Dumbreck Castle
Dumbreck Castle was a tower house, dating from the 16th century, around 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Ellon, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[1]
Alternative names were Drumbeck Castle and Mains Of Dumbreck.[2]
History
[edit]The property was owned by the Dumbreck family.[3] It passed to the Meldrum family who built the castle.[2]
Structure
[edit]None of the property remains. Architectural fragments have been built into farm buildings. The left hand part of a gun loop is built into the east-north-east gable of the farmhouse, while a carved fragment of stone is built into the north wall of the farm outbuilding to its east.[4]
For stylistic reasons it has been suggested that this was the work of Thomas Leper.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Coventry Martin (1997) The Castles of Scotland. Goblinshead. ISBN 1 899874 10 0 p153
- ^ a b c "Dumbreck Castle". Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ Temple, William (1894). The Thanage of Fermartyn Including the District Commonly Called Formartine Its Proprietors, with Genealogical Deductions; Its Parishes, Ministers, Churches, Churchyards, Antiquities &c. Aberdeen, Scotland: Wyllie & sons. pp. 467–471. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Dumbreck Castle". Retrieved 10 January 2015.