Caerlaverock Castle. View from the courtyard, looking North.

Description Caerlaverock Castle. View from the courtyard, looking North.

Date c. 1910

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

Catalogue Number SC 798384

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of DF 20

Scope and Content Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries & Galloway, from south This view taken from the south in about 1910, shows the north end of the courtyard. The inner side of the gatehouse is in the centre, and on the right is part of the Nithsdale Apartments, with richly carved pediments over the windows and door, with mythical and heraldic motifs. Caerlaverock Castle is unique in Scotland in being laid out on a triangular plan. The distinctive gatehouse is substantially of the late 13th century. The west wing was rebuilt in the late 15th century as guest accommodation, and the east and south wings, known as the Nithsdale Apartments, date from about 1634. Caerlaverock Castle was a stronghold of the Maxwells, wardens of the West March (the western boundary between Scotland and England) in the later Middle Ages. The first castle here was built in the early 13th century, but was supplanted in the 1270s by the earliest part of the present building. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Medium Glass negative

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