Dunbar Castle – Clan Dunbar Christmas Card

As a Dunbar, your family heritage is ancient, and ,embers of the Dunbar Scottish clan can trace their roots back many centuries – to one of the country’s strongest fortresses and to the mists of history before the Celts arrived in the area. By as early as the 7th century, Dunbar Castle was a main defensive position for the long-forgotten kings of Bernicia. Today, the family’s castle is but a remnant of its former glory. It overlooks the harbour of the town of Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland. Because of unfortunate political leanings of the clan’s head, the castle was destroyed and rebuilt over the centuries and under various regimes. It was officially “slighted” or ordered completely destroyed by the Parliament of Scotland in December 1567, and in 1568 some of the stone was carried to the shore of Leith and used in the quayside. Clan members can savour owning a reminder of their family’s history with numerous items from ClanCastles. If you’re interested in seeing how your family castle may have looked in 1400, see Andrew Spratt’s reconstruction here: http://www.maybole.org/history/castles/Dunbar%20Castle%201400.htm Photo By Thomas Münter https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Modified for contrast, colour, size and text