Field Visit
Date July 1987
Event ID 1114059
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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Craighall occupies a commanding and precipitous promontory overlooking the Ericht. All that visibly remains of the medieval castle is a portion of what may be a D-shaped tower at the northern tip of the promontory reutilised in the extension to the 19th-century mansion; the masonry has been pierced by a number of window-openings and to provide the buttressed support for a first-floor balcony.
A pediment (bearing the date 1614) and a Jacobean-style mural-panel were brought from Edinburgh about 1825 by Baron James Clerk-Rattray. The Rattrays were is possession of Craighall by the first half of the 16th century.
Visited by RCAHMS (IMS) July 1987
RCAHMS 1990
