Brunstane Castle
Brunstane Castle is a ruined castle on the north bank of the North Esk , about 3.2 km southwest of Penicuik in the Scottish administrative division of Midlothian . The residential tower with an L-shaped floor plan dates from the 16th century.
Other names for this ruin are Brunston Castle , Brunstain Castle or Brunstone Castle . Not to be confused with Brunstane House in Edinburgh .
history
The property originally belonged to the Crichtons . The reformer George Wishart was arrested from the tower and taken to St Andrews , where he died a martyr . He had been under the protection of Alexander Crichton from Brunstane . The castle was burned down in 1547, presumably by Lord Gray.
In 1632 John, Lord Maitland bought the property and expanded it.
architecture
The castle, which had two full floors and an attic, has a stair tower with a square floor plan in the inner corner of the castle. The stair tower widens up to a square tower. There are loopholes under the windows . In the kitchen on the ground floor there is a large, open fireplace. The knight's hall was on the 1st floor. There is a coat of arms above the entrance door. There are still remains of a courtyard with a tower with a square floor plan from 1568. The courtyard has a side gate with a round arch in the eastern wall.
Historic Scotland has listed Brunstane Castle as a Scheduled Monument .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Martin Coventry: The Castles of Scotland . Goblinshead, 1997. ISBN 1-899874-10-0 . P. 92.
- ↑ a b c Brunstan Castle . In: Canmore . Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- ↑ a b Brunstane Castle . In: British Listed Buildings . Retrieved September 17, 2014.
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Coordinates: 55 ° 48 ′ 38.2 " N , 3 ° 16 ′ 31.8" W.