| Title: |
Ardrossan Castle, Ayrshire: a preliminary account
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 104 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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| Volume: |
104
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| Page Start/End: |
201 - 221 |
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| Licence Type: |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
NS 232422. The 13th-century castle had a small courtyard entered through a gatehouse with vaulted cellars to one side. The gatehouse was rebuilt, then refloored and the doorway narrowed and eventually blocked to convert it into a tower-house in late 14th century. A new entrance may have been made on the other side of the castle, with keyhole gunports in the wall; 16th-century mouthed gunports were added. A grave-slab was re-used as a lintel to an underground passage leading out to a well. Since the castle is first recorded in 1484, its purpose is considered in terms of local history and the genealogy of the holders of Ardrossan. D F R |
| Year of Publication: |
1971
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Vaulted Cellars (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Courtyard (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Wall (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Late 14th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Doorway (Auto Detected Subject) |
| 1484 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Gatehouse (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Graveslab (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Lintel (Auto Detected Subject) |
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CASTLE
(Monument Type England)
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
(ADS Archive)
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| Created Date: |
05 Dec 2008 |
