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Publication Account
Date 2013
Event ID 979768
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/979768
16th Century beehive doocot stands SE of the castle, with three rat courses and a slight curve upwards towards the entry point for pigeons. The unfortunate castle was destroyed by Montrose in 1645, restored in 1671 and forfeited after it was used to proclaim as King the Old Pretender in 1715. It was given a toy fort look in 1808, but retains vaults, was unroofed in 1954 and restored into apartments in 1992. A wrought iron lenticular truss footbridge in the grounds could be 1820-1860 (a similar one at Melville Castle, Midlothian was put up in 1817).
M Watson, 2013
