Dunskey Castle from the air

On holiday with the family just outside Stranraer we visited a beach near Dunskey Castle.
Dunskey Castle is a ruined, 12th-century tower house or castle, located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of the village of Portpatrick, Rhinns, Wigtownshire, on the south-west coast of Scotland.
The three-storey L-plan structure is sited on a promontory, with a rock-cut ditch, 15 metres (49 ft) wide by 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) deep, defending the only access, from the north-east. The castle measures 30 by 14.3 metres (98 by 47 ft), with walls 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) thick, although the building is now a roofless shell. The north-east wing is of a later date, and the foundations of a south range are visible.
Walter de Currie, a murderous pirate, lived Dunskey Castle in the 1400s. When he plundered ships, he not only seized gold and silks but, as legend has it, also snatched an Irish minstrel. In the 15th century, lairds of the highest rank had minstrels to liven up their banquet halls and move their guests to laughter and tears. But the Irish minstrel was not content to be an easy source of entertainment to Currie. He could tell farcical stories and sing ballads of lost love to Currie and his men as they drank their fill, but he couldn’t resist poking at his new murderous master. He made Currie himself the butt of his jokes and humiliated him in front of his own men. Enraged, Currie threw the minstrel into the dungeons below Dunskey Castle and left him to starve.
The minstrel groped his way along the moist, oozing stone walls of the subterranean dungeon until he found a secret tunnel. He followed it until he reached a cave on the shore of the open sea below the castle. He could hear the roaring waves; he could see the moon glistening above, promising a life beyond Dunskey; but he could not scale the slick, steep walls. He died a slow death looking at the freedom he could not reach. Forevermore, it is said that you can hear his pipes playing above the waves on stormy nights as his ghost paces up and down the passageway where he died.
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Stunning footage 👌 Beautifully captured and flown. Fantastic video ❤