Oblique aerial view centred on Newark Castle.
RE 1494
Description Oblique aerial view centred on Newark Castle.
Date 1972
Collection John Dewar
Catalogue Number RE 1494
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 800108
Scope and Content Aerial view of Newark Castle, Inverclyde This aerial view from the south-west, taken in 1872, shows the castle hemmed in by two shipbuilding yards, the Castle Yard of James Lamont & Co Ltd above, and Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow) Ltd's yard below. The access to the castle is a narrow lane between the two yards, on the west side of the castle. The original tower, remodelled with a tall parapet and flat roof, is to the right of the 1597-9 block in this view. The latter is the wing facing the sea. The gatehouse was the wing at the bottom in this view, and was added soon after the tower was built. The dovecot was at the angle of the courtyard of the castle. Newark Castle was originally a tower-house built soon after 1478 by George Maxwell, son of John Maxwell of Calderwood in Lanarkshire. It was greatly extended in 1597-9 by Patrick Maxwell. One of his descendants sold the site of Port Glasgow to the Town Council of Glasgow in 1668. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference 6387/3
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