629 Comments for Bannerman's Arsenal

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!

Oh buoy, what a dry joke, John.

Plenty of pockets for floor joists, but no visible remnants laying in the bottom. Not even mounds of new "soil" from the decayed wood? It seems likely that somebody had salvaged interior structural members.

Probably a Union Jack Tony

Thank you Motts, for another great gallery!! This is one beautiful old place! Love this last shot!

Would love to walk around here when it was in its heyday.....

Very ornate for a well...

Gee, this must have been the grotto....

Stunning!

They have to keep the shrubs trimmed....they give tours here in the summer months.