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Artists recreates derelict north-east castle in drawing

Andrew Spratt's recreation of Inverugie Castle
Andrew Spratt's recreation of Inverugie Castle

An artist has created his own drawing of a now derelict north-east castle.

Ravenscraig Castle near Peterhead, also known as Inverugie Castle, dates back to the 1500s.

A licence for the L-shaped building to the north-west of the Buchan town was granted in 1491 for the site on the banks of the River Ugie.

It was home to the Keith family until they were forfeited following their involvement in the 1715 Jacobite rising.

It has been abandoned ever since.

But artist Andrew Spratt has now given us a glimpse into the building’s past with his digital recreation.

His drawing shows the fully constructed castle with turrets, a courtyard and smoke billowing from five of its chimneys.

Mr Spratt works as a monument manager at Dirleton Castle in East Lothian and has been drawing castles for the best part of 40 years.

He was inspired by his father’s work at a castle in Lothian, artist Alan Sorrell and the architect and historian Nigel Tranter.

He said: “I’ve been doing castle reconstruction since 1981 when I started work at Tantallon Castle beside my father who was the head custodian there.

“I was inspired by the castle reconstruction drawings of Alan Sorrell and set out to cover as many Scottish Castles as possible.

“Mr Tranter was my mentor and I use to borrow many books and maps from him to produce my reconstructions.”

Mr Spratt said he was always drawn castles that currently look far from their best.

He said: “I’ve been doing drawings of castles for years.

“I only usually do castles that are ruinous and unfortunately an awful lot of castles are in a sorry state.

“There’s not much left of Inverugie, but I do have some knowledge of the turrets and other parts of these buildings.”