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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 665505
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/665505
NJ05NE 3 07081 57178.
(NJ 07075718) Blervie Castle (NR) (Remains of)
OS 25" map (1906)
Blervie Castle was built on the z-plan by the Dunbars about 1600. The western angle tower and an adjoining fragment of the main block are all that now remain. The repair of the royal castle of Blervie or Ulerin, in anticipation of Haco's invasion in 1263, is mentioned in the Exchequer Rolls.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887; R G Cant 1948
The remains of Blervie Castle are well preserved and are as described above. Modern farm buildings have been added, and built onto , the outside walls. Variations on the spelling of the name range from Blare, Blarvie, Blairvie to Blervie.
Revised at 25".
Visited by OS (RB) 6 September 1965
