Archaeology Notes

Event ID 655292

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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ND36SE 1 3569 6164.

(ND 3569 6164) Keiss Castle (NR) (remains of)

OS 1:10,000 map, (1973)

Keiss Castle, originally belonging to the Earls of Caithness, and probably dating from the late 16th / early 17th centuries stood four storeys and an attic in height. The NE angle, which contained the entrances, is gone, as have the upper floors. According to Rev John Brand, the castle was ruinous in 1700, but in 1726 it is described as being in repair with 'at the side of it a convenient house lately built (Macfarlane 1906-8)'.

J Brand 1701; W Macfarlane 1906-8; RCAHMS 1911.

Keiss Castle is as described and planned by the RCAHMS.

Resurveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (R D) 14 September 1965.

The condition of Keiss Castle is unaltered since the visit of the previous OS field investigator.

Revised at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (N K B) 22 July 1982.