Field Visit
Date April 1989
Event ID 1112719
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1112719
Incorporated into the S side of Belmont Castle (1752 with later additions) there is a 15th-century tower-house originally of at least three principal storeys. Although much altered, both the ground- and first-floor vaults remain, together with a number of mural chambers and a turnpike stair between the first and second floors. External detail is hidden by harling, but a circular loop lighting a first-floor chamber is visible in the N wall of the tower.
Until about 1775, Belmont was known as Kirkhill. The lands of Kirkhill of Meigle, the property of Dunkeld Abbey, are on record in 1501. The buildings and policies of Kirkhill are depicted by Roy.
Visited by RCAHMS (IMS) April 1989.
OSA; NSA; Dunkeld Rentale; Reg Mag Sig; W Roy 1747-49; A Jervise 1859.
