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Forter Castle
Forter Castle is located in Glenisla, Perthshire, Scotland. It was built in 1560 by James Ogilvy, the 5th Lord of Airlie. In 1640, it was burned by Archibald Campbell, the 8th Earl of Argyll, but it was rebuilt in the early 1990s. The grid reference is NO18239 64640 and the latitude/longitude is 56.766148, −3.339154. The castle is located within Angus council area and inside Cairngorms National Park. It is a Category B historically listed building by Historic Environment Scotland; when listed, it was still a ruin. The listing states that the castle was "perpetuated in ballad, "Bonnie House of Airlie". History James Ogilivy, the 5th Lord of Airlie, built Forter Castle as a "fortalice" ( fortification) in 1560 to protect the Balloch Pass route to Glenshee from intrusion. One report explains the rationale for the building: "At the time of construction, marauding bands of caterans threatened the settled folk in this area and the clan feuds, stoked by religious differences, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forter Castle - Geograph
Forter is a software as a service (SaaS) company that provides fraud prevention technology for online retailers and marketplaces. It has offices in Tel Aviv, London, Singapore, and New York; its headquarters are in New York. History The company was founded in 2014 by software engineers who formerly worked at Fraud Sciences, which was bought and integrated into PayPal in 2008. Before working at Fraud Sciences, the founders served in the Israeli Army's Intelligence unit. Funding Forter's funding includes a combined $100 million from Sequoia Capital, Scale Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, March Capital Partners, and Salesforce Ventures. Technology According to specialists, the challenge to online retailers seeking to prevent online fraud is to be able to assess the customer's trustworthiness in real-time without blocking a legitimate sale or delaying it so long the customer abandons the purchase. In its 2018 analysis of the online fraud detection and prevention, SaaS fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ogilvy, 7th Lord Of Airlie
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Castles In Angus, Scotland
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble. This is distinct from a palace, which is not fortified; from a fortress, which was not always a residence for royalty or nobility; from a ''pleasance'' which was a walled-in residence for nobility, but not adequately fortified; and from a fortified settlement, which was a public defence – though there are many similarities among these types of construction. Use of the term has varied over time and has also been applied to structures such as hill forts and 19th-20th century homes built to resemble castles. Over the approximately 900 years when genuine castles were built, they took on a great many forms with many different features, although some, such as curtain walls, arrowslits, and portcullises, were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katharine Pooley
Katharine Pooley is a British interior designer, and businesswoman, known for her design projects. She owns a homewares boutique and runs an interior design and architecture studio with 50 staff in Chelsea, London. Pooley has designed private homes, castles, villas, hotels, chalets and yachts. She has won numerous awards including British Designer of the Decade, House and Garden's 'Design for Positive Change' award, Asia's Most Influential Designer and Great British Brand's Community Award. Early life and education Pooley was born and raised in Herefordshire with her five siblings. She was educated first in England at St Mary's School and then studied at the Institut national des sciences appliquées, INSA University in Lyon. Her father, Robert Pooley MBE LVO, founded Pooleys Flight Equipment on leaving the RAF in 1957, and in 2005 founded Pooley Sword the leading Cutlers of swords, dirks and lances to the British Armed Forces. He bought Forter Castle in Perthshire ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
