Inverness-shire, Beaufort Castle. General view of front. Digital image of IN/198.
SC 696342
Description Inverness-shire, Beaufort Castle. General view of front. Digital image of IN/198.
Date 1961
Collection Records of the Scottish National Buildings Record, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 696342
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of IN 198
Scope and Content Beaufort Castle stands on the site of the old fortress of Beaufort or Downie; and mention is made of it so early as Alexander I ( 1106 - 1124) when it sustained a siege, and the trenches then made are still visible. It was also seized and blown up by Oliver Cromwell. Immediately after the battle at Culloden, it was burnt and razed to the ground by Cumberland's army. It is said that the present is the twelfth edifice which has been erected on the same site. It was the seat of the Frasers of Lovat. New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845.
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