Scotland:  Dramatic Places - Historic Sites
By:  Brian C. Mack
Artist:  Karol K. Mack
 
                                                                                                                                                         
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HODDOM
CASTLE

HODDOM
CASTLE

Hoddom Castle
SCOTLAND

Dates from:  1560
Associated Clans / Families:
Carlyle, Herries, Halliday, Irvine, Carruthers, Douglas, Murray, Carnegie, then Sharp
 

The land development around Hoddom Castle dates to the early 12^th century.  The current castle was built in 1560 and partially destroyed ten years later; it was restored and expanded in the 17^th century.  Hoddom’s center tower is regarded as one of Scotland’s greatest: its walls, nine to fifteen feet thick, rise to over seventy-five feet.  The castle was inhabited until 1945 but is now derelict.  The paintings reproduce its appearance in 2004.

Pictured:

TOP:

Hoddom Castle   8" x 16" oil

BOTTOM:

Hoddom Castle, the Keep  48" x 31" oil

An excerpt from the book Scotland:  Castles and Clans the Legends.

From:

 Unintended Consequences

A Legend of Hoddom Castle

. . .  Located directly above the substantial structure is Beacon Hill, where a lone tower began to rise between the years of 1562-65.  The building was constructed by Lord Herries (or John Maxwell) as a recompense for the relatives who were lost.  He named his tower Repentance, and flanked the door with a serpent and a dove referring to a passages from ST. Matthew's Gospel:  Be ye wise as serpents and harmless as doves . . .

Hoddom Castle is included in the Lowlands Map.

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