Idoch Castle
Castle (Medieval), Human Remains (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Idoch Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval), Human Remains (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Little Idoch
Canmore ID 19142
Site Number NJ74NE 5
NGR NJ 769 490
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19142
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Turriff
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ74NE 5 769 490.
(NJ 769 490) Idoch Castle (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, (1959)
Idoch Castle is supposed to have been built during the 14th century. The last vestige of the foundations was removed in 1850, when a large quantity of human bones and ashes was discovered.
Name Book 1871.
Mr Copland of Edinburgh has provided a translation of item 2869 from the Great Register of Scotland which refers to the Castle and Lands of Idoch.
Information contained in a letter to RCAHMS from Mr Copland, Belgrave Crescent, Edinburgh, 28 January 1991
