Invermark Castle
| Invermark Castle | ||
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 Invermark Castle ruins |
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| Creation time : | 16th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Auchronie | |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 54 '41.4 " N , 2 ° 55' 3.6" W | |
| Height: | 264 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Invermark Castle is the ruin of a residential tower with a rectangular floor plan near the village of Auchronie on the east bank of Loch Lee in the Scottish county of Angus . The 16th century building is near the head of the North Esk valley .
history
The current castle is on the site of a 14th century castle. The castle belonged to Clan Lindsay from Crawford . It was used to control the looters from the Highlands . Here died David Lindsay, 9th Earl of Crawford , 1558. The present castle was built in the 16th century and increased the early 17th century. Invermark Castle was abandoned in 1803.
description
The 16th century castle was a three-story building with a parapet supported by consoles and a parapet walkway. In the 17th century, another floor and an attic were built and a two-story corner tower was added. The walls of the castle have rounded corners. Two massive chimney heads have openings to illuminate the attic.
The entrance at the level of the 1st floor was accessible via a movable wooden bridge or staircase. The entrance with a round arch, which is still provided with an iron gate, led to the knight's hall , to which a small room is attached. A spiral staircase was the only access to the vaulted rooms on the first floor. A straight staircase with a platform that led to the upper, also divided floors, no longer exists.
The entrance to the castle is locked and is high above the ground level, so that the interior is practically inaccessible to visitors.
There are foundations of outbuildings east and south of the residential tower. Construction materials that are known to have been stolen from the site probably came from here.
Invermark Castle is protected as a Scheduled Monument .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Maurice Lindsay: The Castles of Scotland . Constable, 1986. ISBN 0-09-473430-5 . P. 292.
- ↑ a b c d Invermark Castle . In: Canmore . Royal Commission for the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Scotland. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
