Dungeon

Yesterday I visited two very different castles.  The first one was the Caerlaverock castle,which is in ruins but very pretty and fun to explore.  It is the "Maxwell castle", but It's also the castle where Roger Kirkpatrick (son of the Roger who stabbed Red Comyn in the church) was murdered in his bed by Lindsey, who wanted Roger's wife for himself.

The other castle was the "Kirkpatrick" or Closeburn castle, which is now owned by the "Spanish Kirkpatrick" line.  Boy, was it hard to find!  We drove around and around looking for it, and eventually found it.  I met Maria, who lives there, and she's interested in genealogy too.

We took the Mostly Ghostly tours of Dumfries and Closeburn. The tour guides dress up in period costumes and take people around and tell ghost stories and stories about the history of the places. Here's a picture of the dungeon.  It used to only be accessed through a trap door, but it was remodeled long ago.  Now it has cushy couches and bottles of wine in it.  I guess it's the party room now.  The people in the picture are the tour guides.