Castle Rankine Denny Scotland - Abandoned 17th Century Mill
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- čas přidán 9. 02. 2019
- A winter walk up the Castle Rankine burn Denny Stirlingshire Scotland. Up to the old mill, Garth Dyewood Mill, which was abandoned around 1880. On the opposite side of the burn stood a medieval castle, Castle Rankine, no remains are visible, close to that was POW Camp No.64 which was a German POW camp and later became a DP camp, displaced persons camp for Italians.
Recorded February 2019 - Hry
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Played, camped , “guddled” fish there in the 60’s.
We were always chased out of the house and told to go and play with the traffic on the (New nearby) Motorway.
“Templedenny” road close by the burn, but why is it “Temple Denny”? It’s on CZcams .
@@amnoahwielwabbit3837 Hope you enjoyed this video. Temple Denny is named because the land was once owned by the Knights Templar.
scoutthedoggie2002 : “loved” the video, 8m not sure if the Burn was running over onto my cheeks whilst watching it,
but believe it or not, I recognise the different areas going up to Castle’Rankie’ as we used to call it.
There used to be a ‘boy” Footie, used to live on the farm next to the Brickworks , I suppose that’s 🧱🧱🧱 gone now too.
Thanks for the reply. 👍🏻
Btw; I left Denny 1975 .
As regards the castle you mentioned...
The site of Castle Rankine is 240 yds W of Castlerankine farmhouse, with the deep ravine of Castlerankine Burn on its W side. The ground to the E is said to have been marshy before improvement. No structure survives above ground, but excavations in 1938-9 revealed the foundations of a curtain wall enclosing an area 96' N-S by 91'. This wall varied from 3'9" to 4'7" thick. From the N curtain, a barbican extended to the lip of a ditch, which was identified to N and S of the enclosure and presumably existed on the E as well. Between the curtain and the ditch, W of the barbican, there was found an oval stone-lined pit, 6'6" x 4' x 3' deep. Its purpose is uncertain. From the NW corner of the enclosure, a short length of wall projects W towards the lip of the ravine, and the excavators inferred from the presence of a single chamfered stone that there had been an opening in the W curtain near this point. Stone fragments, of probable 13th century date, and some 14th-16th century potsherds were found.
It has been suggested that the name Gertranky, mentioned in 1299, refers to Castle Rankine, and though the curtain wall is unusually thin, the plan of the castle as revealed by the excavation would agree with a date in this period. Gertranky then belonged to Sir Herbert de Morham.
RCAHMS 1963, visited 1939
Visited by OS (MH), 7 May 1953.
Another beautiful video of ancient buildings and lovely landscape. Wish I could be there. Thanks!
Your video just "appeared" this morning. Brilliant, I remember running about here as a wee boy with my brothers, and probably Gerard!
Wow! Just wow! Just started watching your videos and they are beautiful! Just think of all the past people that have been in these places, thank you so much for sharing ☺️
Thanks and welcome, so glad you enjoyed the video
Oh my goodness I played here as a wee boy in the sixties it was the world to me I knew the ruins were there there’s something similar at the red brae carron glen on the other side where people don’t walk thanks for posting
You are totally right Gerard, there is another ruin up the red Brae, on the opposite side of the Glen from the footpath most people walk on, I have uploaded a video of that on here as well, there is a link to it at the very end of this video.
@@scoutthedoggie2002 thanks for replying I’ll check out the video my ninety one year old mum who grew up in Fankerton knows a little about it years ago I took a lovely photo of the ruin in autumn time
Beautiful video thankyou 😃🙏🏻
Thank you for being the first to comment, glad you enjoyed this video.
As a young lad my Dad used to run errands for the Italian internees through the fence....God bless them all.
I guess they were all OK, as I have never heard any older townsfolk say a bad word about the Italians or even the Germans who were in there. One Denny lady even invited a few of the Germans into her home at Christmas and took them to the local church where they were all made welcome.
@scoutthedoggie2002 yes...my Auntie still lives in Denny and she had always been told the Italians were prisoners...I think they were internees.
@@derekkelly9944 The Italians were officially called "DP's " short for Displaced persons, where as the Germans were POW's. Thanks for watching and commenting Derek.
Thanks for sharing this. The John Gray you mention is one of my husband’s ancestors. Would be interested if you have any more information on him/his family and mill businesses in the area
Hi Claire, I really don't know anything, there are still Gray's in Denny, could be family, I suggest you join the "Denny" facebook page, its active and there's plenty of local history buffs on there that might help.
Played there on my suzuki trials bike 78-80 way Niall ,rag an stuarty
I used to hear Niall and Craig screaming up n down the spine road on RDs, I think, very early 80s as I sat in the tower block at Denny HS
I left Denny high in 78 and I mind craig fleein up an doon the spine road then,watched the polis dain sound checks on his ham-yam .
He drove past them 3 or 4 times as they pointed the microphone at his bike.I was in R.E on the 3rd floor of tower block........they wur the days
Good video. Seems Dylan loves exploring these places. It's good you bring him. What is a lint mill and a dyewood mill? Don't know as we have those here across the pond. Lol. Find some more castles to show us. Now I am fascinated with Scotland.
a was brought up in denny am surprised me and my best pal michael never discovered the abandoned mill before anyone else
John and Susan , Wilson Avenue ?