Newark Castle, Fife (3)
So, here we have a drawing, taken from the castle watcher's definitive guide - MacGibbon & Ross' Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland and drawn in the late 19th century, from the same angle as the previous photo. It shows how much the building has deteriorated and their second drawing, which I will also post, helps explain a building with a complicated evolution.
Newark Castle consists of four distinct periods of construction. The oldest part of the building is the series of vaulted cellars at the southern end of the promontory, upon which stands the fang of masonry with the great hole through it - the castle's most distinctive feature. Nobody seems to be prepared to put a date to this part of the building. It may form part of a castle held by Sir Alan Durward in the 13th century, in which the future King Alexander III spent part of his childhood.
The second period of building work here was carried out in the early 16th century, at which date the a new main block was built onto the northern end of the previous building, which terminated in the great round tower at the north-east corner. It is interesting to note the great crack in the round tower that M&R have recorded, which obviously represents the start of the process that led to the state of the building today.
Newark Castle, Fife (3)
So, here we have a drawing, taken from the castle watcher's definitive guide - MacGibbon & Ross' Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland and drawn in the late 19th century, from the same angle as the previous photo. It shows how much the building has deteriorated and their second drawing, which I will also post, helps explain a building with a complicated evolution.
Newark Castle consists of four distinct periods of construction. The oldest part of the building is the series of vaulted cellars at the southern end of the promontory, upon which stands the fang of masonry with the great hole through it - the castle's most distinctive feature. Nobody seems to be prepared to put a date to this part of the building. It may form part of a castle held by Sir Alan Durward in the 13th century, in which the future King Alexander III spent part of his childhood.
The second period of building work here was carried out in the early 16th century, at which date the a new main block was built onto the northern end of the previous building, which terminated in the great round tower at the north-east corner. It is interesting to note the great crack in the round tower that M&R have recorded, which obviously represents the start of the process that led to the state of the building today.