Drumin Castle, Moray
Photo © Andrew Stuart, 2 June 2007
Drumin Castle, Moray
Photo © Andrew Stuart, 2 June 2007
Drumin Castle, Moray Photo © Andrew Stuart, 2 June 2007 |
Drumin Castle, Moray Photo © Andrew Stuart, 2 June 2007 |
--CASTLE DRUMIN, BANFFSHIRE.
The remains of an ancient keep which stood on the height above the junction of the Livet with the Avon, about four miles up from Ballindalloch. It was apparently a simple castle, having walls 7 feet in thickness and measuring about 53 feet by 38 feet. The ground floor was vaulted and provided with loops. There now only remain two walls and a part of the third. The former are preserved as high as the corbels of the parapet, some of which still exist, and are of a plain early form. The situation is fine, commanding three valleys, and the ruin is surrounded with large old trees. This was anciently the seat of the Barons of Strathavon, descended from Alexander Stuart, fourth son of Robert II.
THE CASTELLATED AND DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF SCOTLAND BY DAVID MACGIBBON AND THOMAS ROSS, 1889--