W pathway, view from SW Digital image of D/31691/cn

Description W pathway, view from SW Digital image of D/31691/cn

Date 11/5/1998

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

Catalogue Number SC 757517

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 31691 CN

Scope and Content West pathway from south-west, Walled Garden, Cluny Castle, Highland This shows the west pathway in the walled garden from the south-west. The Victorian kitchen garden contained a wide range of vegetables and fruits which had different flavours and shapes. As can be seen here (right), the garden would have been neatly laid out in plots, with fruit trees growing against the walls, and large greenhouses for more delicate plants. The wide variety in shape, colour and texture of the fruit and vegetables grown made walled gardens visually attractive. The Victorian kitchen gardener provided the family, guests and servants with a large quantity of quality vegetables all year round without the help of modern fertilisers and equipment. 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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