Lonmay Castle
| Lonmay Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Castle of Lonmay | |
| Creation time : | 12./13. century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Place: | St Combs | |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 38 '16.1 " N , 1 ° 53' 49.1" W | |
| Height: | 13 m ASL | |
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Lonmay Castle or Castle of Lonmay is a decayed low castle near the Netherton of Lonmay , north of Loch Strathbeg in Buchan in the Scottish county of Aberdeenshire . The remains of the castle are not in what is now the village of Lonmay , which is about 6 km to the southwest. W. Douglas Simpson described it as one of the "Nine Castles of the Knuckle", derived from the rocky headland in the northeast of the county.
It "could have been a moth ". The castle from the 12th or 13th century has long since disappeared and there are very few remains to be found, all of which are buried under the steadily moving dunes that devoured the former castle grounds.
The castle protected the north bank of the estuary that flowed into Strathbeg Bay before it closed around 1720 and formed Loch Strathbeg . The south bank of this estuary with the port of Starny Keppie and the village of Rattray was protected by the Castle of Rattray .
The remains are to be found "in the dunes (...) by the sea", but "all the stones were carried away and used for the construction of farms", and so "except for the name, all tradition concerning this building has been lost."
Individual evidence
- ↑ W. Douglas Simpson ,: Cairnbulg Castle, Aberdeenshire . In: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland . Pp. 32-44. 1949. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
- ^ Castle Hill, Rattray . Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 11, 2007.
- ^ Castle of Lonmay . Retrieved on August 6, 2007. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ An introduction to the Royal Burgh of Rattray . Archived from the original on May 17, 2007. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 13, 2007.
- ^ A b c Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy: The New Statistical Account of Scotland . 1845. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
Web links
- Normally the castle is not included in today's Ordnance Survey maps, but this 1931 map shows the remains of Lonmay Castle north of Loch Strathbeg as the "Site of Castle".
- Photos of the immediate vicinity of the castle stables, but without it. Geographer.