Kinrive
Building (Period Unknown)(Possible)
Site Name Kinrive
Classification Building (Period Unknown)(Possible)
Canmore ID 13729
Site Number NH67NE 7
NGR NH 69 75
NGR Description NH c.69 75
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmuir Easter
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH67NE 7 69 75.
Close to the Ceann Righ or King's Head Cairn, the foundation of a large castle or building can be traced. The building is said to have been the old mansion house of the property.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845; J Noble 1909.
No trace of a castle or mansion could be found in the area, which is now occupied by a dense birch wood.
The depopulation remains behind the croft at NH 700 752 may have led to the above reports, though there is no evidence of there having been a substantial building there.
Visited by OS (R D L) 13 May 1963.
Field Visit (November 1977)
Ceann Righ, Kinrive NH 69 75 NH67NE 7
The foundations of a 'large castle or building' were still visible in 1845.
RCAHMS 1979, visited November 1977
(NSA, xiv (Ross and Cromarty), 305)
