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We drove down to Perth, to visit Huntingtower Castle and the Perth Museum.
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| Huntingtower Castle. (111kb) | The room with a really cool painted
ceiling, from the 14th century. (131kb)
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The back side of Doune Castle. (186kb) |
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| Another shot of the ceiling. (137kb)
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One of the rooms on the top floor, with a nice fireplace and roof timbers. (171kb | The roof timbers. (193kb) |
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| The outside of Huntingtower. (141kb) | An oak stool, made in Scotland
around 1600. (190kb)
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The interesting thing is the drawer. (121kb) |
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| A different angle. (123kb)
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A close-up straight on. (121kb) | A chair from 1588 (114kb) |
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| Info on the chair. (44kb) | A different angle on the chair,
especially showing the method the arms attach to the supports. (120kb)
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A close-up of the seat. (128kb) |
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| One last angle, showing the sides. (118kb)
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Info and picture of "beggar's badges". (115kb) | A spur and some cool rings. (150kb) |
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| An attempt to get a good image of the spur prick. (56kb) | A close-up of the spur. (70kb) | Another try to get a good image.
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| The best close-up of the spur. (32kb) | Another shot, with flash. (32kb) | Some different pieces, including a
different type of spur. (83kb)
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| Another shot of the different spur. (71kb) | A really cool pilgrim badge and a
seal. (78kb)
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Another shot of the seal. (69kb) |
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| A close-up of the pilgrim's badge. (55kb) | A neat pilgrim's ampulla. (185kb) | A close-up of the ampulla (59kb)
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| A different, really interesting ampula(71kb) | Another shot. (61kb) | Some pewter brooches. (103kb)
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| Some shoes, identified as "medieval"
but not by a specific year or century. The cool bit is the reference to the
felt (wool) lining. (73kb)
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A close-up shot. (43kb) | A barrel lock. (101kb) |
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| A really cool mirror case, made from pewter. (78kb) | A close-up of the mirror case. (36kb)
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