Castle ruins

There is something magical about medieval castle ruins: the architecture and how social context and surrounding natural resources during the different time periods influenced it; the livelihoods of the servants and how they provided; and the dramas associated with the wealthy families, their interaction with the church, their generosity (or lack their of) and their warring factions. 

Eilean Donan on an island in Loch Duich

Dunnottar Castle on a cliff top in Aberdeenshire

Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness