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Re: Blood Stone Castle parsed!
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 12 Jul 2000 14:49:24 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Johnston writes:
> Jason Maxwell wrote:
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> > While I can't answer what the name means, I can tell you that Caerlaverock
> > Castle was the seat of the Maxwell clan. It's walls never fell to siege (I
> > don't think) and it was considered one of the strongest castles in Scotland
> > due to it's unique three sided design.
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> I think 'Caer' was a Gaelic word for castle. I can't find any proof for that
> beyond the great number of castles named Caer <something>, though.
I believe it can also mean "town", or "village", as well. Perhaps it means
"settlement"? I've been meaning to look it up one of these days. :D
> (In addition, two of my favorite series of children's books had 'Caer'
> castles in them. The Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander had several
> Caers, and C.S. Lewis' Narnia chronicles had Cair Paravel.)
The Prydain Chronicles are one of my favorites, too! I need to purchase copies
of that series... :)
Jeff
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| (...) I was guessing Gaelic too but it appears to be Welsh. (...) Found in at (URL) It's framed so you need to run the search yourself but it comes up as "wall;castle;town." Everyone seems to have the right idea. (...) copies (...) The Science (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I think 'Caer' was a Gaelic word for castle. I can't find any proof for that beyond the great number of castles named Caer <something>, though. (In addition, two of my favorite series of children's books had 'Caer' castles in them. The (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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