Melgund Castle
| Melgund Castle | |
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Angus | |
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 Melgund Castle | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NO546564 |
| Location: | 56°41’48"N, 2°44’32"W |
| History | |
| Built 1543 | |
| Information | |
Melgund Castle, standing around a mile east of Aberlemno in Angus, is a restored 16th-century house which today serves as a private residence.
The castle is generally said to have been built in 1543 on the orders of Cardinal David Beaton as a home for himself and his mistress, Margaret Ogilvie. However, Charles McKean has argued that the work of the 1540s was a re-modelling of an earlier building.[1] It much later passed by marriage to the Earls of Minto, who were granted the title Viscounts Melgund, presently used by the heir to the earldom. The building is L-shaped and was probably styled on 15th century fortified houses. Archaeological investigations were carried out at the castle between 1990 and 1996. The castle was long in a semi-ruined state, and lacking a roof, until restored by Benjamin Tindall Architects.
References
- ↑ McKean, Charles, The Scottish Château (2001), chapter 2.