Affleck Castle

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Affleck Castle (also Auchenleck Castle ) is a residential tower about 1.6 km west of the village of Monikie in the Scottish county of Angus . Historic Scotland has listed the L-shaped building as a Scheduled Monument .

history

Affleck Castle was built on the Auchenleck land . At the beginning of the 18th century it belonged to the Reid family, who were stripped of the castle in 1746 for their activities in the Jacobite movement . It was no longer inhabited until 1760, when a new country house was built.

description

Affleck Castle is a well-preserved, free-standing residential tower with four floors and an attic with parapet. It is 18 meters high and has thick walls made of quarry stone , in which there are several chambers. A few steps below the entrance is the basement, which is divided into different rooms.

The knight's hall on the ground floor has a vaulted ceiling that is also the floor of the salon . Above the main staircase there is a mezzanine bedroom , almost 2.1 meters by 2.1 meters, which can be reached via an 11-step staircase in the east wall (from the knight's hall). The parlor has a spy to the great hall below. Through it you can see everyone who goes to the main stairs. The room has window sill seats, wall chambers and an open fireplace. One floor up from this room there is a round oratory furnished with a tabernacle , piscina , holy water stoup and stone candlesticks. This room also has a vaulted ceiling. There is a bedroom on each upper floor.

The staircase is in an extension to the door with a square caphouse . There is another square caphouse across the southwest corner . There are two means to throw projectiles or liquids attackers: one over the bow door and the other on the west facade, while the ground floor with loopholes is equipped.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Affleck Castle . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Maurice Lindsay: The Castles of Scotland . Constable, 1986. ISBN 0-09-473430-5 . P. 46.
  3. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ a b Affleck Castle . In: Gazetteer for Scotland . Retrieved January 24, 2017.

Coordinates: 56 ° 32 ′ 18.2 "  N , 2 ° 49 ′ 27.5"  W.