[MR] Interesting castle picture

[David Chessler]

While the mortar may originally have been colored with clay from the same
quarry as the brick, or with brick dust, modern practice would be to use a
colorant mixed with the cement. There is a brownish red color that was, at one
time, popular for sidewalks and porches. Used in a lower concentration that
might give the pink shade. 

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Received: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:18:36 PM EDT
From: "Garth G. Groff" <ggg9y at virginia.edu>
To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Subject: Re: [MR] Interesting castle picture

> M'lady Genevieve,
> 
> Don't know why it is pink, but that is apparently the original shade: 
> Here are some additional sites about Craigievar Castle, with more 
> photos. I like the part about all the Forbes going in by the doors, but 
> eventually leaving by the windows because the stairway was too narrow 
> for a casket. Sadly none of the sites have much history. I supposed 
> somebody has written about book about it. Somewhere.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigievar_Castle
> 
> http://www.nts.org.uk/Property/17/
> 
> http://www.darkisle.com/c/craigievar/craigievar.html
> 
> http://www.castles.org/Chatelaine/CRAIGIEVAR.HTM
> 
> The castle is sure to be covered in  THE CASTELLATED AND DOMESTIC 
> ARCHITECTURE OF SCOTLAND, FROM THE TWELFTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURY by 
> David MacGibbon and Thomas Ross (1887) which can be found at   
> http://www.electricscotland.com/books/pdf/castellated_architecture.htm . 
> Unfortunately, I'm at work, and can't take time to search this huge 
> database.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> 
> Mungo Napier, The Crazy Scot
> 
> 
> Jennifer Dobyns wrote:
> > It's great that they've replaced the cement based mortar with the 
> > lime.  Like the article says, it gives the structure a chance to 
> > breathe.  So many historic buildings masonry parts are basically 
> > crumbling due to the harder cement retouching that has been done to 
> > them over the years.  I wish they would have gone into more detail 
> > about exactly what makes the coating pink, though.  Is it the sand 
> > mixed with the lime that gives it that color, or the underlying 
> > brick?  I know, I'm such a geek about these things.
> >
> > Genevieve D'Aubigne
> >
> > On Oct 13, 2009, at 8:41 AM, Garth G. Groff wrote:
> >
> >> Friends,
> >>
> >> Who can resist a castle like this?: 
> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/8302858.stm . 
> >> I have an earlier photo of Craigievar Castle in a book which shows a 
> >> definite orange cast.
> >>
> >> Kind regards,
> >>
> >>
> >> Mungo Napier, The Crazy Scot
> >> (mka Garth Groff)
> 
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