[MR] Dover Castle restoration article

[M'lady Foxy]

ok now I'm jealous offically.. only castle I'll see are castles in the USA (in case you weren't on last time posted site http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles/ ).I'd love o go explore Irelands castles one day maybe make whole UK tour of it.But..I still have a gypsy wagon so guess thats still plus.. hehe..now justt need to figure how to kidnap childen to set up said wagon... 

 

--- On Fri, 7/31/09, Garth G. Groff <ggg9y at virginia.edu> wrote:

> From: Garth G. Groff <ggg9y at virginia.edu>
> Subject: Re: [MR] Dover Castle restoration article
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Date: Friday, July 31, 2009, 7:35 AM
> Lord Barcsi and friends,
> 
> Yes, few remaining castles look like they actually did in
> the middle ages. Many, especially the great royal castles,
> were plastered and whitewashed inside and sometimes outside
> as well. Here is an example of a whitewashed interior in the
> Tower of London: http://www.toweroflondontour.com/bloodytw.html . By the
> Renaissance, many had richly paneled interiors. I was amazed
> to see a computer reconstruction of the Tower's Chapel of
> St. John. It looks like this today: http://www.toweroflondontour.com/stjohn.html , but in
> the middle ages, it was entirely plastered and painted, IIRC
> with alternating bands of red and white on the pillars, and
> the odd numbered stones of the arches picked out in bright
> blue.
> 
> If you want to take the virtual entire tour of the tower,
> go here: http://www.toweroflondontour.com/ , but
> be prepared for surprisingly loud medieval music on some
> pages.
> 
> Should any of you plan to visit England, you MUST see the
> Tower. Plan for most of day there. If you haven't done the
> Tower and Stonehenge, you really haven't been to England.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Mungo Napier, Shire of Isenfir Unofficial Librarian
> (mka Garth Groff, Cataloging Dept., UVA Libraries)
> 
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