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Caerlaverock
Caerlaverock
Caerlaverock

Warwick - East Gate Detail  
     
 
CASTLE NAME: Caerlaverock Castle
ITEM NUMBER: CAER
SIZE: 5.0" H x 9.5" W
PRICE: $475.00 with base
LIMITED EDITION: 250
SERIES: Castles of Scotland
STATUS: Current
 
 
 
Warwick - East Gate History  
     

For over four hundred years Caerlaverock Castle stood guard over the Solway Firth and as a sentry to Scotland. The battlements of the castle give a marvelous view over the Solway Firth and the distant Lakeland Fells and its proximity to England brought the castle into frequent conflict throughout its existence. The final siege came during the Civil War in 1640 and when the Royalist garrison surrendered to the Covenants, the castle's active life came to an end. The rich red stone of this triangular fortress is peaceful now, but if those stones could talk they would tell of knights and sieges, lords and lieges, courts and kings ...

 
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