Yesterday I wrote a short article about a group in Arkansas that is building a 13th century fortress using 13th century technology. The whole process looks like it will take 20 or more years. But what if you don’t want to wait that long? And what if you aren’t that concerned with which technology is used to construct your castle? Is there a solution. Of course . . . it’s called Castle Magic!
Now please understand, I am not a spokesperson for this company, I really don’t know anything about the quality of their work, and I have only seen pictures of their buildings via their website. However, the concept sounds quite reasonable. In about two years, they will construct your very own Medievalish castle. Outwardly, their buildlings look as one might imagine a castle to look . . . perhaps a little smaller . . . but in obvious materials and design, they fall in line with what most of us would envision a modern Medieval castle to look like.
Their site offers numerous designs, and they have a nice gallery of completed and under-construction structures. They are based out of Sandpoint, Idaho, and apprantly have been building castles in the U.S. since 1980. Unlike the purists who are building in Arkansas (and I am not against the purists’ concept), Castle Magic uses a mix of old and new technologies and materials to build their modern-day castles. Worth looking into – even though we are far from any serious activity for buildling our Medieval village, it gives us more information to work with and to present to supporters and prospective supporters.
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