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Date 20 July 1971

Event ID 962259

Category Documentary Reference

Type External Reference

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/962259

Of uncertain date possibly c.1300 Mediaeval Keep. Oblong. Rubble,

extensively dilapidated; roofless.

Groome's Gazetteer "C & D" Arch. IV p 392 MacPhail "Highland - Papers".

Ruin. On a rocky peninsula. Tradition relates that this was once the stronghold of a chief called MacMhic Iain. Recently acquired by the Earl of Dundee whose forbear had forfeited it in 1871.

Information from Historic Scotland, 20 July 1971