Auchencloigh Castle

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Auchencloigh Castle
Ruins of Auchencloigh Castle

Ruins of Auchencloigh Castle

Alternative name (s): Auchincloigh Castle
Creation time : 15th century
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: Ruins
Standing position : Scottish nobility
Construction: Quarry stone
Place: Ochiltree
Geographical location 55 ° 25 '14.6 "  N , 4 ° 22' 49.1"  W Coordinates: 55 ° 25 '14.6 "  N , 4 ° 22' 49.1"  W.
Height: 196  m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference
Auchencloigh Castle (Scotland)
Auchencloigh Castle

Auchencloigh Castle or Auchincloigh Castle which today are ruined remains of a lowland castle near the Burnton Burn in the municipality Ochiltree in the Scottish management unit East Ayrshire .

The fortress

No description or exact depiction of Auchencloigh Castle seems to have survived to this day. The castle was on a mound and in 1978 there were still a few feet thick walls up to a height of 0.6-1.6 meters in some places. The walls formed a rectangle and the interior of the building appears to have been divided into several small rooms.

Auchencloigh Castle may have been part of a chain of fortresses that formed a line of defense, including Drongan Castle and Martnaham Castle .

The ruins of this medieval tower consist of dark rock, the blocks of which were connected with lime mortar and which are located about 100 meters east of today's Auchencloigh Farm . No evidence of any date has been found, but the thickness of the walls suggests that it was built early. One author thinks that the castle could have been from the 15th century.

Ruins in Auchencloigh

The Auchencloigh Farm is nearby in a belt of sparse forest. Auchencloigh Castle has been a Scheduled Monument since 1979 .

A William Wallace of Auchencloigh in 1579 witnessed an ordinance by James Lord Torphicen in favor of John Chalmer of Inchgotrick .

1578 leased William and James Cuninghame from Polquharne the lands of Burntoun , part of their lands of Easter Polquharne to John Cuninghame , son of the aforementioned James Cuninghame . These lands were subsequently at or including Auchencloigh Castle.

Cartographic sources

Robert Gordon's map from around 1635–1652 shows the castle of “E. Achincloigh ”(sic) east of Belston Loch . The map by Blaeu from around 1654 based on notes by Timothy Pont around 1600 shows an undamaged "East Auchincloigh Castle", smaller than the nearby Kerse Castle , on a wooded property and with a palisade or a fence in the south, which is connected by watercourses in the north, East and west is added. A "Dramsmodda Loch" is to the west of it (today Belston Loch ). A residence is also recorded in "West Achinclough".

Moll's map from 1745 shows a residence in "Achincloigh", which is east of a small lake, but no castle. Roy's map from 1747 shows an "Achincloich", but not as a castle. Armstrong's map from 1775 shows an "Auchencloigh Castle" as a ruin. In 1821 the castle is clearly shown as a ruin. In Thomson's map of 1828 "Auchencloigh (castle ruins)" recorded is.

Others

There was a large open-cast mine in the area around the castle ruins and the old farm, but the site has now been restored and is used for agricultural purposes.

The name “Auchencloigh” is derived from the Scottish Gaelic words “Achadh” (German: field) and “Cloiche” (German: stone). The place names "Auchencloigh" or "Auchencloy" can also be found in other places in Scotland. A settlement called "Auchencloigh" is also located in the municipality of Sorn . Auchencloigh Lodge is a house at the entrance to the old farm.

There is a well-defined 17th century ravine that follows an old Roman road to Auchencloigh at Old Polquhairn , presumably the road that crossed from Bank (now Bankglen on the New Cummock to Dalmellington road ) on Armstrong's 1775 map to today's Littlemill . It is laid out with heavy stones with clay on top.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Auchencloigh Castle . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Thorbjørn Campbell: Ayrshire. A Historical Guide . Birlinn, Edinburgh 2003. ISBN 1-84158-267-0 . P. 222.
  3. ^ Thorbjørn Campbell: Ayrshire. A Historical Guide . Birlinn, Edinburgh 2003. ISBN 1-84158-267-0 . P. 122.
  4. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ^ Archaeological & Historical Collections Relating to the Counties of Ayrshire & Wigton . Ayrshire & Wigton Archaeological Society, Edinburgh 1889. Volume VI. Pp. 155-156.
  6. ^ Archaeological & Historical Collections Relating to the Counties of Ayrshire & Wigton . Ayrshire & Wigton Archaeological Society, Edinburgh 1889. Volume VI. P. 142.
  7. ^ Robert Gordon: Cuningham (sic) Cunningham . National Library of Scotland. 1636-1652. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  8. ^ Timothy Pont, Joan Blaeu: Coila Provincia [or Province of Kyle] . National Library of Scotland. 1654. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  9. ^ Herman Moll: The South Part of the Shire of Air containing Kyle and Carrick . National Library of Scotland. 1745. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  10. ^ Roy Military Survey of Scotland - Roy Lowlands . National Library of Scotland. 1747-1755. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  11. ^ A b Andrew Armstrong: A new map of Ayrshire - Center East section . National Library of Scotland. 1775. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  12. ^ John Ainslie: Ainslie's Map of the Southern Part of Scotland . National Library of Scotland. 1821. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  13. ^ John Thomson, William Johnson: Northern Part of Ayrshire, Southern Part . National Library of Scotland. 1828. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  14. ^ JB Johnston: Place-names of Scotland . David Douglas, Edinburgh 1903. p. 21.
  15. ^ Dane Love: Ayrshire: Discovering a County . Fort Publishing, Ayr 2003. ISBN 0-9544461-1-9 . P. 177.
  16. ^ Roads and Tracks in Ayrshire . In: Old Roads of Scotland . Retrieved February 19, 2018.

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