Dumbreck Castle was a 16th-century tower house located around 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Ellon, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.1
Alternative names include Drumbeck Castle and Mains of Dumbreck.2
History
The property was originally owned by the Dumbreck family,3 before passing to the Meldrum family, who built the castle.2
Structure
No standing remains of the property survive, although architectural fragments have been built into farm buildings. The left-hand part of a gun loop is incorporated into the east-north-east gable of the farmhouse, while a carved fragment of stone is set into the north wall of the farm outbuilding to its east.4
For stylistic reasons it has been suggested that this was the work of Thomas Leper.2
References
References
- Coventry Martin (1997) The Castles of Scotland. Goblinshead. ISBN 1 899874 10 0 p153
- "Dumbreck Castle". Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- Temple, William (1894). The Thanage of Fermartyn Including the District Commonly Called Formartine Its Proprietors, with Genealogical Deductions; Its Parishes, Ministers, Churches, Churchyards, Antiquities &c. Aberdeen, Scotland: Wyllie & sons. pp. 467–471. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- "Dumbreck Castle". Retrieved 10 January 2015.
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