Sunday 12/5/19

We had looked at quite a number of ruined castles by now so I had been looking for one that was “more operational” and as luck would have it, I found a brochure for Bolton which is two thirds intact, birds of prey and wild boar demonstrations and had guest historical tour guides on this weekend so off we went.😄

Bolton Castle is a 14th-century castle located in Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England. It has never been sold and is still in the ownership of the descendants of the Scrope family.

Apparently Mary Queen of Scotts was held prisoner at Bolton for six months in 1568.

 In January 1569, Mary was removed from Bolton Castle for the last time, being taken to Tutbury in Staffordshire where she would spend much of the 18 years before her execution in 1587.

Fun fact – In fortified castles, internal stairs were set in a clock wise direction so to advantage the right handed defender and equally disadvantage the right handed attacker!

Costrell holy water vial from 1100’s

Shot with edge (used shot) thought to be from the battle of independence on 2/7/1644 found on master moor outside York.

Rob and I had so much fun at Bolton Castle. The tour with Dave was excellent with lots of history and interesting anecdotes, the coins, shot and Cottrell are his own too.

Colin in the armory was a hoot too. Both men very passionate and patriotic about England!

On the way out we visited the boar too but didn’t stay for the feeding…

Forgot to add this picture. A beautiful example of Yorkshire Moors.