Lanark Castle
| Lanark Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | AD 71–211 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Field of ruins | |
| Standing position : | Roman Empire, Scottish Royalty | |
| Place: | Stewarton | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 40 '13.1 " N , 3 ° 47' 1.3" W | |
| Height: | 170 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Lanark Castle is an Outbound Spur castle , the small town is the Lanark in the Scottish administrative unit South Lanarkshire developed. The castle, long gone, sat high on the east bank of the Clyde near the mouth of Mouse Water . The site of the former castle is a Scheduled Monument .
history
The Romans built a fortress on this strategic high point above the Clyde Valley; At that time the place was called Castle Hill and was located southwest of today's city center. After the Romans left, other fortresses were built on this site.
In 978 King Kenneth II held at least one parliamentary session at the castle. The kings David I and William the Lion also used the castle as a residence.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ^ John Clarke, Glasgow Archaeological Society, Steuart Napier Miller (editor): The Roman Occupation of south-western Scotland: Being Reports of Excavations an Surveys Carried out under the Glasgow Archaeological Society . R. MacLehose, 1952. Glasgow University Publications. Issue 83.
- ^ The Encyclopedia Britannica . 9th edition 1894. Volume 14.