View of doorway and carved panel on main stair at Huntly Castle Digital image of AB 1394

Description View of doorway and carved panel on main stair at Huntly Castle Digital image of AB 1394

Date c. 1960

Catalogue Number SC 799938

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of AB 1394

Scope and Content Huntly Castle, Aberdeenshire, from north-north-east This view from the north-north-east, taken in the mid-20th century, shows the doorway to the main stair, in the north-east corner of the main range. This is part of the remodelling carried out by the 1st Marquess of Huntly in about 1600. It is the most elaborate doorway of its kind in Scotland. 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 decorative features to the top floor of the castle, and also this elaborate doorway and armorial panel. 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.

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