I've probably mentioned this to a few of my irls but yeah this is a castle of the Sinclair clan from which I get my name ((EDIT:APPARENTLY THERES A FEW CASTLES BUT IMMA JUST TELL U ABOUT THIS ONE FOR NOW))
(this is just a SMALL AMOUNT of info from over 4 FUCKING HOURS of A.D.D fueled research from a bunch of old sources including a book of lineage we have at the house)
~ The clan's very first castle (Castle Roslin/Rosslyn) was presumibly built around 1300 for Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney in Roslin, Scotland, around 9 miles south of Edinburgh. There are no solid records of its original construction, but the Sinclairs had apparently been in Roslin since 1100
~ In 1544 the Earl of Hertford (not part of the sinclair clan) (he was the Lord Protector of England for Edward VIII) p much burned down the whole castle while on a pyro spree during 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘳 𝘖𝘧 𝘙𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 (which was a war based on King Edward trying to "secure the marriage of his son to the infant Mary Queen Of Scots") (essentially he got mad cuz Scotland was more in favor of an alliance with France instead of England)
~ It was then rebuilt in the late 1500's
~ it was then damaged in another battle in 1650 and then further damaged by an angry mob in 1688
~ By the 18th century it was completely dilapidated (in ruins)
~It was restored from 1982-1988 and then leased as a holiday accomodation
~ The castle was used as a location for Ron Howard's film adaptation of Dan Brown's book THE DA VINCI CODE
THERE A GHOST DOG THERE TOO
On February 24th 1303, the wooded glen near Roslin Castle echoed to the sound of battle as the Scots and the English fought grimly. An English soldier killed in the fight was the owner of a large hound, which attacked its masters killer so fiercely that the scot was forced to slay the beast too. That night, as the battle-weary Scots rested within Roslin castle, the ghostly shape of a huge hound suddenly appeared in the guard-room, terrifying the troops. Night afternight the phantom dog appeared, and the soldiers named it "the Mauthe Doog" At last,it came the turn of the soldier who had slain the hound to stand guard. He carried the castle keys down a dark, twisting passageway to the guard captain's room. Suddenly there was heard a cry of terror and the terrible snarl of a hound from the passage. The soldier struggled from the passage terror-stricken. Though unwounded, the man never spoke another word, and died three days later. After that, the hound vanished from the castle. Nevertheless its baying is still occasionally heard.
