Aberdour Castle

Category

Library Item

Item no

29137

Title

Aberdour Castle

Artist / maker

Ross, Thomas

Date

1884

Size

27.4 x 37.6 cm

Type

Watercolour

Location

Art and Design Library

Thomas Ross was born at Wardheads, Errol, and attended local schools before going to Glasgow around 1855 to work as an assistant to architect Alexander Kirkland.
In 1862 he began as an assistant to David MacGibbon in Edinburgh, and was made a partner in the firm of MacGibbon and Ross in 1872. Ross began sketching the architecture of Scotland along with his senior partner, contributing to the latter's public lectures, and culminating in the pair's major publications.

Aberdour Castle is located in the village of Easter Aberdour in Fife. Parts of the castle date from around 1200, making Aberdour one of the two oldest standing castles in Scotland. (The other is Castle Sween in Argyll, which was built around the same time.)

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