Dog kennel (with tall railings all round exercise yard), view from E Digital image of D/31679

Description Dog kennel (with tall railings all round exercise yard), view from E Digital image of D/31679

Date 11/5/1998

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

Catalogue Number SC 757542

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 31679

Scope and Content Dog kennels from east, Stables, Cluny Castle, Highland This shows the dog kennels situated near the stable range. The dogs were housed in the small buildings on the right and exercised in the yard enclosed by the tall cast-iron, spear-headed railings. The kennels probably housed hound dogs that chased foxes during a hunt, or spaniels, like the one by the gate, that were used as gun dogs. The Highland sporting estate developed in the late 18th century and became hugely popular with well-off Victorians in the second half of the 19th century. Large house parties were held in country houses during the sporting season during which guests would shoot grouse and deer on the estate. 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. The stable range and nearby kennels were built in the early 19th century, probably around the time of the rebuilding of the castle. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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