Galdenoch Castle
Galdenoch Castle is a tower house near the Scottish village of Leswalt in the Council Area Dumfries and Galloway . The ruin is listed as a Scheduled Monument . An inclusion in the Scottish Monument Lists in the highest monument category A, which was made in 1972, was revoked in 2015.
description
Galdenoch Castle is isolated on the Rhins of Galloway around 4.5 km west of Leswalt. A plaque shows the year of construction 1547 and the initials GA. Presumably, construction for Gilbert Agnew of Lochnaw continued until around 1570. The defense tower has an L-shaped floor plan. The quarry stone masonry is up to 1.15 m thick. The interiors have a footprint of 6.95 m × 4.4 m. The three-story building was described as a ruin at the beginning of the 20th century. The walls are partially preserved up to a height of around 10.5 meters, with the western flank in particular being badly damaged.
The entrance portal with relief arch is located in the inner corner of the building. Various window openings with lintels have been preserved. A tourelle with three windows jutted out on the southwest side . From the once final gable roof are gable received. The bottom floor is worked as a stone vault . A narrow spiral staircase in the shorter wing of the building leads to the upper floors.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Entry on Galdenoch Castle in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
literature
- Sophia Kingshill, Jennifer Westwood: The Lore of Scotland. A guide to Scottish legends. Random House, London 2009, ISBN 978-1-409061-717 , pp. 146-147
Web links
- Entry on Galdenoch Castle in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 54 ° 55 '21.3 " N , 5 ° 9' 49.8" W.