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Dunure Castle
DP 448361
Description Dunure Castle
Date 1/1/1887 to 31/12/1887
Collection Records of the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN), Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number DP 448361
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content The gaunt ruins of an ancient castle standing on a low rocky promontory above a shingle beach on an eroded coastline. Fingers of rock project out into the sea forming low headlands and bays. The castle consists of a tower at the end of the headland with several ranges of buildings with small windows reaching back inland from it. A 14th century castle with 15th and 16th century additions. In 1570 Allan Stewart was roasted on a spit by Gilbert Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis until he signed over his lands of Crossraguel Abbey. The Earl was heavily fined by the Privy Council for this.
Accession Number 2024/57
External Reference 000-000-152-449-C, 000-000-152-449-R
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2771122
File Format (JPG) JPEG bitmap
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