Duntrune Castle
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Posted on 10/08/2011 6:27:38 PM PDT by Perdogg
The new James Bond movie will reportedly shoot its finale at Scotland's Duntrune Castle.
The building, situated 95 miles from Glasgow near Lochgilphead in Argyll, will double as 007's ancestral home and be the location for his final showdown with the movie's villains
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Lamh Foistenach Abu!
beautiful
One of my favorite ghost stories:
“Duntrune dates from the13th century with a later L-plan house in the corner. The castle was long held by the Campbells, was besieged in 1644, and then burned in 1685. The castle is haunted by the ghost of a MacDonald, the Phantom Piper of Duntrune, this tale dates from 1615 when the piper was sent to Duntrune to spy on the Campbells and unfortunately he was captured and imprisoned in an upstairs chamber. It was guessed that the Campbells were lying in wait for the MacDonalds to try and retake the castle, knowing what was going to happen the piper played his pipes as a warning to the MacDonalds if they came close enough. Unfortunately he paid for his bravery, the story tells how the Campbells chopped of his fingers and the piper bled to death. From then on the ghostly sound of bagpipes would often be heard, with no explanation as to from where the music came. Other manifestations have been reported at Duntrune, and the castle basement has been exorcised, however the spirits still seem to be active and unexplained knockings, tappings and footsteps have all been reported. In 1870 a fingerless skeleton was found, sealed beneath the stone flags of the floor of the kitchen in the basement. It was given a proper burial but this does not sem to have ended the disturbances at Duntrune Castle.”
http://scottishghosts.webs.com/castleghostsak.htm
This is one of the most well done ghost stories, Castle ghosts of Scotland. I have the dvd, but if you want to enjoy a good one, watch it here on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ploc8AQoF1w
thanks!
Damn!! I was hoping it would be The Castle Arrrgh!!!
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
What was the castle in “The World is Not Enough” ?
Of course, and I think you know, I like Diamonds are Forever because of Jill St John and I think Brosnan was a pretty good Bond.
Thanks Perdogg. I’d pay $20 a ticket to see if the finale was Bond destroying the set of “The X-Factor” and/or “American Idol” and killing the entire cast.
And all the contestants.
According to Wikipedia:
Filming was then shot in Scotland at the Eilean Donan Castle to depict the exterior of MI6 temporary operations centre at "Castle Thane".
That looks like the castle Sean Connery used in the movie Entrapment with the lovely Catherine Zeta Jones....
Catherine Zeta Jones? Anyone?
OK, would be nice if Maureen Dowd said something here.
My thought too.
Thanks for those links interesting history and beautiful scenes of Scotland.
THATS what I was just thinking..
***I like Diamonds are Forever because of Jill St John ***
She did show a little mroe “cheek” than usual and if you know where to look in the movie you will get a glimpse of a nipple.
Bugged me, so I looked it up. It’s the Eilean Donan Castle (never heard of it).
http://www.scotlandthemovie.com/movies/twine.html
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