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    Rothesay Castle is a ruined castle in Rothesay, the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in western Scotland. Located at NS086646, the castle has been described...
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    town is the 13th-century ruin Rothesay Castle, unique in Scotland for its circular plan. In modern Scottish Gaelic, Rothesay is known as Baile Bhòid, meaning...
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  • two strongholds; one is the round castle of Bute, called Rothesay of old, by Borrowstone. Before the town and castle is a bay of the sea, which is a good...
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    Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great and Hereditary Keeper of Rothesay Castle. The future Marquess was born at the family seat of Mount Stuart, on...
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    The Union-Castle Line was a British shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and cargo ships between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977...
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    Duke of Rothesay's meeting with the Duke of Albany during the 1482 crisis. On 2 February 1488, the Duke of Rothesay departed from Stirling Castle, without...
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    phase of castle building to an end and began a new phase of siege warfare. The first recorded siege in Scotland was the 1230 siege of Rothesay Castle where...
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    of Great Britain. The marquess of Bute is the hereditary keeper of Rothesay Castle, a privilege granted to the ancestor of the Earls and Marquesses of...
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    taking Wark Castle around 13 October 1399. A far-reaching dispute between Rothesay and George Dunbar, Earl of March, occurred when Rothesay, rather than...
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    branches of the Clan Stewart. Rothesay Castle was built by the Stewarts at the beginning of the 13th century. Drumin Castle was the home of Alexander Stewart...
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