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Fordell Castle, NW
Fordell may refer to: * Fordell Castle, a restored 16th-century tower house in Fife, Scotland ** John Henderson, 5th of Fordell Sir John Henderson, 5th of Fordell (1605–1650), was a Scottish soldier and mercenary, distinguished as a Cavalier in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Born 3 November 1605 in Fordell, Fife. He was a distinguished soldier, who had been enslave ... (1605–1650) * Mount Fordell, a mountain in Antarctica * Fordell, New Zealand, a settlement in the Whanganui District {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fordell Castle
Fordell Castle is a restored 16th-century tower house, located north-west of Dalgety Bay and east of Dunfermline, in Fife, Scotland. Parts of the castle date from before 1566, though most dates from 1580 or later. The chapel was rebuilt in 1650. The interior of the castle was substantially renovated in the 1960s, with additional major renovations to the castle interiors and chapel in the early 2000s. The estate is in private ownership and not available for public tour. Architecture The castle is a fortified house (fortalice) designed on a Z-plan running east-west, with square towers at the north-west and south-east corners, each containing a circular staircase.MacGibbon, D. and Ross, T. (1887) "'' The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century Vol. 2"'' pp. title page, 237-243.Tranter, Nigel (1986) "''The Fortified House in Scotland - Volume 2, Central Scotland''" p. 38-39. "Externally, Fordell remains pretty much as it wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Henderson, 5th Of Fordell
Sir John Henderson, 5th of Fordell (1605–1650), was a Scottish soldier and mercenary, distinguished as a Cavalier in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Born 3 November 1605 in Fordell, Fife. He was a distinguished soldier, who had been enslaved by Barbary pirates when commanding on the East African coast. Henderson then, supposedly, fell in love with the Princess of Zanzibar who he contrived to escape to Egypt with.Gray, Sir John (Sept 1955) "Sir John Henderson and the Princess of Zanzibar" in '' Tanganyika Notes and Records'' pp. 15-19. Later, Henderson was a mercenary, serving with the military for Denmark, Sweden, and elsewhere, and fought on the side of the Royalists in the Civil War when Henderson was invested as a Knight by King Charles I. Civil War Henderson assisted Sir John Digby, the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, to seize Newark on behalf of Charles I in late 1642 The Earl of Newcastle then made him Governor of Newark. During his time in Newark, Henderson lived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Fordell
Mount Fordell () is a mountain, high, marking the south end of the Marble Hills in the Heritage Range, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant William D. Fordell, U.S. Navy, a co-pilot of LC-47 aircraft, who perished in a plane crash on the Ross Ice Shelf on February 2, 1966. See also * Mountains in Antarctica This is a list of all the Ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Antarctica. Some islands in the South Atlantic have also been included and can be found at the end of the list. Antarctica South Atl ... References Mountains of Ellsworth Land {{EllsworthLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
