Balravie Castle
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Balravie Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Bog Castle; Bogue Castle; Mountblairy
Canmore ID 18410
Site Number NJ65SE 24
NGR NJ 6941 5464
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18410
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Alvah
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Banffshire
NJ65SE 24 6941 5464
(NJ 6941 5464) Balravie Castle (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Banffshire, 2nd ed., (1928)
Traditionally said to have been built by one of the Stewarts, Earls of Buchan, but Todd (NSA 1845) could not discover by which. The ruins have been levelled and the swamp on which it stood has now been cultivated.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845.
No remains or traces of any part of the building or ditches now remain, but the name is still preserved.
Name Book 1867.
No further information, Name Book (1867) confirmed.
Visited by OS (WDJ), 17 September 1964.
