Kinord Castle
| Kinord Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Loch Kinord Castle | |
| Creation time : | 14th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Place: | Old Kinord | |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 5 '2.8 " N , 2 ° 55' 30.7" W | |
| Height: | 159 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Kinord Castle , also known as Loch Kinord Castle , is the ruin of a low castle south of the village of Old Kinord in the Scottish county of Aberdeenshire .
history
Kinord Castle is first mentioned in 1335 when parts of the defeated army of David Strathbogie sought refuge there after the Battle of Culblean . The castle is mentioned again in 1505; Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly , used it as a country house in 1511.
In 1646 Kinord Castle was repaired and garrisoned, but razed in 1648 after a parliamentary resolution .
Today only slight traces of the fortifications above ground are visible.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Martin Coventry: The Castles of Scotland . Goblinshead, Musselburgh 2001. ISBN 1-899874-26-7 . P. 233.
Web links
- Entry on Kinord Castle in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database