Leny Castle
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Leny Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Caisteal Briste
Canmore ID 24377
Site Number NN60NW 9
NGR NN 6172 0820
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Stirling
- Parish Callander
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NN60NW 9 6172 0820.
(NN 6172 0820) Leny Castle (NR)
(Site of) Caisteal Briste (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1958)
Leny Castle, of which there are no remains, formerly situated on a mound called Caisteal Briste, and a residence of the Leny family, was burnt down after the Battle of Flodden in 1513 (Ordnance Survey Name Book {ONB} 1898).
Caisteal Briste is a large, long artificial mound, highest in the middle, with a bank running off from the W end, and about 12ft high. It looks like a very large long cairn but probably is not (OS 6" map annotated by O G S Crawford, 15 November 1938).
Name Book 1898.
At the site are very slight traces of a building conforming approximately in size and shape to that shown on OS 25" map. The mound on which it stood is morainic. Traditionally, the castle was burnt down by a Buchanan prior to the Battle of Flodden (Information from Rev M A MacCorquodale, St Kessog's Manse, Callander).
Visited by OS (R D) 9 October 1968.
Field Visit (December 1977)
Leny Castle NN 617 082 NN60NW 9
Only slight traces of a structure are now visible at the site of Leny Castle. It was destroyed in 1513.
RCAHMS 1979, visited December 1977
(Name Book, Perth, no. 12, pp. 25, 9)
