Stoneypath Tower
| Stoneypath Tower | ||
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 Stoneypath Tower after restoration |
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| Creation time : | Late 16th century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | restored | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone with Freestone cladding | |
| Place: | East Linton | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 56 '0.3 " N , 2 ° 38' 54.7" W | |
| Height: | 134 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Stoneypath Tower is an L-shaped tower house about 5.5 km south of East Linton in the East Lothian administrative division of Scotland . The building from the end of the 16th century is east of Whittinghame Water .
history
Stoneypath Tower first belonged to the Lyles , but then fell successively to the Hamiltons of Innerwick , the Douglases of Whittingehame and the Setons . At some point in its history the building was blown up.
The Tower House was in ruins at the end of the 19th century, but was completely restored in the early 21st century.
construction
The Tower House stands on a ledge and is protected on three sides by steep slopes. It could contain parts of a 15th century donjon . The original entrance, to which an external staircase leads, has been locked. A straight staircase opened up all floors. The knight's hall was on the first floor . A prison was built into the wall. The tower was built from quarry stone , but has Freestone cladding . Originally there were three floors. The extension of the main block contained two rooms.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Martin Coventry: The Castles of Scotland . Gobilnshead, Musselburgh 2001. ISBN 1-899874-26-7 . P. 386.
- ↑ a b Entry on Stoneypath Tower in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
