[MR] Castle in Isenfir

[Garth Groff or Sally Sanford]

Noble Friends,

Yesterday in a feature entitled “125 Years of Progress”, the 
Charlottesville DAILY PROGRESS newspaper published a photo of the Royal 
Orchard Castle (aka Scott’s Castle): 
http://www.dailyprogress.com/125yearsofprogress/scott-castle-open-to-public-for-first-and-only-time/article_c0d2de72-af5a-11e7-9924-1b604458d26f.html 
.

The castle is sometimes visible from I-64 westbound between milepost 102 
and 104 on the north side of the road during the climb from Crozet to 
the summit of Afton Mountain. You have to be looking in exactly the 
right place at the right time, and it easiest to spot when the trees are 
bare. It is visible for about two seconds at freeway speeds. The owners 
of the castle are very private people (the site is said to be protected 
by armed security guards!), and the grounds have been closed for many 
years. Don’t even try to drive there.

You can read more about Scott’s Castle at 
http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles/royalorc.htm

It is very cool for the Shire of Isenfir to have a castle within our 
boundaries, even if it is inaccessible.

I know there is at least one more castle in Atlantia, in the Barony of 
Stierbach (not counting palatial mansions and civic buildings built in a 
castellated style). It is located at 24637 James Madison Highway (U.S. 
15) in Aldie, Virginia.

Maybe we could get up a list of castles in Atlantia, including replanted 
historical buildings that are not castles (Virginia House and Agecroft 
in Richmond). No Victorian wedding cake mansions though. Any takers?

Yours Aye,


Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge