Archaeology Notes
Event ID 691090
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NO65NW 24.00 62429 55488
NO65NW 24.01 c. 62429 55479 Sundial
For associated dovecot (NO 62524 55387), see NO65NW 65.
(NO 6243 5548) Farnell Castle (NR)
OS 6" map, (1970)
In existence in 1296 Farnell Castle was a residence of the Bishops of Brechin until it was secularised in 1566. Thereafter it passed through various hands until it came into the possession of the Carnegies, in 1623, with whom it remains.
In 1570 the castle was very dilapidated and was probably rebuilt soon afterwards incorporating the remains. It is now a modern-looking 3 storey building with a circular stairtower, probably a result of a rebuilding, in front. Evidence of its episcopal origin exists in the sculptured shields on the north skewputts.
A J Warden 1880-5; D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92.
Farnell Castle is as described, a domestic structure in a fair state of preservation. It is occupied.
Visited by OS (J L D) 23 June 1958.