Glenkindie Castle
57°13′01″N 2°57′26″W / 57.2169°N 2.9571°W
| Glenkindie Castle | |
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  Glenkindie Castle | |
| Coordinates | 57°13′01″N 2°57′26″W / 57.2169°N 2.9571°W |
| Site history | |
| Built | 12th or 13th century |
Glenkindie Castle was a 16th-century castle, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, at Glenkindie, north of the River Don, 0.5 miles (0.8 km) east of the confluence with the Kindie Burn.[1]
History
[edit]The Strachans were the owners of the site and built the original castle in 1595;[1] it was plundered in 1639 by Donald Farquharson of Monaltrie,[2] and burnt in 1644 by Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll.[1] The Leiths acquired the property. The house was remodelled in 1785, and about 1900,[1] to a design by Sydney Mitchell.[2]
Structure
[edit]The rebuilt building, Glenkindie House, is a U-plan house,[1] with the opening to the south.[2] The oldest wing, which may date from the 16th century,[1] is the east wing, and it has two storeys and an attic.[2] A matching wing was built in the 17th century, but the main house, on the site of the original castle, dates from the 19th century.[1] It has two storeys, and an off-centre cap-house tower of three storeys.[2]
The windows have quoined surrounds. Within there is a scale-and-platt staircase, which has Ionic columns.[2]
It has been suggested that there may have been a gatehouse, amid a frontal range of buildings.[2]