Aldbar Castle

Aldbar Castle
Part of Angus
Near Brechin, Angus, Scotland

Entrance Gate to Aldbar Castle
Aldbar Castle
Coordinates 56°42′41″N 2°41′50″W / 56.711467°N 2.697139°W
Type Tower house
Site history
Built c. 1580
Built by Sir Thomas Lyon
Demolished 1965

Aldbar Castle, or Auldbar Castle, was a 16th-century tower house, located 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Brechin, in Angus, Scotland. It was demolished after a fire in 1965.

History

The estate was owned by the Crammond family since the 13th century before it was sold to John Lyon, 8th Lord Glamis (c. 1544 – 1575) in 1575.[1] His son Sir Thomas Lyon (died 1608) served as Treasurer of Scotland from 1585 to 1595, and built the castle in the later 16th century.[2] The property was subsequently owned by the Sinclair family, and then the Young family.[1]

The Chalmers family owned the estate in the 18th century. The artist Clarkson Stanfield painted the castle in 1801. Patrick Chalmers (1777–1826) enlarged the castle in 1810,[3] and his son Patrick Chalmers (1802–1854) made Baronial-style additions between 1844 and 1854. The castle was demolished in 1964 a victim of the trend to demolish large houses which were now uneconomic to maintain. Only the 19th-century stone gateway remains.

A 13th-century grave slab from the castle chapel is held at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Aldbar Castle". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Aldbar Castle". CANMORE. RCAHMS. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "The Country House Database: Scotland". Library History: The British Isles to 1850. Archived from the original on 1 January 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Grave-slab From Aldbar Castle, Angus". National Museums Scotland. Retrieved 8 August 2011.

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