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Publication Account
Date 1963
Event ID 1112697
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1112697
Ardblair Castle has been little altered externally since its erection and retains the courtyard form so popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. Origninally it was a strong place and was once almost surrounded by a loch, now largely drained.
The earliest part of the building is a tall L-planned fortalice forming the N and W corner of the courtyard. A heraldic pediment bears the date 1688 but Tranter considers the work to be earlier and more typical of the late 16th or early 17th century.
N Tranter 1963
