4000 x 6016 px | 33,9 x 50,9 cm | 13,3 x 20,1 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
23. Juli 2014
Ort:
SCOTLAND
Weitere Informationen:
Auchindoun stands gaunt and imperious on the crest of a high bank overlooking the River Fiddich, and beside the old hill road to Strathdon. The stone castle is surrounded by impressive earthworks, but whether these are Iron Age or Dark Age, or even the remains of an earlier medieval castle, is not known. The castle itself comprises an L-planned, four-storey tower house set within a rectangular enclosure wall. The tower may look desolate in its present state, but in its day it was evidently a structure of some sophistication. The lord’s hall and withdrawing chamber on the first floor were covered with fine stone vaults – over the hall was a ribbed four-part vault in two bays, while over the chamber was an unusual unribbed groin vault. The tower’s design and architectural details point to a construction date in the late 1400s; the sophisticated vaults perhaps support the notion that Auchindoun was Cochrane’s castle.
