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So here’s a little thread about castles. Actually photos of castles. Actually photos of castles from the MacKinnon collection 📸🏰😍

#ScotlandsPhotos Tantallon Castle and Bass Rock. c1860s-1870s. James Valentine.
@NatGalleriesSco @welovehistory @HistEnvScot @HeritageFundUK @artfund @scotgov (The photo above shows Tantallon Castle in East Lothian c.1860s-1870s, taken by James Valentine, by the way) > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantallon…

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@NatGalleriesSco @welovehistory @HistEnvScot @HeritageFundUK @artfund @scotgov Briefly, what is the MacKinnon collection? Find out in this fab blog > nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artist…

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@NatGalleriesSco @welovehistory @HistEnvScot @HeritageFundUK @artfund @scotgov And visit the currently running MacKinnon collection exhibitions here and at @NatGalleriesSco > nls.uk/exhibitions/tr… and nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/sco…

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@NatGalleriesSco @welovehistory @HistEnvScot @HeritageFundUK @artfund @scotgov Now... to the castles! First up is @stirlingcastle, taken in the late 19th century by an unknown photographer.

#ScotlandsPhotos Stirling Castle. Late 19th Century. Unknown photographer.
@NatGalleriesSco @welovehistory @HistEnvScot @HeritageFundUK @artfund @scotgov @stirlingcastle Popping south of the border we have the gorgeous @Bamburgh_Castle in Northumberland, also taken in the late 19th century by an unknown photographer. Bamburgh Castle. Late 19th century. Unknown photographer. MacKinnon collection.
@NatGalleriesSco @welovehistory @HistEnvScot @HeritageFundUK @artfund @scotgov @stirlingcastle @Bamburgh_Castle Heading up north to the Isle of Skye here's Dunvegan castle, taken c.1860s-1880s by George Washington Wilson.

#ScotlandsPhotos Dunvegan Castle, Skye. Taken 1860s-1880s by George Washington Wilson.
@NatGalleriesSco @welovehistory @HistEnvScot @HeritageFundUK @artfund @scotgov @stirlingcastle @Bamburgh_Castle @Dunvegan_Castle You *might* recognise this one. Yes, it's @edinburghcastle in, er, Edinburgh. (Plus the Scott Monument).

'Edinburgh Castle and Scott Monument' (c.1880s) by Alexander Adam Inglis.

#ScotlandsPhotos 'Edinburgh Castle and Scott Monument' (c.1880s) by Alexander Adam Inglis. From the MacKinnon collection.
@NatGalleriesSco @welovehistory @HistEnvScot @HeritageFundUK @artfund @scotgov @stirlingcastle @Bamburgh_Castle @Dunvegan_Castle @edinburghcastle @lostedinburgh And back to East Lothian here's Dirleton Castle, taken c.1860s-1880s by George Washington Wilson.

#ScotlandsPhotos Dirleton Castle. George Washington Wilson. c. 1860s-1880s. From the MacKinnon collection.
@NatGalleriesSco @welovehistory @HistEnvScot @HeritageFundUK @artfund @scotgov @stirlingcastle @Bamburgh_Castle @Dunvegan_Castle @edinburghcastle @lostedinburgh @dirletoncastle A candidate for Scotland's most dramatic castle view? (we regularly see it on @VisitScotland's Instagram), this is Dunnottar Castle in Aberdeenshire c.1860s-1870s as taken by James Valentine.

#ScotlandsPhotos Dunnottar Castle in Aberdeenshire c.1860s-1870s by James Valentine. From the MacKinnon Collection.
@NatGalleriesSco @welovehistory @HistEnvScot @HeritageFundUK @artfund @scotgov @stirlingcastle @Bamburgh_Castle @Dunvegan_Castle @edinburghcastle @lostedinburgh @dirletoncastle @VisitScotland @castledunnottar Our penultimate castle has a *delightful* duo of photos - this is Kilchurn Castle on beautiful Loch Awe c.1860s-1870s - both photos by James Valentine 📸🏰😍

#ScotlandsPhotos Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe. c.1860s-1870s by James Valentine. From the MacKinnon collectionKilchurn Castle on Loch Awe. c.1860s-1870s by James Valentine. From the MacKinnon collection
@NatGalleriesSco @welovehistory @HistEnvScot @HeritageFundUK @artfund @scotgov @stirlingcastle @Bamburgh_Castle @Dunvegan_Castle @edinburghcastle @lostedinburgh @dirletoncastle @VisitScotland @castledunnottar And finally (drum roll) we have Keiss Castle in Caithness as taken by Valentine & Sons in the early 20th century.

It might not be the biggest, it might not be prettiest, but to this tweeter there's just something quite spectacular about it. Do you agree?

#ScotlandsPhotos Keiss Castle, Caithness. Valentine & Sons. Early 20th century.
@NatGalleriesSco @welovehistory @HistEnvScot @HeritageFundUK @artfund @scotgov @stirlingcastle @Bamburgh_Castle @Dunvegan_Castle @edinburghcastle @lostedinburgh @dirletoncastle @VisitScotland @castledunnottar Thanks *so* much for reading our castle photo thread and don't forget to visit the MacKinnon collection exhibitions nls.uk/exhibitions/tr… and read the excellent blog by @NatGalleriesSco > nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artist…

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