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Gates and lodge, also known as De'il Main Gate, entrance to Glamis Castle (NO34NE0001), built in the late-17th century for Lord Strathmore by Alexander Crow, stone mason and still in use. They were re-erected on the present site in the late-18th century following a remodelling of Glamis Castle landscape (NO34NE0088) in 1774. The gates are from 1931, and were a Golden Wedding Anniversary gift to the 14th Earl and Countess of Strathmore from the Duke and Duchess of York. It is a classical gateway, bowed in plan, with castellated Tudor screen walls and lodge. The gateway is constructed from weathered droved ashlar. There is a central pilastered round arch with crenellated flanking walls, sloping at the ends to join the boundary walls with square terminal piers. It features satyrs in niches flanking the round archway, carved lions standing on their hind legs top the pilasters and heraldic beasts top the outer cenellations. There are hood-moulded bipartite windows and pedestrian gates, one of which is dated 1931. The windows have keystones, moulded margins and stone mullions. The gates themselves are decorative wrought-iron gates with a coat-of-arms at the centre, and display the dates 1881 and 1931. The lodge is hidden behind the screen walls to the north. It has blocked windows to the north, a two-leaf boarded timber door to the east and a piended slate roof. The two other entrance gates for the castle, the North Lodge Gate (NO34NE0104) and Outer Kirk Gate (NO34NE0059), were also relocated in 1774 when the court walls close to the castle were demolished.
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NO34NE0087 - GLAMIS CASTLE MAIN GATE