View from North East Digital image of D/31705

Description View from North East Digital image of D/31705

Date 13/5/1998

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 757509

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 31705

Scope and Content Kerosene House, Cluny Castle, Highland, from north-east This shows a small white-painted rubble building which was used to store kerosene that was used as oil for lamps. This building would have been located at a distance from the castle to reduce the risk of fires. The most common oil used in oil lamps at the end of the 18th century was whale oil. The use of whale oil was superseded in 1859 when it was discovered in Pennsylvania that paraffin or kerosene could be distilled from mineral oil or petroleum. This new oil, which came to be readily obtainable in Scotland from the 1860s, burnt with a bright light and was more pleasant smelling and cheaper than alternative oils that were available. Cluny Castle was built in 1805 for the Macphersons of Cluny and stands on the site of an earlier castle which was destroyed by fire in 1746. William Laidlaw Carruthers, Inverness, designed the north-west wing and the Queen Anne Revival-style porch c.1890. Many of the estate buildings were also built when the castle was rebuilt, including gate lodges, stables, meal mill, saw mill and walled gardens. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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