Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Event ID 560946
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/560946
The ruins of Drumin Castle lie on a prominent bluff overlooking the confluence of the Rivers Avon and Livet, a site which commands views of three valleys and once dominated the approach toward Speyside.
Erected in the fourteenth century, Drumin Castle was the centre of the lordship of Inveravon and may have been erected by Alexander Stewart, the infamous 'Wolf of Badenoch'. On plan, the castle would have been rectangular, with walls almost 3m thick at the base. Two walls remain to a height of four storeys, probably close to their original heights, and retain evidence of the parapet corbelling and a machicolation (a projecting slot).
Although an impressive fortification on a commanding site, Drumin Castle appears to have had a relatively short period of occupation, and, following its sale to the 3rd Earl of Huntly in 1490, became derelict within a century.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
