Post by 2e0edx on Jun 29, 2014 10:06:45 GMT
After hopefully a successful activation of Ravenglass Roman Fort & Baths I will continue to Muncaster Castle to activate it.
Dominating the River Esk, Muncaster has been of strategic importance since Roman times, and has been home to the Penningtons since 1208.
The pele tower stands on Roman foundations and was extended through the ages into the Castle of today. In 1862 the fashionable architect Anthony Salvin was engaged by the fourth Lord Muncaster to rebuild the house. Salvin took the courtyard, built by the first Lord Muncaster, and converted it into the present drawing room. The pele tower at the SW end was matched by Salvin with the NW tower. He did a good job, with towers, battlements and mullioned and transomed windows.
In 1208 the land was granted to the Pennington family, and it is still their home, probably only due to the magical ‘Luck of Muncaster’, a glass drinking bowl belonging to Henry VI. He gave it to the family in 1464 declaring that as long as it remained intact, Penningtons would live and thrive at Muncaster.
I would hope to be QRV at 1300 hrs +/- 1/2 hour and would hope to work forum members.
Cashota Ref: G-456
WAB: SD19
Loc: IO84HI
73's
Ian 2E0EDX
Dominating the River Esk, Muncaster has been of strategic importance since Roman times, and has been home to the Penningtons since 1208.
The pele tower stands on Roman foundations and was extended through the ages into the Castle of today. In 1862 the fashionable architect Anthony Salvin was engaged by the fourth Lord Muncaster to rebuild the house. Salvin took the courtyard, built by the first Lord Muncaster, and converted it into the present drawing room. The pele tower at the SW end was matched by Salvin with the NW tower. He did a good job, with towers, battlements and mullioned and transomed windows.
In 1208 the land was granted to the Pennington family, and it is still their home, probably only due to the magical ‘Luck of Muncaster’, a glass drinking bowl belonging to Henry VI. He gave it to the family in 1464 declaring that as long as it remained intact, Penningtons would live and thrive at Muncaster.
I would hope to be QRV at 1300 hrs +/- 1/2 hour and would hope to work forum members.
Cashota Ref: G-456
WAB: SD19
Loc: IO84HI
73's
Ian 2E0EDX