Archaeology Notes

Event ID 667438

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ51NE 4 58640 15044

(NJ 5864 1503 ) Castle of Baliluig (NR)

Remains of (NAT)

OS 6" map, (1959)

Balfluig Castle, in semi-ruinous condition, is a fine example of a small fortified house dating from the middle of the 16th century (the date '1556' appears above the doorway). It conforms to a variation of the L-plan with a projecting wing.

Traditionally a similar castle stood so close to Balfluig Castle that the owners in fits of jealousy used to fire at each other from their high castle walls, but there is now no trace of it.

Name Book 1866; W D Simpson 1921; N Tranter 1962-70.

Balfluig Castle, completely restored between May 1967 and August 1968, is now occupied. Tradition of similar castle no longer known.

Visited by OS (RL) 12 September 1968.

Possible earlier castle.

(GRC/AAS ground photography and newspaper reference cited).

NMRS, MS/712/50.