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Pollepel Island. Coordinates: 41°27′19″N 73°59′20″W. The island and castle viewed from atop Breakneck Ridge. Pollepel Island / pɒlɪˈpɛl / is a 6.5-acre (26,000 m 2) uninhabited island in the Hudson River in New York, United States. The principal feature on the island is Bannerman's Castle, an abandoned military surplus warehouse.
Hudson Highlands State Park. / 41.45861°N 73.95972°W / 41.45861; -73.95972. Hudson Highlands State Park is a non-contiguous state park in the U.S. state of New York, located on the east side of the Hudson River. The park runs from Peekskill in Westchester County, through Putnam County, to Beacon in Dutchess County, in the eastern ...
A site steeped in history, Pollepel Island — also known as Bannerman’s Island — is home to Bannerman Castle, an abandoned military surplus warehouse. The castle, built by Francis Bannerman ...
Bannerman Castle. Cold Spring, New York. On New York’s Hudson River is a 6.5-acre island called Pollepel Island. On it, lies Bannerman Castle, built by Francis Bannerman who built it in the ...
The castle in art. De Sade described his castle in two of his works – La Marquise de Ganges and Les cent vingt journées de Sodome (The 120 Days of Sodom) – under the name of the Château de Silling. The castle is used as a backdrop in the comic Dick Herisson, by Didier Savard. In the album Le Vampier the castle is the centre of a proto ...
The castle has been something of a boondoggle ever since construction was begun in 1890 by John Tennant, who eventually abandoned the project and sold it off. The house—with its eight original ...
The small settlement of Bawsey was destroyed by enclosures in the early 16th century and a century later the church, now in ruins, had started to deteriorate. He inherited Mintlyn, Geyton Thorp, Gayton, Congham, and Rydon from his father. In a tax assessment of 1524 Thomas Thursby, Esq. is listed as the wealthiest landowner in Gayton.
Archaeologists excavating a courtyard at the complex ahead of renovations uncovered the ruins of the castle, the City Hall of Valladolid said in a March 8 news release. The castle was constructed ...