MHG8491 - Rockfield Castle (Formerly Little Tarrel Castle)
Summary
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Type and Period (2)
- TOWER HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)
- (Alternate Type) CASTLE (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)
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Full Description
Little Tarrel is a small, recently-restored L-plan house, originally built in the mid 16th century; an inscription beneath a first-floor window gives the date 155- ?. Reid (1894) assumes that the missing digit is a 9 (Name Book, however, gives 1550). The building was subsequently sub-divided and modified on more than one occasion; an external forestair was introduced and part of the ground floor was set aside for farming purposes, an alteration that involved the removal of a vault and of an internal stair in an area that later collapsed; but much of the orginal detailing still survives, most notably in the vaulted kitchen and the first-floor chamber above it in the E wing. (See Stell 1986 for plans.)
Orig Paroch Scot 1855; Name Book 1872; F N Reid 1894; G Stell 1986.
Sources/Archives (7)
- --- SHG2670 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 30, No. 259.
- --- SHG2692 Text/Publication/Volume: Reid, F N. 1894. The Earls of Ross and their descendants. 37-9.
- --- SHG2893 Text/Publication/Volume: Tranter, N. 1962-70. The fortified house in Scotland. Vol. 5, 164.
- --- SHG3139 Text/Publication/Article: Stell, G. 1986. Architecture and society in Easter Ross before 1707. SHG1943. 99-132. 121-3.
- --- SHG3362 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 30, 69.
- --- SHG342 Text/Publication/Monograph: OPS. 1855. Origines parochiales Scotiae: the antiquities ecclesiastical and territorial of the parishes of Scotland. 2/2. 448-50.
- --- SHG3452 Text/Publication/Article: Maclennan, J. 1981. Scot Mag 1981, p.37-9. Scot Mag. 37-9. 37-9.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 9105 8195 (40m by 40m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH98SW |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Civil Parish | TARBAT |
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External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB14099 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/15634 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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