Kindrochit Castle
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 Kindrochit Castle |
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| Creation time : | 11th century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 0 '19.2 " N , 3 ° 23' 55.1" W | |
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Kindrochit Castle ( Scottish Gaelic : Ceann-drochit ) are the remains of a fortification from the 11th century. They are on the banks of the River Clunie in the middle of Ballater ( Aberdeenshire ) in Scotland . The name itself means "bridgehead" and indicates the strategic importance of the castle.
Archaeological excavations from 1925 show an original living hall, about 30 × 10 m in size, partly with a basement and with small corner towers. With the renovation in 1390, a residential tower, about 21 × 14 m, with 3 m thick walls was built.
history
The castle was built by King Malcolm III between 1057 and 1093 . built. She controlled the only easy crossing over the Clunie on a route of several day trips, a stone bridge built at the same time.
King Robert II visited Kindrochit Castle annually between 1371 and 1388 to hunt in the surrounding Braes of Mar.
In a document dated November 10, 1390, King Robert III. the castle to his brother-in-law Malcolm Drummond. This began with the construction of a residential tower, which at the time was to become the fifth largest in Scotland. However, before it was completed, Malcolm Drummond was murdered by unknown persons.
John Erskine, 18th Earl of Mar , together with John Taylor, The Water Poet, visited the ruins of Kindrochit Castle, which were already in ruins at the time, when he was traveling through Scotland for his book The Pennylesse Pilgrimage in 1618. Taylor was told that Malcolm Canmore was said to have built the castle as a hunting lodge in 1059.
literature
- Mike Salter: The Castles of Scotland: Grampian and Angus . Folly Publications, Malvern 1995.
Web links
- C. Garner, P. Wright: Kindrochit Castle. Dark Isle , August 11, 1997, accessed September 21, 2014 .
- Entry on Kindrochit Castle in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
- Kindrochit Castle - Ruins in Royal Deeside. Scotland.com , accessed September 21, 2014 .
Individual evidence
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↑ C. Michael Hogan suspects that both Kindrochit Castle and Kildrummy Castle and Durris Castle were built at strategic points to control the historic Elsick Mounth Trackway through the Grampian Mountains .
C. Michael Hogan: Elsick Mounth Ancient Trackway. The Megalithic Portal, 2007, accessed September 21, 2014 . - ↑ John Taylor: Pennyless Pilgrimage . London 1618.
- ^ John Taylor: Early Prose & Poetical Works . London & Glasgow 1888, pp. 49 f .