Dumbreck Castle

Dumbreck Castle was a 16th-century tower house located around 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Ellon, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[1]

Alternative names include Drumbeck Castle and Mains of Dumbreck.[2]

History

The property was originally owned by the Dumbreck family,[3] before passing to the Meldrum family, who built the castle.[2]

Structure

No standing remains of the property survive, although architectural fragments have been built into farm buildings. The left-hand part of a gun loop is incorporated into the east-north-east gable of the farmhouse, while a carved fragment of stone is set into the north wall of the farm outbuilding to its east.[4]

For stylistic reasons it has been suggested that this was the work of Thomas Leper.[2]

References

  1. ^ Coventry Martin (1997) The Castles of Scotland. Goblinshead. ISBN 1 899874 10 0 p153
  2. ^ a b c "Dumbreck Castle". Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  3. ^ Temple, William (1894). The Thanage of Fermartyn Including the District Commonly Called Formartine Its Proprietors, with Genealogical Deductions; Its Parishes, Ministers, Churches, Churchyards, Antiquities &c. Aberdeen, Scotland: Wyllie & sons. pp. 467–471. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Dumbreck Castle". Retrieved 10 January 2015.

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