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Topic: Searching For A Castle
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Red Member
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posted 03-21-2001 03:01 PM
Please help! Searching for the name of a castle that has a carving of 5 dragons that are chained together that stand for piracy, murder, theft, treason, rape. Mentioned briefly on either the Discovery Channel or The Learning Channel around Halloween when they were doing a special on Haunted Castles of England/Scottland/Ireland. |
angelsweetiekrisie Member
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posted 04-27-2001 05:26 PM
I have done a lot of research on castles over the past year, and I have seen almost every castle either in a book, slide, or online! I have never seen a castle that has designs on it like an animal or dragons or anything! Please be more specific! Thank you! |
Peter Member
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posted 04-28-2001 10:53 AM
Hi Red, I'm afraid TV channels don't always play by the book. It may a valid thing you have seen, but I wouldn't bet on it. Don't forget many 'castles' have been built in Victorian times. And although they look genuine, are most certainlt not. I visited Penrhyn Castle here in North Wales for the first time this year. It is brilliant (my grandaughter and I thought it would be great for the Harry Potter books). I can't recall, but the staircase alone took somelike 10\12\13 years whatever to carve. There are dragons & monsters all over the place. But the castle isn't even a couple of hundred years old yet. Having said that .. it is built over the core of a very ancient Welsh manor house. The cellers of which are still visible today. | |