N hot wall, view from W Digital image of D/31695

Description N hot wall, view from W Digital image of D/31695

Date 11/5/1998

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

Catalogue Number SC 757521

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 31695

Scope and Content North 'hot wall' from west, Walled Garden, Cluny Castle, Highland This shows fruit trees growing on the north 'hot wall' in the garden. These 'hot walls' ripened fruit, encouraged the growth of trees and protected buds from frost. Hot walls were heated by coal fire or by heaping dung against the wall of the building backing onto the garden. 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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