Dunbar Castle.

Manawatu Herald, 8 December 1892, Page 2

Dunbar Castle.

The aDoient block of buildings; ; built in the old square formation with corner towers," known through -\ ancient Scottish history as the castle of Dunbar, stands upon i it,? chain of rocks stretching into th^is sea, having only one passage to , the , mainland. It was from this strong? hold that King Edward p, after , 'the -^ disastrous battle of , Ban^ockbttnji^'/, escaped to England. The 'governor ' was Patrick, Earl of March ans 'he- ' received" the flying mona^^ v attdv' furnished him with a fishing* s^ff?|o.,,f, sail to England. Later oh; in loo^ * the owners of this castle espoused, the side of Robert Brbce',' '&&&' J therefore beseiged by the English, and the Earl of March's wife, knowii as Black Agnes was left tasdefead^ the position. This she successfully did until relieved by supplies' whioh arrived by sea which caused the English to forgo farther attempts^ / The spirited manner in which the I lady defended her home was made ' by Miuistrels into songs ,of, praise, and the following is a sample of the poetry of the time : - . . : She kept a stir in tower and trenob, That brawling boisterous Scottish wenoh ; ,- Came I early, came I late, ' . (^ I foand Agnes at the gate. ' f Dunbar stands out again in history : as being the castle to which the Earl^ of Bothwell, with a thousand hbrsd, ' after surrounding Mary oh : hißr journey between Stirling and Edin* \" burgh, took her to, and of w&ioh ' He f was the governor. / After his m^raige with Mary, and after thV'cb'n'federated lords had" risen against and defeated him, it was frpn^ Duiißii „ that he made his escape' bj* jsea^ ''f” The castle was shortly after . : ;^6;'' ii mantled. . ; •.'* . We have giyen the abovft'sfristeii ; as a contrast' po'lifis present ma this historical building has .beett put to. a fish hatchery has b^en estabr, - lished in the old underground dun-

geons, by .the Scottish Fisher Hoard, and were prisoners pined and died, millions of fieh come to life. Thj . present use seems the better of the two.-