Waughton Castle
| Waughton Castle | ||
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 Waughton Castle ruins |
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| Creation time : | 16th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone with ashlar cladding | |
| Place: | Whitekirk | |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 1 '8.1 " N , 2 ° 41' 46.3" W | |
| Height: | 31 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Waughton Castle is the ruin of a low castle about 5 km north of East Linton and about 3 km west of Whitekirk in the Scottish administrative division of East Lothian . The 14th century ruin is a Scheduled Monument .
architecture
Waughton Castle was a Hofburg, but only part of one wing remains today. The ruins are located on a rock terrace that is about 5 meters higher than the surrounding terrain to the south and west. The remains consist of a small tower in the southwest corner, which was built from quarry stone with ashlar cladding and is still around 7.5 meters high today. The details of a narrow window in the south wall suggest that this is a 16th century building. A wall with a building on the corner was erected east and north of the rock, but it is believed to be of a later date. There are partially man-made stairs up the rock. There is also a pigeon house on the site .
history
A document from 1395 mentions a country house in "Walchtoun". The castle belonged to the Hepburn family . In 1547 it was sacked by the English . Subsequently, when it was in the hands of the Laird of Carmichael , it was again attacked by the expropriated Hepburns. The Hepburns legally regained the castle and kept it until Alexander Cockburn bought it from John Hepburn . In the 18th century, building blocks from the castle were reused to build walls and farms in the area.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Martin Coventry: The Castles of Scotland . Goblinshead, Musselburgh 2001. ISBN 1-899874-26-7 . P. 408.
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Waughton Castle . In: Scotland's Places . Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. 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 November 25, 2009.
- ↑ a b Reconstruction of Waughton Castle . Maybole. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
