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Dean Castle Dean Castle.

The gatehouse at Dean Castle, Kilmarnock.

The castle was restored between 1900 and 1946.  The present Gatehouse, constructed in 1935-6, was not present in the original castle. The wooden walkway around the wall guarding the palace was added during the restoration

This structure is a careful copy from existing sixteenth-century buildings and including details like the windows with half-wooden shutters and half-leaded glass. The overall design and decorative but usable gun loops are copied from the gatehouse built at Tolquhon Castle, Aberdeenshire built in the 1580s.


Photograph:  2006
©Fraser Sutherland

 

 

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Updated 19-Jan-2011