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Field Visit
Date April 1979
Event ID 1131436
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1131436
Daviot Castle NH 729 407 NH74SW 4
This castle of enclosure, which occupies a prominent spur 100m NNE of House of Daviot, was probably built by David, 1st Earl of Crawford (c. 1359-1407). The existing remains comprise an NE angle-tower, which measures 4m in internal diameter, has a wall 1.8m thick and stands to a height of two storeys; a length of curtain-wall 0.6m thick; and several large masses of mortar-bound masonry. A central tower probably stood within the enclosure and there may have been a gatehouse on the S side.
RCAHMS 1979, visited April 1979
Stat Acct, xiv, 1795, 71-2;NSA, xiv, Inverness, 518-19
