Galdenoch Castle

Galdenoch Castle is a tower house near the Scottish village of Leswalt in the Council Area Dumfries and Galloway . The ruin is listed as a Scheduled Monument.[1]

Description

Galdenoch Castle is isolated on the Rhins of Galloway about 4.5 mi (7.2 km) west of Leswalt. A badge shows the year of construction 1547 and the initials GA. Probably continued the construction for Gilbert Agnew of Lochnaw until 1570. The tower has an L-shaped floor plan. The quarry stone masonry is up to 1.15 m (3 ft 9 in) thick. The interiors have a floor area of with a length of 6.95 m (22.8 ft) and a width of 4.4 m (14 ft). The three-storey building was described as a ruin at the beginning of the 20th century. The walls are partially preserved up to a height of about 10.5 meters, in particular, the western flank is badly damaged.[2]

The entrance portal with relief arch is located inside the building. There are different window openings with falls received. On the southwest side a tourer with three windows cantilevered out. From the once final pitched roof, the gables are preserved. The lowest floor is worked as a stone vault . A narrow spiral staircase in the shorter building wing leads to the upper floors.[2]

Further reading

Sophia Kingshill, Jennifer Westwood: The Lore of Scotland. A guide to Scottish legends. Random House, London 2009, ISBN 978-1-409061-717 , pp. 146–147

References
  1. "Gladenoch Castle". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  2. "Galdenoch Castle". Canmore - National Record of the Historic Environment. Retrieved 13 November 2019.

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