View of top of tower at Huntly Castle from South

Description View of top of tower at Huntly Castle from South

Date 16/7/1942

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number AB 1388

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 799937

Scope and Content Huntly Castle, Aberdeenshire, from south-south-east This view from the south-south-east, taken in the mid-20th century, shows the top of the round tower at the west end of the castle. This is part of the rebuilding of the castle in the 1550s by the 4th Earl of Huntly. The oriel and the other upper works, were added in about 1600 by the 1st Marquess of Huntly. This castle was a stronghold of the Gordon family, who became Earls, then Marquesses of Huntly. The 1st Marquess visited the chateau of Blois in France in 1594, and this probably inspired him to add the decorative features to the top floor of the castle, including the oriel seen here. Huntly Castle is the successor to two earlier castles, the first of which was a motte-and-bailey timber and earth structure of the late 12th century. In about 1400 a stone castle was built on the bailey. The present structure was started in about 1450, remodelled in the 1550s, and again in the early 17th century. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference Emergency Survey

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