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Corsbie Castle
Corsbie Castle is a ruined 16th-century tower house, about west of Gordon, Scottish Borders, Gordon, Scottish Borders, Scotland, and north of the Eden Water.Coventry, Martin (1997) ''The Castles of Scotland''. Goblinshead. p.125 It was also known as Corsbie Tower. It has been designated as a scheduled monument. History The surviving monument represents the remains of a 16th-century tower house, which property belonged to the Cranstons until the middle of the 17th century. Structure The castle formerly had five storeys, and a Vault (architecture), vaulted basement. It is constructed on a raised piece of ground, and is surrounded by a bog on all sides, the only access being by way of a causeway from the north. The castle was oblong, about by ; the average thickness of the walls is . Only the walls to the south and east remain; they rise to . Its rounded angles are constructed of dressed ashlar, while the rest of the masonry is of Course (architecture), coursed rubble. There are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tower House
A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation. Tower houses began to appear in the Middle Ages, especially in mountainous or limited access areas, in order to command and defend strategic points with reduced forces. At the same time, they were also used as an aristocrat's residence, around which a castle town was often constructed. Europe After their initial appearance in Ireland, Scotland, the Stins, Frisian lands, Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country and England during the High Middle Ages, tower houses were also built in other parts of western Europe, especially in parts of France and Italy. In Italian medieval communes, urban ''palazzi'' with a very tall tower were increasingly built by the local highly competitive Patrician (post-Roman Europe), patrician families as power centres during times of internal strife. Most north Italian cities had a number of these by the end of the Middles Ages, but few no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
