View from South East of Huntly Castle Digital image of AB 1387

Description View from South East of Huntly Castle Digital image of AB 1387

Date 16/7/1942

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

Catalogue Number SC 799936

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of AB 1387

Scope and Content Huntly Castle, Aberdeenshire, from south-east This view from the south-east, taken in the mid-20th century, shows the main range of the castle, with the east wing to the right, and part of the west round tower on the left. The lower floors of the main range date from the 1550s, and above the second floor, from about the 1st Marquess's remodelling of about 1600. This castle was a stronghold of the Gordon family, who became Earls, then Marquesses of Huntly. The 1st Marquess visited the chateau of Blois in France in 1594, and this probably inspired him to add the decorative features to the top floor of the castle, on the south fronts of the main range and the west tower. Huntly Castle is the successor to two earlier castles, the first of which was a motte-and-bailey timber and earth structure of the late 12th century. In about 1400 a stone castle was built on the bailey. The present structure was started in about 1450, remodelled in the 1550s, and again in the early 17th century. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference Emergency Survey

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