Asloun Castle
Asloun Castle , also Asloon Castle , is a ruined castle about 3 km southwest of the village of Alford in the Scottish county of Aberdeenshire . From the castle with a Z-shaped floor plan from the 16th century only the ruins of a tower remain. It is located just east of the Castleton of Asloun and north of the Strow Burn Stream . The ruin is a Scheduled Monument .
history
The castle was built on behalf of the Calder clan , but later came into the possession of the Forbes clan .
In 1645, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose , stayed at the castle the night before the Battle of Alford .
architecture
The three-story tower has its entrance on the south side; this was the main entrance to the castle. This only tower that is still partially preserved is the south-east tower of the castle. A spiral staircase was built into the first floor there. The ground floor was designed as a stone vault.
In the basement of the tower there are round loopholes , while the openings on the upper floors are decorated with ornate bulges. On the upper floor of the tower there appears to have been a private room belonging to the owners, accessible from the main part of the castle. It was exposed through a large window.
There are two heraldic niches, both empty, one above the entrance and the other above a window slot on the 1st floor.
Individual evidence
- ^ Asloun Castle . In: Canmore . Retrieved February 3, 2017.
- ^ A b c Martin Coventry: The Castles of Scotland . Goblinshead, 1997. ISBN 1-899874-10-0 . P. 58.
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
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Coordinates: 57 ° 13 '21.7 " N , 2 ° 45' 30.6" W.