点评:We visited on a sunny but windy March Sunday and enjoyed not only an interesting historic site, but a warm and professional welcome of which Historic Scotland should be proud.
The site combines a well-designed Visitor centre with good use of audio-visual guides and a simple tour route with tangible ruins, compact explanations and great views from the remaining tower.
The 10-minute introductory film in the Visitor Centre gave a fair impression of several hundred years of site use, building and conflict; and a 20-minute talk outside with a guide provided further detail about the Picts, Clan rivalries, Anglo-Scottish politics and how geographical features share roots in the vocabularies of wider Celtic communities.
A bonus was enjoying a tasty lunch in the site cafe and being able to use the partnering arrangements with English Heritage on entry. Definitely worth a visit; and good value for money.
翻译:我们在一个阳光明媚但风很大的三月星期天参观了这里,不仅欣赏到了引人入胜的历史遗址,还感受到了苏格兰历史遗迹保护协会热情专业的接待,这令协会倍感自豪。
遗址设计精良,游客中心布局合理,视听导览设备运用得当,游览路线简洁明了,沿途可见实物遗迹,讲解精炼,还能从残存的塔楼上欣赏到壮丽的景色。
游客中心播放的10分钟介绍影片,大致展现了数百年来遗址的使用、建造和冲突历史;随后,在户外与导游进行了20分钟的讲解,进一步介绍了皮克特人、氏族之间的竞争、英格兰-苏格兰政治,以及地理特征如何与更广泛的凯尔特社群的词汇产生共鸣。
更令人惊喜的是,我们还在遗址咖啡馆享用了美味的午餐,并且可以使用与英国遗产委员会合作推出的优惠活动。这里绝对值得一游,而且物超所值。