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Re: Official KK and HP 2004 pictures
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Wed, 11 Feb 2004 09:27:01 GMT
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Certainly there are a number of castles in south wales and the borders areas
made like raglan, of sandstone. They look odd after hundreds of years of
weathering as the bricks themselves have worn down but the mortar hasn't
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James Stacey
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"Purple Dave" <purpledave@maskofdestiny.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> > Sandstone was more of a construction material in the Middle East than • Europe.
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> <http://www.castlewales.com/raglan.html Raglan Castle> in Wales is made • with red
> and yellow sandstone. • <http://www.forresterfamily.org/torwood/torwood.html
> Torwood Castle>,
> <http://www.highlandtraveller.com/sites/castles/craignethan.html • Craignethan
> Castle>, and <http://freespace.virgin.net/dru.e/_private/buildca.htm • Duntreath
> Castle> in Scotland are made with yellow sandstone.
> <http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/minerals/sandstone.htm Kenilworth • Castle> in
> England is made of red sandstone. Sandstone is the primary stonework • material
> in any area where sandstone is the most abundant/easily quarried type of • stone.
> Central and Eastern Europe have more weatherable stone available, but it • was
> used quite extensively in the UK.
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> > However, most weathered stone is a lot "warmer" (yellow, orange, red) • than
> > standard issue Old Gray (and New Gray is actually shifted to the cool • end of
> > the spectrum).
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> You mean like <http://burgeltz.de/e_geschichte_index.html Eltz Castle> in
> Germany? Heck, that even looks more yellow than tan bricks.
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> > Boy, you can find anything on the web!
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> I can't remember how I managed to find it, but about ten years ago I found • a
> website advertising an Amish community, which pretty much proves that • statement.
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> > I don't care for the designs they have on the shield, but I think they • can be
> > drafted as Roman shields, or crossbowman's pavise.
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> They'd work better as Roman shields if the corners weren't lopped off, but • yeah,
> I could see that.
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| (...) That is a true point, castle stone is not something anybody in antiquity imported very much of. The labor and time needed to build from foreign stone would have made a military fortification moot. Often if it was a border dispute, they'd just (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) (URL) Raglan Castle> in Wales is made with red and yellow sandstone. (URL) Castle>, (URL) Craignethan Castle>, and (URL) Duntreath Castle> in Scotland are made with yellow sandstone. (URL) Kenilworth Castle> in England is made of red (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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