Kirkwall Castle
| Kirkwall Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | King's Castle | |
| Creation time : | 14th Century | |
| Castle type : | Location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Place: | Kirkwall | |
| Geographical location | 58 ° 58 '56.3 " N , 2 ° 57' 37.8" W | |
| Height: | 8 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Kirkwall Castle , and King's Castle , is a Outbound castle in Kirkwall , the main town of the Scottish Orkney Islands . It was built in the 14th century and destroyed in 1614. The last ruins were removed in the 19th century. The exact location of the castle was near the corner of Broad Street and Castle Street in the city center.
history
In the 14th century Henry Sinclair held the Orkney Jarltum , which King Håkon VI gave him . granted by Norway in 1379. Soon after the award, he had the castle built in Kirkwall.
In the early 17th century, Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney , started a feud with Lawrence Bruce , the Shetland Sheriff . Stewart was imprisoned in 1610, and in May 1614 his son Robert rebelled against King James VI. Robert and his supporters occupied Kirkwall Castle, and the Bishop's Palace , the Palace of the Earls and the St Magnus Cathedral .
In August the Earl of Caithness led royal troops against the rebels and the garrison of Kirkwall Castle surrendered in September. On October 26, 1614, the Privy Council of Scotland ordered the demolition of Kirkwall Castle.
The ruin stood until 1742; then most of their building blocks were used to build a town house and a prison. In 1865 only a 17 meter long piece of wall was left, which was also removed to provide better access to the site.
Today a plaque shows the location of the former castle.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Kirkwall, Castle . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
- ^ John Mackintosh: The history of civilization in Scotland . Volume 3. A. Gardner, 1895. p. 241.