Calderwood Castle
Calderwood Castle was a castle in East Kilbride. The castle was situated near the banks of the Rotten Calder Water.[1][2][3] in what is now Calderglen Country Park.[3] Constructed in the fifteenth century by the Maxwell family, the original building collapsed in 1773.[1] A new castle was later rebuilt on the same site, but it eventually fell into disrepair, with the final vestiges of the castle being demolished with explosives in 1951.[2] Nothing now remains except ruins and rubble.[1] The now-ruined Craigneith Castle is nearby.[4][2][1]
A painting of the castle by Robert Purves Bell is in the collection of South Lanarkshire Council.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d "Site Record for Calderwood Castle". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
- ^ a b c "History cavalcade: Calderwood Castle". Daily Record. 18 June 2008.
- ^ a b "Calderglen Country Park Walks and Trails". South Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
- ^ "Site Record for East Kilbride, Calder Glen, Craigneith Castle". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
- ^ "Calderwood Castle by Robert Purves Bell". BBC. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
See also
External links
- Photograph of site of the former Calderwood Castle
- Secret Scotland Wiki: Calderwood Castle
- The Blantyre Project: Calderwood Castle's fall, rise, and fall
- Engraving of Calderwood Castle from Forsyth's Beauties of Scotland
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