Corse Castle

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Corse Castle

Corse Castle is a ruined castle on the banks of the Corse Burn , about 3 miles northwest of the village of 'Lumphanan in the Scottish county of Aberdeenshire .

history

Corse Castle was owned by the Forbes clan . In the 16th century, the original house was destroyed in a bandit attack. The then master of the estate, Sir William Forbes , is said to have said of the planned new castle: "Please, God, I would like to build a house such that thieves have to knock before they enter." As a result, Sir William left today's Build a castle, the ruin of which still bears his initials together with the year of construction in 1581.

William Forbes had seven sons, the eldest of whom, Patrick (1564–1635), was born in the house, which was later destroyed, before the castle was built. In 1618 he was made Bishop of Aberdeen , an office he held until his death. The second son, William , a merchant, bought and completed the nearby Craigievar Castle in the 1620s. The third son, John (ca. 1565–1634), also went into the service of the Church. The sixth son, Arthur , settled in Ireland and was made a baronet . Patrick's second son, the theologian John Forbes (1593–1648), inherited Corse Castle in 1635 and died there in 1648, after turning against the Covenanters and being exiled for three years.

Consideration and classification

In their 1887 book The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland , David MacGibbon and Thomas Ross write :

“This ruined castle is conveniently in a secluded spot, about three miles north of Lumphanan station on the Deeside Railway . The Corse Burn, which flows through the adjacent ravine, has been dammed and forms a beautiful expanse of water south of the castle ruins (...) The property has long belonged to the Forbes' and the current building was left by William Forbes, the father of Patrick, the famous bishop erected by Aberdeen, 1581. The date and his initials are [engraved] on the lintel above the entrance gate. "

Plan of the first floor of Corse Castle

The castle ruins are described by Historic Scotland as "a remarkable preserved example of a compact, 16th-century Z-shaped Scottish castle", although WD Simpson calls it "an unusual combination of L- and Z- Shaped floor plan ”describes.

Historic Scotland listed Corse Castle as a Category B Historic Building, but the classification was revoked in 2015. It is still classified as a Scheduled Monument .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Deborah Howard, Scottish architecture: Reformation to Restoration, 1560-1660. 1995, p. 50.
  2. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ^ GW Sprott, Alan R. MacDonald: Forbes, John (c.1565-1634) . In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press. 2004. doi : 10.1093 / ref: odnb / 9835 . Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  4. ^ David George Mullan: Forbes, John, of Corse (1593-1648) . In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press. 2004. doi : 10.1093 / ref: odnb / 9836 . Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  5. ^ David MacGibbon, Thomas Ross: The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century . Volume 2. D. Douglas, 1887. p. 265.
  6. ^ Corse Castle . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  7. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

Web links

Commons : Corse Castle  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 57 ° 9 ′ 18.7 "  N , 2 ° 44 ′ 51.7"  W.