Galdenoch Castle
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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.{{cite web|url=https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB13491|title=Gladenoch Castle|accessdate=13 November 2019|publisher=Historic Environment Scotland}}
Description
Galdenoch Castle is isolated on the Rhins of Galloway about {{cvt|4.5|mi}} 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 {{cvt|1.15|m}} thick. The interiors have a floor area of {{clarify|date=December 2021}} with a length of {{cvt|6.95|m}} and a width of {{cvt|4.4|m}}. 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.{{cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/60378/galdenoch-castle|title=Galdenoch Castle|accessdate=13 November 2019|publisher=Canmore - National Record of the Historic Environment}}
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.
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
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Category:Tower houses in Scotland