Aboyne Castle

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Aboyne Castle

Aboyne Castle (historically: castrum de Obeyn ; other names: Castle Of Aboyne or Aboyne Castle Policies ; also Bonty Castle or Bunty Castle ) is a castle 1.2 km north of the village of Aboyne in the Scottish county of Aberdeenshire . The location of the 13th-century castle was strategically chosen near the River Dee , so that the northern end of one of the Mounth crossings could be controlled from there. Aboyne Castle was previously derelict, but the current Marquess of Huntly had it restored in 1979.

architecture

The lowland castle was Walter Bisset to 1233 as a moth build. King Edward I of England ordered its fortification in 1307. It was later replaced by a stone donjon . In 1671 Charles, 1st Earl of Aboyne , had the west wing rebuilt as a residential tower ; Parts of it are still visible today. A country house was added in 1701 and an east wing in 1801. In 1869 the kitchen wing was improved, with granite and a stepped gable . Sir Cunliffe Brooks had the country house modernized in the 1880s by adding baronal-style trim. George Truefitt carried out restoration work in the second half of the 19th century. In 1986 Ian Begg rebuilt it.

Historic photo of the castle (before 1920).

The castle has three main floors, a basement and an attic. The east facade is symmetrical, whereas the north or entrance facade, the south facade and the west facade are asymmetrical. Between the second and third window on the north facade there is a coat of arms, as well as an iron roof ornament and a weathercock. There is a baronal residential tower and an angled tower in the northwest, a four-story basement and an attic tower in the north. The oldest part of the castle is the northwest part, which has a five-story round tower with a square structure and a balustrade . This tower was later rebuilt in the northeast. The castle in hardened and whitewashed . The roof overhangs are coarse, there are a number of tours , and possibly a secret passage and a monk's room.

The castle has a number of windows with slug panes and a gray slate roof with ridge panels . The entrance to the main floor is via stone steps and wooden doors with slug panes on the right in the basement. Directly north of the castle is a hardened wall with an enclosed courtyard.

owner

In 1242, after John and Walter Byset of the Bisett clan, accused of murdering Patrick , Earl of Atholl , in Haddington , were expelled from Scotland , Aboyne Castle fell to the Knights Templar that same year . Then it fell to the Fransers of Cowie before it fell to Sir William de Keith , Great Marischal of Scotland , around 1355 - this time by marriage . In 1449 De Keith's great-granddaughter, Joan , brought the castle with her when she was married to Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly . The current owner is the Marquess of Huntly, whose family has owned Aboyne Castle since the early 15th century.

estate

lili rere
Gatehouse
Driveway

There are large plantings on both sides of the river, e.g. B. Ornamental plantings at the Loch of Aboyne .

On the Upper Dee , the Aboyne Castle estate is used as a fly fishing area . It is fished there in agreement with the Glen Tanar Estate (Craigendinnie Beat). Within the Aboyne Castle Policies there is the man-made Loch of Aboyne with islands 3 × 2 1/3 fur. The Aboyne Burn only kept its old name Allach near the castle where the Allach Bridge was built over the Burn.

relic

The Formaston Stone , a historically important relic, is kept in Aboyne Castle. It dates from the period between 800 and 1000, has a mirror symbol , a Celtic cross and an Ogham inscription.

conservation

Aboyne Castle, with its driveway, courtyard and northern boundary walls, was listed as a Category B Historic Building on November 24, 1972. Various other institutions were also listed there, e.g. For example, the enclosed garden from the 19th century, the garden house and the Wee House , which have been classified as historical buildings of category C (s) since March 30, 2000, as well as the Allach Bridge with three segment arches, which was built from gray granite in 1787 and has also been listed as a Category B historical building since March 30, 2000.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Aboyne Castle . In: visitdunkeld.com . Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Entry on Aboyne Castle  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  3. ↑ a b Monica McCarty: Highland Scoundrel . Random House, Inc., 2009, ISBN 0-345-50340-6 , p. Book spine.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f A historical perspective, drawn from the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical, edited by Francis H. Groome and originally published in parts by Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh between 1882 and 1885 . Scotland Gazette. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  5. ↑ United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map . Scale: 1: 50,000.
  6. ^ A b W. Douglas Simpson: The Early Castles of Mar in Proceedings of the Society . Issue No. 102 December 10, 1928.
  7. ↑ C. Michael Hogan: Elsick Mounth . The Megalithic Portal. Published in: A. Burnham, 2007. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  8. ↑ a b c Aboyne Castle, Including Gateway, Courtyard and Boundary Walls to North, and Ancillary Structures, Aboyne and Glen Tanar . In: British Listed Buildings . Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  9. ↑ Aboyne Castle . In: fishpal.com . September 2010. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  10. ↑ Aboyne Castle Policies, Walled Garden, Garden House and the Wee House, Aboyne and Glen Tanar . In: britishlistedbuildings.co.uk . Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  11. ^ Aboyne Castle Policies, Allach Bridge, Aboyne And Glen Tanar . In: britishlistedbuildings.co.uk . Retrieved January 20, 2017.

Web links

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Coordinates: 57 ° 5 '4.6 "  N , 2 ° 46" 59.9 "  W.