Farnell Castle
| Farnell Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | 1510s | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | Well | |
| Standing position : | Scottish clergy / Scottish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Breakin | |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 41 '22.6 " N , 2 ° 36' 54" W | |
| Height: | 20 m ASL | |
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Farnell Castle is a tower house about 4 miles south of Brechin in the Scottish county of Angus . The rectangular building dates from the beginning of the 16th century.
history
The castle , which has been preserved to this day, replaced an earlier castle from 1296. Originally it was the palace of the Bishop of Brechin . Bishop William Meldrum called it in 1512 “Palatium nostrum” (Eng .: our palace). It was established around 1566, presumably by Abbot Donald Campbell . Catherine, Countess of Crawford , had Farnell Castle converted into a secular castle. The Earl of Southesk later bought the castle. In the 19th century it served as a poor house.
architecture
The castle has three floors and was built from quarry stone and slate .
The eastern part was the bishop's residence and has a stepped gable . On the north side there is a toilet bay with sanitary facilities. On the east gable, at the level of the floors, there is a double row of brackets and brackets should also support the covered gallery. There are small, incised signs on the northern skewpots . One of them has the initial "M" and a crown above it, the other "IM", which stands for "Jesus Maria". At the front there is a spiral staircase tower.
Historic Scotland has listed Farnell Castle as a Category A Historic Building.
On the castle grounds there are also the ruins of a rectangular extension pigeon house with quarry stone walls, which are supported by later buttresses .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d e Maurice Lindsay: The Castles of Scotland . Constable, 1986. ISBN 0-09-473430-5 . P. 241.
- ↑ a b c d Farnell Castle . In: British Listed Buildings . Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ↑ a b c d Farnell Castle . In: Canmore . Royal Commission for the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Scotland. Retrieved July 11, 2017.