Oblique aerial view.
SC 382731
Description Oblique aerial view.
Catalogue Number SC 382731
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 72849 CS
Scope and Content Aerial view of Auchen Castle, Dumfries and Galloway Situated on a southward spur of Longbedholm Hill, Auchen Castle commands fine views over the valley of the Evan Water. It succeeded an earlier motte-and-bailey castle at Garpol Water as the base of the Kirkpatricks, later becoming an artillery fortress. This aerial photograph shows the impressive defences of Auchen Castle. An outer rampart and ditch surround the stone curtain wall, which encloses a roughly square area. A bastion tower can be seen on the bottom left of the castle wall. 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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