Rait Castle - Put it on the slate

Having come across an intersting post on Facebook, this observer went up to see one of the windows in the tower at Rait Castle that has become a shrine of sorts. Two painted roof slates containing fragments of poetry have been placed in the recess. The packet on the left is an empty ginseng box on on the right there are three candles.

The slate on the right contains most of Upon Cupid by Aancreon, a Greek lyric poet and reads:

As lately I a garland bound

'mongst Roses I there cupid found

I took him in my cup.

And drunk with wine

I drank him up

On the left a verse from Shelly

And the Sunlight clasps the Earth

And the moonbeams kiss the sea

What are all these kisses worth

If man kisses not me?!

Save Rait Castle Facebook Group

Alastair Cunningham has sent us the URL of the Save Rait Castle Facebook group.

Call to save Rait Castle

'FOR centuries Rait Castle has lain desolate, covered by undergrowth and haunted by a curse that lingers from a chilling episode in Scotland's bloody history of clan warfare.
Now – almost 600 years after a terrible massacre was enacted in the stronghold – its owner, one of Scotland's most ancient noble families, is under pressure to save its remains. Fears Rait is in danger of collapse have led to local campaigners urging the Earl of Cawdor's family to take action to conserve the ruin near Nairn – the last 13th-century hall castle in Scotland standing.'

More on the Scotsman website.