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Caskieben ( ; Scottish Gaelic: ''Gasach beinn'' "Wooded Hill")〔("Celtic place-names in Aberdeenshire : with a vocabulary of Gaelic words not in dictionaries ; the meaning and etymology of the Gaelic names of places in Aberdeenshire ; written for the Committee of the Carnegie Trust" ) "John Milne, 1912" Retrieved on 2015-03-19〕 Caskieben was a palisaded tower built by the Garviach family during the 12th-century Norman expansion into Scotland. It stood on a low, circular mound surrounded by a 2 meter deep, 15 meter wide moat. This earlier wooden tower was superseded nearby by a 13th-century stone castle also named Caskieben at first, but later renamed Keith Hall. Nothing now remains of a structure, but the mound and moat are still visible.〔Andy Sweet ("Caskieben (site of)" ), ''Caskieben'', Retrieved on 2015-03-13〕 == History == About 1224 Norman de Leslie received the lands of Caskieben and was doubtless the builder of the Anglo-Norman castle which superseded the old tower (NJ72SE 40). The castle of Caskieben that was enlarged after 1662 by the addition of a Renaissance mansion in front, and re-named Keith Hall, was, however, a fine example of the Z-plan castle, a style which probably originated in the district. Mither Tap has an astronomical alignment with Caskieben, the hill being due west. Dr. Arthur Johnston said〔Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson ("A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, Volume 2" ),"Arthur Johnston", published 1870〕 "the hill of Benochie, a conical elevation about eight miles distant, casts its shadow over Caskieben at the periods of the equinox." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Caskieben」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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