Here are some nice, medium resolution photos of Mullenark Castle I found the other day. The first one is of the front of the building. Nothing new, but kind of a nice shot.
The second is interesting because it shows one of the front towers at the vantage from which grandpa's fellow platoon members would have seen them. Fairly imposing, when you consider, as Frank Perozzi said, there were snipers firing at them from the turrets as they dug their fox holes.
The third photo is of the mill house just to the southeast of the house. The moat ran right along this structure and it was positioned near the mill pond, too.
The last photo is of one of the walls surrounding the estate. These were the walls grandpa spoke of using to skirt the property and make their way into Schophoven to the northwest. According to the photo's description (as "translated" by Google), the damage to the wall was sustained during World War II. It's conceivable that the scars were inflicted by the artillery preparation that preceded the infantry assault on Mullenark the night of December 13, 1944.
