Terringzean Castle

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Terrinzean Castle
Terrinzean Castle from the west

Terrinzean Castle from the west

Alternative name (s): Taringzean Castle, Craufordstone Castle, Craufordstoun Castle
Creation time : 14th Century
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: ruin
Standing position : Scottish nobility
Construction: Ashlar
Place: Cumnock
Geographical location 55 ° 27 '25.2 "  N , 4 ° 15' 56.2"  W Coordinates: 55 ° 27 '25.2 "  N , 4 ° 15' 56.2"  W.
Height: 114  m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference
Terringzean Castle (Scotland)
Terringzean Castle

Terringzean Castle , also known as Taringzean Castle , “Tringan”, is the ruin of a low castle above Lugar Water on the grounds of Dumfries House near Cumnock in the East Ayrshire administrative unit of Scotland . Historic Scotland has listed the ruin, also known as Craufordstone or Craufordstoun , as a Category B Historic Building. The land once belonged to the Crawfords , as well as Leifnorris Castle or Lochnorris Castle , which also stood on the site of today's Dumfries House.

history

The hill on which Terringzean Castle stands was covered with hawthorn trees in the 1890s . There are many different spellings for the name of the castle grounds: Trarizeane, Trarinyean, Terrinzeane, Terringane, Trarynyane, Terrynyene, Torrinzeane etc.

today

In 2007, a consortium led by Charles, Prince of Wales , which included various monument conservation organizations and the Scottish State, bought the 7th Marquess Dumfries House and its 8.1 km² site.

description

The part of the spiral staircase still preserved today
Floor plan of the castle

Terringzean Castle covers the top of a tall, steep hill on the banks of Lugar Water and Terringzean Holm . A dry ditch ends on the steep, natural slopes; it is still recognizable today as a protective measure against approaching the castle from the flat areas in the south-east and south-west. The current appearance of the trench is mainly due to the excavations carried out by the 3rd Marquess of Bute in the 1890s.

The small, irregularly octagonal shaped vaulted tower from the 14th century has a sloping foundation and is made of layers of square stone masonry. The oldest part of the building with the wide wall in the northwest has 6 meter high and 2 meter thick walls. The tower had a vaulted ceiling with three ribs and an entrance from the courtyard via a narrow passage that led to a spiral staircase that is now only partially preserved. The remains of the outbuildings are to the north of it and a well was recorded inside the tower. There is a fairly large courtyard in this complex. The remains of the castle have already been restored and the traces of the excavations are clearly visible. It is unclear to which places the records of the excavations from the end of the 19th century refer.

The ruins suggest that it was a circular walled castle like Loch Doon Castle with a massive wall enclosure. Before this enclosure, there was a medieval hall house, possibly from the 13th century, which indicates that there must have been an even earlier fortification. MacGibbon and Ross saw similarities between the tower of Terringzean and that of Mugdock Castle .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ^ Dane Love: Ayrshire: Discovering a County . Fort Publishing, Ayr 2003. ISBN 0-9544461-1-9 . P. 183.
  3. ^ John Warrick: The History of Old Cumnock . Carn Publishing, Cunmock 1899. ISBN 0-9518128-1-5 . P. 21.
  4. ^ A b c T. MacGibbon, D. Ross: The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries . 5 volumes. Edinburgh 1887-1892. P. 353.
  5. ^ Mike Salter: The Castles of South-West Scotland . Folly, Malvern 2006. ISBN 1-871731-70-4 . P. 60.
  6. ^ Dane Love: Ayrshire: Discovering a County . Fort Publishing, Ayr 2003. ISBN 0-9544461-1-9 . P. 184.
  7. ^ T. MacGibbon, D. Ross: The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries . 5 volumes. Edinburgh 1887-1892. P. 352.
  8. ^ Cumnock . Cumnock.net. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  9. ↑ Taringzean Castle . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  10. ↑ a b Thorbjørn Campbell: Ayrshire. A Historical Guide . Birlinn, Edinburgh 2003. ISBN 1-84158-267-0 . P. 251.

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