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Detail of shot-holes, Castle Fraser.
SC 1766969
Description Detail of shot-holes, Castle Fraser.
Date 9/1961
Collection Records of the Scottish National Buildings Record, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 1766969
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AB 623
Scope and Content Shot holes in round tower, Castle Fraser, Aberdeenshire This photograph shows a detail of shot holes in the round tower at the south-east of the castle. They are designed to allow cannon and pistol fire. The triple shot holes, also known as gun loops, are characteristic of the Aberdeen master mason, Thomas Leiper, who also worked on the nearby Tolquhon Castle. The shot holes may have been used during the civil and religious wars of the 17th century. The castle was attacked by Royalist forces in c.1639 and 1644, as Andrew Fraser (d.1656) was on the side of the Covenanters. The oldest parts of Castle Fraser date from the 15th and 16th centuries, when the building took the form of a Z-plan tower-house. The castle was built by the Fraser family, after King James II (1437-60) granted the land to Thomas Fraser (d.1475) in 1454, as a reward for loyalty. The castle has been owned by The National Trust for Scotland since 1976, and is open to the public. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference MW/BR/FRA/29
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