Liverpool Castle

Tinks’ next adventure was to be Rivington Castle near Horwich.  The structure is actually a folly, built in the early 20th century as a scale replica of Liverpool Castle.  The latter was a medieval defensive castle on the site where today Victoria Monument stands, and was demolished in 1726 to make space initially for St George’s Church, which in turn was later demolished in favour of the monument.

The scale replica was commenced in 1912 based on conjectural plans drawn by E. W. Cox in 1892 ― more than 100 years after the castle had been demolished ― and has also never been completed.  We therefore ended up with an incomplete scale replica of the ruins of a medieval castle based on best-guess plans.  The scale of the replica is not actually known, but close to 1:1.  The main reason we know that the replica is not to scale is the fact that there would not have been enough space inside the walls for archers to draw their bows.

Flight preparations with AirMap, video post-processing with iMovie on my MacBook Pro. The place is open to the public, and there only was one couple present who were walking their dog. Having learned from the Brough Castle incident, I asked them whether they would mind if I was flying Tinks, and they had no objections.

Leave a comment