Interior view of windows in hall and state room above at Huntly Castle

Description Interior view of windows in hall and state room above at Huntly Castle

Date 16/7/1942

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

Catalogue Number SC 799939

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of AB 1389

Scope and Content Huntly Castle, Aberdeenshire, from north-west This view from the north-west, taken in the mid-20th century, shows the interior of the east end of the first and second floors of the main range, as remodelled in about 1600 by the 1st Marquess of Huntly. The lower windows lit the hall, and above it was the withdrawing room, with alternating oriel and plain windows 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 remodel the upper floors of the main range and west tower, as seen here. 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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