[MR] Castle in Isenfir

[Michelle C]

Well, there's Bacon's Castle in Surry, VA:

https://preservationvirginia.org/visit/historic-properties/bacons-castle

It's a little out-of-period (1665), but it still has an aesthetic that
would lend itself well to having an SCA event on their grounds. :-)

~Wenllyan

On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Garth Groff or Sally Sanford via Atlantia <
atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org> wrote:

> 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/1
> 25yearsofprogress/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/ca
> stles/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.
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=24637+James+Madison+Highway+(U.S.&entry=gmail&source=g>
> 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
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