Balcraig Castle
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Balcraig Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Hatton
Canmore ID 32167
Site Number NO34SW 4
NGR NO 30583 40598
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/32167
- Council Angus
- Parish Newtyle
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO34SW 4 3057 4060.
(NO 3057 4060) Balcraig Castle (NR) (Site of)
OS 6"map, Angus, 2nd ed., (1903)
Scarcely any traces remained of Balcraig Castle, which stood a short distance S of Hatton Castle (NO34SW 3) in 1845, and all trace of it had disappeared by 1885.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845; A J Warden 1880-5.
No trace.
Visited by OS (J L D) 5 May 1958.
Note (1984)
Balcraig Castle NO 305 406 NO34SW 4
There are no visible remains of this castle which stood 450m SE of Hatton.
RCAHMS 1984.
(Stat. Acct, iii, 1792, 403; NSA, xi, Forfar, 559; Warden 1880-85, v, 43).