Druminnor Castle

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Druminnor Castle is a residential tower with L-shaped floor plan, about 3 km east of the village of Rhynie in the Scottish county of Aberdeenshire . The tower from the beginning of the 15th century is located in a narrow valley by the Keron brook .

history

Around 1271 King Alexander III. the land in the area at Duncan Forbes and there should have been a castle above the current location.

A second Druminnor Castle, it is believed, was the original Castle Forbes . The original residential tower, which dates from 1456, was demolished at the beginning of the 19th century. It was described as "a tower with a square floor plan, connected to one with a semi-square floor plan in which the staircase was located".

The third castle, originally attached to the second tower, was built between 1440 and 1470.

The Gordon and Forbes families had an ongoing feud in the course of which twenty Gordons were killed in the castle's knight hall in 1571 . Later that year, a group from Clan Forbes was defeated by a group from Clan Gordon at the Battle of Tillieangus . It occurred Black Arthur Forbes , commander of the Forbes troops at the hands of William Gordon of Terpersie Castle and the survivors were followed up at the gate of Druminnor Castle. This dispute arose after the Forbes clan chief cast off his wife, the daughter of the Earl of Huntly .

1841–1843, according to Archibald Simpson's plans, extensions were made to the castle, but Margaret Sempill-Forbes had them removed (initially with the help of Ian Gordon Lindsay ) during a further restoration in the 20th century.

architecture

The residential tower with an L-shaped floor plan has a modern door installed in the middle of its north facade. The ground floor rooms all have vaulted ceilings . The knight's hall is on the 1st floor.

The arch at the front door, which consists of five straight sections, is believed to be unique in Scotland. The spiral staircase tower in the northeast is largely supported by brackets ; above it is a guard room with a square floor plan on the first floor.

There are wide angle loopholes . The walls jump back on the first floor.

There are three coats of arms above the door. The south facade is four stories high because the building is on a hillside.

The wing from 1815, which no longer exists today, had pointed gables and three large dormers.

Historic Scotland has listed Druminnor Castle as a Category A Historic Building.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Maurice Lindsay: The Castles of Scotland . Constable, 1986. ISBN 0-09-473430-5 . P. 198.
  2. ^ Martin Coventry, Castles of the Clans: The Strongholds and Seats of 750 Scottish Families and Clans . 2008. ISBN 978-1-899874-36-1 . Pp. 200-204.
  3. ↑ a b c d Druminnor Castle . In: British Listed Buildings . Retrieved June 21, 2017.

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Coordinates: 57 ° 19 ′ 32.2 "  N , 2 ° 48 ′ 36.4"  W.