For today's pictures I've picked two of Caerlaverock Castle at sunset.
The castle was one of the major strongholds in South West Scotland - it's about 10 miles south of Dumfries, quite close to the Solway coast. The red sandstone is the local rock - many of Scotland's finest buildings were built with Locharbriggs sandstone, and the quarry is still active today- every now and then traffic on the A75 is slowed down by a heavily laden lorry.
The castle is surrounded by a moat, which add interest, and the surrounding grassy areas have been turned into defensive ditches and mounds, so finding places to take pictures from is not too difficult.
Sunset is without doubt the best time to see the castle, as the warmth of the light adds to the colours of the sandstone, and it seems to glow.
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