“Sauchie Tower”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The lands of Sauchie were granted by King Robert the Bruce to Henri de Annand, Sheriff of Clackmannan, in 1321.^[3] In 1431 Sir James Schaw of Greenock, Comptroller to the King, acquired the lands of Sauchie when he married the heiress Mary de Annand. Sauchie Tower was built by Sir James soon after.^[4] His son was appointed Governor of Stirling Castle in 1460.^[5] The Schaws held the land into the 17th century, with several members of the family serving in the Scottish royal household.^[6]

Around 1631, Alexander Schaw, who was knighted by King Charles I in 1633, built a house in the courtyard to the north-west of the tower. Another house on the estate, Schawpark, was built around 1700, and in 1752 Sauchie passed by marriage to the Cathcart family. Around this time the tower is thought to have been gutted by fire, and was not subsequently lived in.^[6] The roof and turrets were destroyed in the second half of the nineteenth century.^[7] Old Sauchie House, in the courtyard, was demolished after the estate was bought for coal extraction in the 1930s.^[8] The tower was derelict but in good condition in 1950.^[9] Schawpark was sold in 1826, to the Earl of Mansfield, who was then Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire, but was demolished in 1961.^[6]

Proposals for restoration of the tower were first put forward in the 1980s, when a series of excavations were carried out.^[10] However, restoration work was never completed. The building is now owned by Clackmannanshire Heritage Trust, which has erected a temporary roof.^[5] In 2002, the Friends of Sauchie Tower were formed to promote the restoration of the building.^[11] With a Heritage Lottery Fund award of £46,300, the group undertook site clearance, carried out further excavations, and produced a DVD to raise awareness of Sauchie Tower.^[12]

The tower

The tower measures {{convert|11.5|by|10.3|m}} and rises four storeys to a corbelled parapet walk, with bartizans (open round towers) at the corners. At the north-west corner is a hexagonal cap house (a small room covering the top of the stair), with a pyramidal roof. The vaulted basement contains a well, and the main hall is at first-floor level.^[6] The tower is 79 feet tall and was surrounded by a moat with a draw-bridge.^[13]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=OS 25 inch, 1892-1905|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=56.1415&lon=-3.7782&layers=168&b=1|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=Ordnance Survey|accessdate=9 June 2017}}
2. ^{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=SM629|desc=Sauchie Tower, tower and house|access-date=25 February 2019}}
3. ^{{cite news|last1=Forsyth|first1=Valerie|title=A Walk in the Past: The origins of Sauchie Tower|url=http://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/16121166.A_Walk_in_the_Past__The_origins_of_Sauchie_Tower/|accessdate=4 April 2018|agency=Alloa Advertiser|date=28 March 2018}}
4. ^{{cite book|last1=MacGibbon|first1=David|last2=Ross|first2=Thomas|title=The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century|date=1889|publisher=David Douglas|location=Edinburgh|pages=265-270|edition=Volume 1|url=https://archive.org/stream/castellateddomes01macguoft#page/264/mode/2up|accessdate=11 October 2017}}
5. ^¹{{cite web |url=http://www.forthstimeline.com/downloads/tower_leaflet.pdf |title=Clackmannanshire Tower Trail |accessdate=2010-05-11 |last= |first= |work= |publisher=Clackmannanshire Council}}
6. ^¹²³{{cite web |url=http://www.clacksweb.org.uk/visiting/sauchietower/ |title=Sauchie Tower |accessdate=2010-05-11 |last= |first= |work=ClacksWeb |publisher=Clackmannanshire Council}}
7. ^{{cite news|last1=Forsyth|first1=Valerie|title=A Walk in the Past: The decline and ruin of Sauchie Tower|url=http://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/16136076.A_Walk_in_the_Past__The_decline_and_ruin_of_Sauchie_Tower/|accessdate=4 April 2018|agency=Alloa Advertiser|date=4 April 2018}}
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/219418/details/old+sauchie+house/ |title=Old Sauchie House |accessdate=2010-05-11 |last= |first= |work=CANMORE |publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/47053/details/sauchie+tower/ |title=Sauchie Tower |accessdate=2010-05-11 |last= |first= |work=CANMORE |publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland}}
10. ^{{cite journal |url=http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_127/127_843_853.pdf |title=Excavations at Sauchie Tower, Clackmannanshire |accessdate=2010-05-11 |last=Cannel |first=John |author2=Lewis, John |date=1997 |work=Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland |volume=127 |pages=843–853}}
11. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.clacksweb.org.uk/community/friendsofsauchietower/ |title=Sauchie Tower |accessdate=2010-05-11 |last= |first= |work=ClacksWeb |publisher=Clackmannanshire Council}}
12. ^{{cite news |first=Nicola |last=Findlay |authorlink= |title=Friends launch DVD of Sauchie Tower project |url=http://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/23/395321-friends-launch-dvd-of-sauchie-tower-project-/ |work=Alloa & Hillfoots Advertiser |publisher= |date=23 December 2009 |accessdate=2010-05-11}}
13. ^{{cite book|last1=Brodie|first1=William|title=The new statistical account of Scotland|date=1845|publisher=W. Blackwood and Sons|location=Edinburgh and London|pages=124-125|edition=Vol 8|url=https://archive.org/stream/newstatisticalac08edin#page/126/mode/2up|accessdate=9 June 2017|ref=Parish of Alloa}}

History

The tower

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