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General view Copied from a Grangerised copy of'The History of The Geneologies of The Mackenzies' by Alexander Mackenzie, 1879, in possession of Dr Jean Munro.
RC 1002/B
Description General view Copied from a Grangerised copy of'The History of The Geneologies of The Mackenzies' by Alexander Mackenzie, 1879, in possession of Dr Jean Munro.
Date 1897 to 1899
Catalogue Number RC 1002/B
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 400127
Scope and Content 1890s view of Fairburn Tower, near Muir of Ord, Highland Fairburn Tower, a simple tower-house, was built in the 1540s for Murdoch Mackenzie who had been granted the estate on condition he built a house there. This shows the tower in the 1890s when the attached farm building was still thatched. Tower-houses were popular with the wealthy gentry from the later Middle Ages until the 17th century. Though not strong enough to withstand a proper military assault with artillery, they provided security against raiders and attacks by rival factions. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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