Aerial view.
LA 3187 CN
Description Aerial view.
Date 1971
Collection John Dewar
Catalogue Number LA 3187 CN
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 798231
Scope and Content Aerial view of Bothwell Castle, Castle Avenue, Bothwell, South Lanarkshire This aerial view from the south-west, taken in 1971, shows Bothwell Castle, with part of the River Clyde in the bottom right-hand corner. The 13th-century 'donjon', probably partly demolished after 1337, is on the left. On the right is the south-east tower, with its machicolated parapet (projecting parapet with openings to throw missiles onto attackers). Above the remains of the donjon are the lower courses of a gatehouse, part of the original plan for the castle, but never completed. The north and lower part of the south curtain wall. the great hall and the south-east tower were built in the late 14th and early 15th centuries. The castle has been in State care since 1935, and is open to the public. Bothwell Castle seems to have been built in the third quarter of the 13th century, probably by Walter de Moravia. It was not complete when it was besieged in 1289-90, and again in 1301, when Edward I's forces took it, and held it until 1314, when it was surrendered to Robert the Bruce. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Medium Colour negative
External Reference 6113/CN6
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