Peel of Lumphanan
| Peel of Lumphanan | ||
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 The central mound of the Peel of Lumphanan |
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| Alternative name (s): | Peel Ring of Lumphanan, Peel Bog of Lumphanan |
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| Creation time : | 13th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, moth | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, only earthworks preserved | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Place: | Lumphanan | |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 7 '20.2 " N , 2 ° 42' 5.9" W | |
| Height: | 148 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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The Peel of Lumphanan , also Peel Ring of Lumphanan or Peel Bog of Lumphanan , is an abandoned hill castle (moth) near the village of Lumphanan in the Scottish county of Aberdeenshire .
The 13th century peel consists of a mound surrounded by two circular, concentric trenches separated by a wall. The outer earth wall is about 4 meters high, the inner ditch about 15 meters wide; the inner mound covers an area of 37 meters × 45 meters. The outer ditch was described as shallow as early as 1960 and can hardly be seen today. On top of the mound are the remains of a 1 meter thick wall and the foundations of a house, which cover an area of about 15 meters × 4 meters. The entrance was probably on the west side. The lower half of the mound consists of a natural mound; it continued to fill up when the castle was built.
It is thought that a moth existed at the time of the Battle of Lumphanan . This battle took place in 1057 between King Macbeth and the future King Malcolm III. beaten. Macbeth fell in battle and Macbeth's Stone , on which he is said to have been beheaded, is 300 meters southwest of the Peel .
The current mound was built by the De Lundin family , who later took the name Durward from their hereditary position as royal doorkeeper, in the 13th century. Sir John de Melville paid homage to King Edward I of England at Peel in 1296 . The original ramparts were made of earth rather than stone. The rectangular foundation is that of Halton House , which Thomas Charteris of Kinfauns had built in the 15th century. During excavations in the 1970s, it was discovered that the circular wall, originally mistaken for the curtain wall of a donjon , dates back to the 18th century.
The site is administered by Historic Scotland and is a Scheduled Monument . It is regarded as of national importance and described as a “good example of an earthwork castle with water-filled defensive trenches that has been preserved to this day ”.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Lumphanan . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- ^ Leslie E. Webster, John Cherry: Medieval Britain in 1975 (PDF) In: Medieval Archeology . Pp. 185-186. 1976. Accessed on December 6, 2017. ( 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.
- ↑ a b c Peel of Lumphanan . In: Undiscovered Scotland . Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- ↑ a b Scheduled Monument - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
