Scotland's Castles (uilleann pipes)

The Best of Scotland's Iconic Castles (uilleann pipes), pipes played by Liam O'Flynn

This list is not comprehensive, there are thousands of Castles in Scotland, however I believe the ones I have chosen in this video represent the most iconic and prominent of the castles in Scotland.

I also wanted to show a range of Scotland's castles from the spectacular country houses to military based castles to loch side ruins.

Balmoral Castle
Kilchurn Castle
Carbisdale Castle
Cawdor Castle
Culzean Castle
Drumlanrig Castle
Duart Castle
Dunrobin Castle
Dunvegan Castle
Edinburgh Castle
Eilean Donan Castle
Glamis Castle
Inverness Castle
Castle Stalker
Lews Castle
Stirling Castle
Urquhart Castle
Wedderburn Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble. This is distinct from a fortress, which was not a home, although this distinction is not absolute, and the same structure may have had different uses from time to time. The term has been popularly applied to structures as diverse as hill forts and country houses. Over the approximately 900 years that castles were built they took on a great many forms.
In Scotland earlier fortifications had included hill forts, brochs, and duns and many castles were on the site of these earlier buildings. This article relates to castles in Scotland from about 1100 AD onward.

The first castles were built in Scotland in the 11th and 12th centuries, with the introduction of Norman influence. These motte and bailey castles were replaced with the first stone-built castles around 1200. By the late 14th century, the large curtain-walled castles had begun to give way to more modest tower houses, vertical dwellings with less formidable defences. This type of vertical house continued to be popular with Scotland's landowning class through to the late 17th century, when classical architecture made its first appearance in the country. Meanwhile the advance of artillery pressed military engineers to devise stronger fortifications for important royal strongholds.

Tower houses and castles were upgraded with painted ceilings and decorative plasterwork in the 16th and 17th centuries, employing distinctive national styles.
In the late 18th century, medieval architecture was revived, and castle-style houses were built once more. These "castles" had no defensive capability, but drew on military and tower-house architecture for their decorative detail. This trend culminated in the Scottish Baronial style of the 19th century.

There have been well over two thousand castles in Scotland, although many are known only through historical records. They are found in all parts of the country, although tower houses and peel towers are concentrated along the border with England, while the best examples of larger Renaissance-era tower houses are clustered in the north-east.

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[harmonyangelinthesky]

Really pretty.

[StrathendrickPiper]

@harmonyangelinthesky thanks for watching and commenting

[SACCopE7]

Another great video, this one of Scottish castles with wonderful music. Glorious...

[StrathendrickPiper]

@SACCopE7 cheers buddy

[pianoman6639]

Nice video and great shots I hope one day to visit the place I love the look of Scotland

[StrathendrickPiper]

@pianoman6639 thankyou for watching and liking this video, it helps so much! glad you enjoyed it cheers

[DanPaddyAndy55]

Píobaireacht Éireannach.........uirlis cheóil Éireannach..........Píobaire Éireannach

:)

Irish piping, Irish piper........Irish musical instrument

We'll accept the compliment ;)

[snpforever019]

well done mate.......beautiful castles and landscapes another bow to scotlands strings:-)

[Garpjohn]

Pour Toi de Moi <3 ;-)