Red Castle

Category

Library Item

Item no

13095

Title

Red Castle

Artist / maker

Webster, Mary

Date

1847

Size

26.8 x 39.3 cm

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Annotation below painting reads 'Sketched from nature 23rd September 1847'.

Red Castle stands on high ground overlooking Lunan Bay, on the North Sea coast. Immediately to the north of Red Castle is the mouth of the Lunan Water, with the hamlet of Lunan beyond. Only a part of the fifteenth century rectangular tower, and the 2-metre (6.6 ft) thick east curtain wall remain. The tower in particular is in precipitous condition, being perched on the edge of the hill above Lunan Bay, and was described as being "in imminent danger of collapse" in 1999. The castle is clearly visible from the A92 road and the Edinburgh to Aberdeen line. The remains are those of the 15th-century keep, and the surrounding wall, or enceinte, which may date from the 13th century. A midden below the castle is continually eroding, yielding a number of artefacts now in the Montrose Museum.The tower and enceinte are both protected as category A listed buildings.

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