Treaty of Edinburgh) brought hostilities between England and Scotland to a temporary halt. One of the clauses in the Treaty of Leith specified that Dunbar Castle's defences should be dismantled.
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MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS
Dunbar Castle is closely linked to two major events in the tumultuous life of Scotland's most famous queen. In 1566 Mary came here with her second husband, Lord Henry Darnley, just two days after the murder of Mary's secretary David Rizzio - a murder in which Darnley himself was heavily involved.
Darnley had quickly begged Mary's forgiveness for his involvement in the murder, then, fearing for his safety after betraying his fellow conspirators, rode ahead to Dunbar Castle. Mary was heavily pregnant at the time with Darnley's child, the future James VI of Scotland but he showed no concern for her welfare, only for his own skin. At Dunbar Castle Mary was able to rally support, and within a week she returned in force to Edinburgh, forcing the conspirators to flee to England.
She returned to Dunbar later in 1566 on a royal progress.
Darnley was murdered the following year, possibly with Mary's knowledge. Her favourite, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, was the keeper of Dunbar Castle. He abducted the queen and brought her to Dunbar, ostensibly for her own safety.
One rumour suggests that at Dunbar he raped the queen, forcing her to marry him to protect her honour. Another version of events says that the couple put forward the story of rape to legitimise an affair with a man said to be behind her husband's murder.
What we do know for certain is that the couple controversially married shortly afterwards.
After Mary was forced to abdicate the throne and flee to England Dunbar Castle surrendered to her enemies. The defences were destroyed once again and the once-proud castle was dismantled.
Most of the ruins were pulled down in 1844 and used to create the harbour we see today. The Victorian harbour had its own artillery batery, parts of which remain. The artillery emplacement changed the shape of the harbour and boats now pass directly through the former castle site. Only a few fragmentary masonry walls survive along with remnants of vaulted chambers.
In 1993 part of the castle ruins collapsed into the sea. The castle was then closed to the public due to safety concerns. The ruins cannot be explored but you can easily see them from several vantage points around the harbour...
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Places to see in ( Dunbar - UK )
Places to see in ( Dunbar - UK )
Dunbar is a town in East Lothian on the south-east coast of Scotland, approximately 28 miles east of Edinburgh and 28 miles from the English border north of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Dunbar is a former royal burgh, and gave its name to an ecclesiastical and civil parish. The parish extends around 7 1⁄2 miles (12.1 km) east to west and is 3 1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) deep at greatest extent, or 11 1⁄4 square miles (29 km2), and contains the villages of West Barns, Belhaven, East Barns (abandoned) and several hamlets and farms.
Its strategic location gave rise to a history full of incident and strife; but Dunbar has become a quiet dormitory town popular with workers in nearby Edinburgh, who find it an affordable alternative to the capital itself. Until the 1960s, the population of the town was little more than 3,500. The town is thriving with the most recent population published for the town at 6,940, and there are many active and planned housing developments ongoing. There are very well regarded primary schools and a secondary school in the town.
The town is served by Dunbar railway station with links to Edinburgh and the rest of Scotland, as well as London and stations along the northeast corridor. Dunbar is home to the Dunbar Lifeboat Station, the second-oldest RNLI station in Scotland.
Dunbar is the birthplace of the explorer, naturalist and influential conservationist John Muir. The house in which Muir was born is located on the High Street, and has been converted into a museum. There is also a commemorative statue beside the town clock, and John Muir Country Park is located to the north-west of the town. The eastern section of the John Muir Way coastal path starts from the harbour. One of the two campuses to Dunbar Primary: John Muir Campus, is named in his honour. On the last full weekend in September, Dunbar holds an annual weekend-long, traditional music festival sponsored by various local companies.
Alot to see in ( Dunbar - UK ) such as :
Chapel tower (with doocot conversion) of the Trinitarian Priory, Friarscroft, west of the town. Founded c. 1240 by Christiana de Brus, Countess of Dunbar.
Dunbar Castle, possibly from the 14th century, rebuilt and remodelled c. 1490 and c. 1520. Largely ruined with the aid of gunpowder (deliberately by Act of Parliament) in 1567 and with the whole north end removed with the aid of explosives (detonated using a specially-invented electrical system) for the new Victoria Harbour 1842–44.
Parish church (see above) by James Gillespie Graham 1818–21 in local red sandstone from Bourhouse quarry
Parish Church Hall (1910), located behind the post office off the High Street, contains stained glass removed from St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, redundant there on the creation of the Thistle Chapel.
Abbey Free Church (1850) by Thomas Hamilton (architect).
St Anne's Episcopal Church (1889) by Robert Rowand Anderson.
The Town House (Tolbooth), High Street, (c.1550).
Mercat Cross (c.1911) created from medieval fragments to replace lost original sited opposite West Port. Now beside Town House.
Lauderdale House (1790–92), designed by Robert Adam and executed by his brother John after Robert's death; built round the carcass of Dunbar House (c1730).
Railway station (1845) but altered.
Cromwell Harbour, very old fishing harbour which dates to 1600s
( Dunbar - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Dunbar . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Dunbar - UK
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Dunbar Camp Site
Lovely Camp Site near Dunbar Scotland, with stunning views of Dunbar and the Forth of Firth. Also a bit more sunshine than the west coast!
Castle Dunbar East Lothian Scotland
Tour Scotland video of Dunbar Castle on ancestry visit to East Lothian. This is the remnants of one of the most mighty fortresses in Scotland, situated over the harbour of the town of Dunbar. The castle was a central defensive position of the Kings of Bernicia, an Anglian kingdom that took over from the British Kingdom of Bryneich. During the Early Middle Ages, Dunbar Castle was held by an Ealdorman owing homage to either the Kings at Bamburgh Castle, or latterly the Kings of York. In 678 Saint Wilfrid was imprisoned at Dunbar, following his expulsion from his see of York by Ecgfrith of Northumbria. Later, Dunbar was said to have been burnt by Kenneth MacAlpin, King of the Scots
Black Agnes and Dunbar Castle
Dunbar Castle
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Dunbar Castle · Jerry Marchand
A Knights Journey
℗ 1997 Jerry Marchand
Released on: 1997-01-01
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37 606 & 20 304 coast through Dunbar with 6S43
I suppose it wouldn't be right spending a week in Scotland and not seeing at least one 37!
Workin 6S43 Carlisle Kingmoor DRS - Torness Power Station empty nuclear flasks, 37 606 and 20 304 round the curve at the North end of Dunbar station, opening up as they reach the signal further along.
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The Battle of Dunbar
On a hill in Scotland, I remember the distant relative whose ill fate became my good fortune.
Granton Harbour
Video HD Test. Still trying different software. No theme or story to this just views!
Thurston Manor one very small part of it
Dunbar, Scotland
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Dunbar Harbours and Castle (extra)
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. Our harbours and castle. Added a bit of extra footage. I know it's always windy in East Lothian, but one or two breeze free days so I can learn to video/fly would be good. Anyway - here's some of the first lessons I'm giving myself.
Dunbar Castle Waves
A video to show the waves as I took photographs this afternoon.
Granton Harbour, Edinburgh , DJI Phantom 3 Standard
A fly around Granton Harbour.
Weather wasn't too good but it did clear up just as I was running out of battery.
Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia at the 2014 British Championships
Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band playing its medley at the 2014 British Pipe Band Championships held on 31 May in Meadow Park in Bathgate.
Tunes played are:
The Blockbuster [Ryan Canning*]
Michael MacDonald's Jig [Jim McGillivray]
The Judge's Dilemma [PM Donald MacLeod (1917-1982)]
Victoria Harbour [Bruce Gandy]
Annie Grant [James Wark]
Dr Kenneth Noisewater [Ryan Canning*]
James Westfall [Ryan Canning*]
MacFadden's [traditional]
Big D MacPhee [Ryan Canning*]
* published in The Blockbuster, Ryan Canning 2015
Mystery Of The Dunbar's Child
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Mystery Of The Dunbar's Child · Richard Rabbit Brown
Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice - Blues, Ballads, Rags & Gospel In The Songster Tradition
℗ 2005 Document Records
Released on: 2005-12-27
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