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Sabbatical Post Script #30 (7) Part 6 of Mugdock Castle

6/12/2020

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When we left off on our tour of Mugdock Castle last week, we were facing the North Keep - which had mostly crumbled to the ground.

This week, when we turn around, we get a grand view of The Tower of Mugdock Castle. 

​Take a look!
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From this angle, you can see clearly where the arch bridge connected to the Tower, both on the ground, as well as where the door was on the bridge level of the arch.

As you look up the Tower you can see that there are more "modern" glass window panes in what once were "arrow slits" for defending the castle.  Window panes became more widely used in England and Scotland in the 1600's.  I don't imagine that THOSE particular panes of glass are 400 year old, but sometime in the past 400 years those arrow slits were fitted for glass, when they were no longer needed for defense.

Would you like to take a look at the lower doorway of the Tower?
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I forget which day of the week I visited Mugdock Castle, and it was near the end of the day, so I don't know if there are ever tours of the interior of the Tower, but I hope so!  Because it looks well maintained from the outside.  However, I have done an online search for pictures of the interior and all Google can find (for interior pictures) is a Mugdock Castle in South Carolina...

Did you notice in the first picture of the tower that there was a staircase leading to the second floor?

Yea - me too... :)
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Okay, okay... since this one didn't have a gate over it - I HAD to try it!  No luck, it was locked...

It's a comfort to me that that's not true for entrance into God's Kingdom...
7 “Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. (Matthew 7:7-8, NRSV translation)

So the door was locked...but LOOK at this view!

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 It was WELL worth the short jaunt up the stairs, don't you think? This is the Northern view.

Check out the Northeast view too!  You can see the "cut off" circle tower stair case from here, as well as the entrance into the garden beyond - don't worry, we'll get there in a couple weeks. :)
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I hope that you are continuing to enjoy this tour of Mugdock Castle!  There are three more weeks worth of photos to share and explore.

In the meantime: be safe, be kind.

Blessings on your journey,
Pastor Emilia

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    Sabbatical
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    In the summer of 2019 Rev. Emilia Halstead took a 3 month sabbatical.  Seven weeks of that time she spend in Scotland.  This series began on the weekly e-mail of the church.  In an effort to make it available to more people, we've moved it here to our website.

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