Kilbuaick Castle
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Kilbuaick Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Canmore ID 15892
Site Number NJ06SE 5
NGR NJ 0967 6030
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15892
- Council Moray
- Parish Alves
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ06SE 5 0967 6030.
(NJ 09676030) Kilbuiack Castle (NR) (Site of).
OS 6" map (1906)
This castle was supposed to have been built in the reign of James the Second and was inhabited by a branch of the Dunbar family. It was totally demolished in the early part of the 19th century, the stones and slates being used in the building and roofing of the present farm-steading.
Name Book 1870
The house of Killbuyack, of old possessed by the Dunbars, is bounded by a burn on the west.
W Macfarlane 1907
No trace of this castle remains. The site lies in a disused garden at the rear of some cottages.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 24 September 1963
Field Visit (1870)
This castle was supposed to have been built in the reign of James the Second and was inhabited by a branch of the Dunbar family. It was totally demolished in the early part of the 19th century, the stones and slates being used in the building and roofing of the present farm-steading.
Name Book 1870
Reference (1907)
The house of Killbuyack, of old possessed by the Dunbars, is bounded by a burn on the west.
W Macfarlane 1907
Field Visit (24 September 1963)
No trace of this castle remains. The site lies in a disused garden at the rear of some cottages.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 24 September 1963