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Aerial view of Ormond Castle and Castleton Farm, Avoch, Black Isle, looking NE.

SC 1967581

Description Aerial view of Ormond Castle and Castleton Farm, Avoch, Black Isle, looking NE.

Date 8/2003

Collection Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 1967581

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content General view of Ormond Castle and Castleton Farm at Avoch on the S side of the Black Isle. The castle controlled a prominent position overlooking the Moray Firth and critical to the sea access to Inverness. The castle dates from the late C12th and was rebuilt as a strong rectangular fortress with square corner towers (in the Norman style) between 1200 and 1214 by William the Lion as a royal fortress. It was destroyed in the 1650s by Oliver Cromwell, in order for him to build his fortress at Inverness. Only ruins of it remain today. Title and Scope & Content contributed by North of Scotland Archaeological Society (2021).

Accession Number 2019/15

External Reference S0520

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1967581

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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