Kildalton Castle

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Kildalton Castle is an uninhabited country castle on the Scottish Hebridean island of Islay . The buildings are located in the south of the island about 2 km east of Ardbeg . On August 28, 1980, the hotel was added to the Scottish List of Monuments in Category C.

history

In the 1850s the politician and owner of the Port Ellen whiskey distillery , John Ramsay , purchased a piece of land in Parish Kildalton . In the 1860s he commissioned Kilmarnock- based architect James Ingram to create a design, which Ramsay then declined. John Burnet created another design in 1867, which was finally implemented in the following years. It was completed in 1870.

Kildalton Castle was described in 1990 as vacant with largely collapsed roofs. It can therefore be assumed that it had been uninhabited for a long time at this point in time. To this day it lies unprotected, as a result of which the condition of the building, which is still described as being quite solid, is increasingly deteriorating.

description

Kildalton Castle is on a wooded estate. The buildings are made of hewn natural stone. In the center of the closed positioned group of buildings there are two crenellated towers that at Bergfriede remember. With four and five floors respectively, they form the highest points of Kildalton Castle. The wings in the south-east are two-story and end with gable roofs . In contrast, the two north-western wings have only one upper floor and are equipped with gables. All wings end with stepped gables . Inside there are large rooms with classic chimneys.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Entry on maltmadness.com
  3. ↑ Entry on Kildalton Castle  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  4. ^ Information from Buildings at Risk, Scotland

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Coordinates: 55 ° 39 '12 "  N , 6 ° 4' 34"  W.