Archaeology Notes

Event ID 664387

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ02SW 1.00 NJ 0065 2192.

NJ02SW 1.01 NJ 006 218 Geophysical Survey; Trial Excavation

(NJ 0065 2192) Castle Roy (NAT).

OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)

A simple 13th century fortress with no history but said to have been a stronghold of the Comyns. It consists of an enclosing wall 7ft thick and from 10-15ft high enclosing a space 80 x 53ft, with a N doorway and a square tower at the NW angle.

Late 12th to early 13th century. (J G Dunbar 1966)

D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92; J G Dunbar 1966.

The remains of Castle Roy are as described and planned by MacGibbon & Ross.

Visited by OS (NKB) 7 September 1966.

The remains of the site are as described above.

Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH) 24 October 2006.