Durris Castle

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Former castle hill

Called Durris Castle also House of Durres and Dores Castle, is a castle in the Scottish town Outbound Kirkton of Durris in Aberdeenshire, which is expected to have mostly served as a hunting lodge. Your castle hill, on which the L-shaped tower house raised, is located south of the River Dee.

History

First mentioned in the late 13th century, the castle was - a moth with courtyard - by Alexander III. inhabited. In the Chamberlain Rolls is talk of repair work on the system. In 1296 Edward I spent on his train to Aberdeen with his 35,000 strong army for a time on Durris Castle.

Initially owned by the Cummings, the castle was later inhabited by members of the Fraser family before they moved into the approximately two kilometers east location and comfortable Durris House.

In 1645 the castle was razed and burned by the Marquis of Montrose. She was then not rebuilt.

Description

From the castle today nothing remains, however, is the heavily overgrown hill where there was a moth, today as Castle Hill (English castle hill) called. This is about seven feet tall and has an oval shape of about 30 × 41 meters. On the western side of the hill there is an approximately 2.6 meter deep moat which has probably served earlier than moat. Whether granted a stone or a wooden transition is not known, but it may have been a drawbridge.