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Oblique aerial view.
C 29811 CN
Description Oblique aerial view.
Date 11/8/1994
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Catalogue Number C 29811 CN
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 798559, SC 1679926
Scope and Content Aerial view of Dirleton Castle, Dirleton, East Lothian This aerial view, taken from the east-south-east in 1994, shows the castle with the 13th-century round tower, 'donjon', to the left, built on a rocky outcrop. Most of the rest of what can be seen dates from the 14th and 15th centuries. The wing on the right contains the great hall, with vaulted cellars below it. Dirleton Castle was besieged in 1650 by General Monk's army, and taken after artillery bombardment. It was superseded as a residence in 1663, by Archerfield House, and fell into ruin. It was consolidated after it was taken into State care (now Historic Scotland) in the 1920s, and is open to the public. Dirleton Castle occupies the site of a timber castle built in the late 12th century by the 1st baron de Vaux. It was rebuilt in stone in the later 13th century. The east range of this castle was much enlarged in the 14th and 15th centuries by the Halyburton family, and minor additions made in the 16th century by the Ruthvens. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Medium Colour negative
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