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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 666245
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/666245
NJ26SW 7 2118 6281
(NJ 2118 6281) Elgin Castle (NR) (Ruins)
OS 6" map, Morayshire, 2nd ed., (1906)
For watching brief at NJ 2110 6282, see also NJ26SW 119.
For (1858) excavations, see NJ26SW 14.
For cross fragment found at Elgin Castle see (NJ26SW 7.01).
The castle chapel was dedicated to the Virgin Mary
J S Richardson and H B Mackintosh 1950.
The Castle of Elgin was a stronghold at a very early date and became a royal fortress in the 12th century. It was occupied by Edward I of England. The Castle appears to have been a ruin since the 15th century, and so little now remains of its buildings that it is impossible to say to what period the few surviving fragments belong. The walls at the NE angle may represent the foundations of the great tower.
R G Cant and I G Lindsay 1954.
