Inshoch Castle
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Inshoch Castle
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Canmore ID 15557
Site Number NH95NW 3
NGR NH 93646 56700
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15557
- Council Highland
- Parish Auldearn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
NH95NW 3 93643 56696.
(NH 9364 5669) Castle (NR) (rems of)
OS 1:10,000 map (1977)
Inshoch Castle, originally on the Z-plan apparently dates from the second half of the 16th century, with a later addition on the W.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887
Inshoch Castle, generally as described by MacGibbon and Ross, has deteriorated greatly since their visit. The newel staircase in the N has collapsed and the later addition on the W is reduced to ground level.
Visited by OS (RL) 11 December 1970
Photographed by the RCAHMS (flown 1976).
(Undated) information in NMRS.
REFERENCE
NATIONAL LIBRARY DRAWINGS
1 drawing 5th October Vol.1, No.2
1 drawing 5th October Vol.1 no.12
Field Visit (March 1978)
Inshoch Castle NH 936 566 NH95NW 3
This is a Z-plan tower-house, apparently of late 16th-century date, but with later additions on the W side. The structure is slowly becoming ruinous.
RCAHMS 1978, visited March 1978
MacGibbon and Ross 1887-92, ii, 246-8
