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I just know there's zombies in there.

It's said that a section of breakwater for the island was built with thousands of Springfield musket barrels banded together.

I'd like to think it went back to one of the descendants. I hope so.

The style of all the stuff is cool, but it wasn't built to go the long run. Some of the stuff looks pretty slap-dash. That's ok, that works for me, but trying to save anything is futile to a large degree.

Looks like a bench seat inside. I'm no stranger to old school outhouses, I'd use it. Hopefully there's no zombie under there that would bite my ass.

Every time there's a wind gust, get ready to run.

Or it says, "Don't feed the zombies."

It's claimed much of the cement used to build his castle was also bought from a surplus sale.

Very interesting comparison with the other photos on the Flickr page. I love trying to find what things are the same and what's changed.

Yes, Tony c., so would I.

I wonder about all the talented people who built these buildings. Did they ever think that it would crumble like this or that it would last forever?

Thanks as always Motts--a great job in an amazing place. If someone showed you this picture and said it was taken in the old country, you'd have to believe them.

It is probably the flag of Scotland. The "X" on the flag is the Cross of St. Andrew. Bannerman himself was born in Scotland, apparently.

Can't buy them any more John. That was before our gov had good reason to think we would up-rise against them. Our guilty and self-conscious gov outlawed that stuff a long time ago.

Bannerman bought huge amounts of gov surplus, including weapons and ammo. In the 1870s, he bought 200,000 Springfield muskets. You could buy machine guns and the ammo. Artillery cannons, with the explosive shells too. Some guns were 16". The guy bought huge amounts of stuff. That could easily be a mine.

The hills are alive with the sound of zombies!