Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Scottish Castles

I recently created the article Forse Castle from the original title of Forse, if anyones interested, theres much more info to be added. QuintusPetillius (talk) 17:39, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

I recently created the article Borve Castle, Sutherland if anyones interested. It was a stronghold of the Clan Mackay. QuintusPetillius (talk) 20:41, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

After reading the article, I am left wondering when Borve Castle was built. Have there been any excavations on the site? Is the exact location know? If so, a coordinates template could be added to the article (or a map) so that the reader knows where it is as not everyone knows where Sutherland is, and the link would allow a reader to find maps of the site. Nev1 (talk) 20:47, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Also, since there's no image of the castle (have you tried geograph and flickr?) some details of the structure would be useful. Was it made from stone (presumably since it was still in use in the 16th century)? Is there a particular type of castle that Brove can be linked to (eg: motte-and-bailey, tower house, quadrangular castle etc) to give the reader how it may have looked? Nev1 (talk) 21:40, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Well I'm still searching for information on the specific details of the building. There is a link to the Sutherland page.QuintusPetillius (talk) 21:09, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Although it is difficult to compile a comprehensive list of gazetteer of castles because of the problem of defining "castle", is there something close of a definitive list? England and Wales are lucky enough to have a study from 1983 by D. J. Cathcart King (although as far as I know the lists on Wikipedia for England and Wales aren't taken from it), but I was wondering if there's something similar for Scotland. If anyone's in the know about it, it would certainly help to be able to say if Wikipedia's list of castles in Scotland is as good as it gets, were it to go to FLC for instance. Nev1 (talk) 20:57, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Sorry Nev must have missed your request. The best resources are Martin Coventry's The Castles of Scotland , some 2,700 entries (though it contains entries for non-castle ruins and historic buildings), or the slightly older series of guides by Mike Salter (five volumes cover Scotland, see Folly Publications). Neither is truly "definitive" as you say, but a reasonable yardstick. Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 11:07, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Whilst working on other things, I came across Dunnottar Castle which is one of the more notable castles but needs a serious copyedit. I removed some of the worst bits, but really it needs attention from someone more familiar than me with the WPSC house style. FlagSteward (talk) 18:29, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your edits FlagSteward, Dunnottar has been on my mental 'to do' list longer than I can remember now, along with Dunvegan, Dunrobin, Sween and, oh, lots of others! Will maybe try to push this one up a notch as, like you say, it really is quite important, but I won't make any promises... Regards, Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 19:52, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

I was hoping that someone could advise/clarify a particular issue regarding the correct name for Horsburgh Castle/Horsbrugh Castle, Scottich Borders. The main sources used by the article primarily use the name Horsburgh Castle, however it has been brought to my attention that the castle in fact should be known as "Horsbrugh Castle". I am happy to be proven wrong and ask for the article to be moved to "Horsbrugh Castle" if that is correct with a redirect from Horsburgh Castle. Does anyone have any hard copy reference that clarifies this issue? Kind Regards Newm30 (talk) 00:54, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

I happen to have a pile of Borders-related books on my desk. Two of them (The Borders Book ed. Donald Omand, and Borders and Berwick by Charles Strang, in the RIAS architecture guide series) mention this place, and both use Horsburgh. Earlier today I reinstated the redirect from Horsbrugh Castle. I dont know which is "correct" but Horsburgh is certainly more common. Regards, Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 15:26, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi! I have proposed the creation of WikiProject Tayside and Fife to improve the quality of all of the articles which fall into the scope of the project. I think that some of the articles in the scope of WikiProject Scottish Castles may fit into the scope of the proposed project. I would hope that members of this WikiProject would like to indicate their interest in the project. If you would like to join please add your name on WikiProject Council/Proposals/Tayside and Fife. If the project gets a reasonable amount of interest I will create a draft of the WikiProject (after consultation with editors who are interested) in my userspace and then will create the WikiProject. Thank you. Andrewmc123 15:23, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

An IP doesn't think that Cawdor Castle's Westlife playing a concert at Cawdor Castle is important and is therefore removing mention of it. Do folks here have an opinion on its inclusion? Nev1 (talk) 20:05, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

The entry is cited and Westlife are clearly noteworthy, so the issue is relevance. I am not a member of this project so I won't bother to pass an opinion here, but unless there is consensus on that page to remove the entry you are well within your rights to restore it. Ben MacDui 08:27, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

The fact that its westlife is ireelevant, but that the place has hosted a concert is an indicator of its present use. If there have been other concerts it would be worth mentioning use of the castle as a venue, but a one-off would be less noteworthy. Thanks, Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk) 11:19, 18 November 2011 (UTC)