Archaeology Notes

Event ID 661227

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NH55SW 5.00 5116 5458

(NH 5116 5458) Brahan Castle (NAT)

OS 6"map, (1962)

Brahan Castle (NAT) (Ruin)

OS 1"map, (1962)

Brahan Castle was erected by Colin, first Earl of Seaforth in 1611. Prior to 1837 the castle was modernised to the extent of detracting from its castellated appearance.

ISSFC 1926

All that survives of Brahan Castle is a now ornamental wall representing the N wall of the 19th c extensions. The remainder was bulldozed away in 1965. From photographs in the possession of Capt A F Matheson (Brahan House) the house was a 19th c mansion comprising a S block, with E and W wings extending to the N and flanking a walled court. No definite fabric of the 17th c castle is evident in the photographs. The house was occupied until the 1950s. Several heraldic panels from the castle are preserved at Brahan House. According to Matheson, plans of the original castle and the proposed 19th c. extensions are held by a Mr R Tyler, Meesden Hall, Brent Pelham, Buntingford, Herts.

Visited by OS (J B) 24 April 1975.