Images from Book Three
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The Douglas Trilogy
My Truth...A Mist in Time
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| Wilbrighton Hall was a manor held by Eleanora Douglas Bagot and left in trust to her youngest son, Sir Archibald Douglas Regent of Scotland |
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| Cruggleton Castle in Galloway was a stronghold of Archibald the Grim, youngest son of James Lord Douglas; a painting of the ruins by Peggy Connolly |
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| Hermitage Castle was held by William the first Earl of Douglas |
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| Westerkirk mains today; once the sole manor retained by Hugh Lord Douglas for his sustenance when he resigned the lordship in 1342 in favor of his nephew William |
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| The 14th century castle at Otterburn was held by a long time Douglas foe, Sir Robert de Umfraville; the battle fought at the Otter Burn nearby was made famous when James the second Earl of Douglas won the field though dead |
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| Bewcastle was once a Roman Fort in the north of Cumbria; always included in the Scottish raids of the 14th century only the church and the castle ruins remain today in the location of the former medieval village |
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| The Douglas armorial bearings at Sweatheart Abbey; added during the restoration of Archibald Douglas Lord of Galloway |
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| Chateau Gaillard in Les Andelys, France became their temporary home exile for Douglas sons John, William and their cousin, a very young Archibald later called The Grim; staying in the household of King David II after the great defeat at Halidon Hill in 1333 |
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| Pilgrims coming to Whithorn by the sea would stop first at Saint Ninian's Chapel; believed to be a site of a 12th century place of worship, it was restored in the early 1300's; standing on the shoreline in medieval times it was often said that one could see five kingdomes: England, Scotland, Mann, Ireland...and Heaven. |
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