MHG8548 - Cadboll Castle
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- TOWER HOUSE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1058 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
Full Description
NH87NE 4.00 8785 7768
NH87NE 4.01 878 776 garden
This 2 or 3 storeyed tower-house dates from 16th century. It is built on L-plan with an additional round tower on NW corner; much of E wing has been demolished.
N Tranter 1962-70; RCAHMS 1979, visited November 1978.
The castle was listed at Category B in 1971.
The vaulted interior in main block of this tower is of an unusually confused construction and arrangement. It may relate to episode in 1572-4 when Alexander Ross of Balnagown was order to make good 'the doune casting of the battelit tower of Catboll' by building up the vaults again at an estimated cost of 500 merks.
Orig Paroch Scot 1855; W MacGill 1909; G Stell 1986
Surveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS 5 September 1972.
The castle was scheduled in 1993.
The building was de-listed in May 2015 as part of a project looking at dual designations of castles in the Highlands. It remains a scheduled monument. <1>
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SHG2445 Text/Publication/Volume: MacGill, W. 1909. Old Ross-shire and Scotland as seen in the Tain and Balnagown Documents {Volume 1}. 266-7, No. 677.
- --- 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. . 29, No. 252.
- --- SHG2893 Text/Publication/Volume: Tranter, N. 1962-70. The fortified house in Scotland. Vol. 5, 150-2.
- --- SHG3139 Text/Publication/Article: Stell, G. 1986. Architecture and society in Easter Ross before 1707. SHG1943. 99-132. 123.
- --- SHG342 Text/Publication/Monograph: OPS. 1855. Origines parochiales Scotiae: the antiquities ecclesiastical and territorial of the parishes of Scotland. 2/2. 441-3.
- <1> SHG27374 Text/Designation Notification/List of Buildings: Jackson, L.. 2015. Combined Statutory and Descriptive List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Highland Council, One Hundred and Eighty Seventh Amendment) 2015. Historic Scotland. 20/05/2015. Digital.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 8785 7768 (40m by 40m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH87NE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Civil Parish | FEARN |
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External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM5697 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/15258 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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