View of tower, showing construction.
SC 382715
Description View of tower, showing construction.
Catalogue Number SC 382715
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 58577
Scope and Content View of south-east angle-tower, Auchen Castle, Dumfries and Galloway Auchen Castle overlooks the Garpol Water, some 500m to the west, and lies on a southward spur of Longbedholm Hill. It succeeded an earlier motte-and-bailey castle at Garpol Water as the base of the Kirkpatricks, and later became an artillery fortress. During Auchen Castle's conversion to an artillery fort, this open-backed D-shaped tower was built onto the south-east corner of the castle. The stonework is thinner and of a poorer quality than the medieval parts of the castle. When the castle became an artillery fortress in the late 15th or early 16th century, the stone curtain walls were covered with a thick layer of earth, a process known as 'vamuring'. This would have had the effect of reducing the impact of cannon balls. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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