View of North wall. Digital image of A 57752

Description View of North wall. Digital image of A 57752

Date 1985

Catalogue Number SC 798649

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of A 57752

Scope and Content Dundonald Castle, South Ayrshire, from north This view from the north, taken in 1985, shows the north end of the 14th-century keep of the castle. This contains a two-storeyed vault, with the remains of a vaulted great hall on the top floor. This had decorative ribs, an unusual feature. At the right of the keep is part of the base of a 13th-century round tower. Excavation in advance of consolidation in the 1980s revealed the extent of the 12th-century work, which resembled that at Bothwell, with a twin-towered gatehouse to the east of the courtyard. Part of the Iron Age vitrified fort was also found. The castle was a favourite residence of the early Stewart kings. The rock on which Dundonald Castle is built was the site of an Iron Age hill fort which was abandoned not long before the first castle was built on the site, in the 13th century. The present building was adapted from part of the 13th-century structure in the later 14th century for King Robert II, the first Stewart king. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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