Scotland

ROTHESAY CASTLE

In Rothesay, ferry from Wemyss Bay
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Cross the drawbridge over the moat and climb the “bloody stair” to the circular ramparts, or descend into a forbidding pit prison. This doughty stronghold, built in the 1200s, was twice besieged and captured by the Norse, who battered down the eastern wall with their axes.