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Trochry Castle
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Trochry Castle
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Trochrie Castle
Canmore ID 26244
Site Number NN94SE 1
NGR NN 9782 4021
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/26244
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Little Dunkeld
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN94SE 1 9782 4021.
(NN 9782 4021) Trochrie Castle (NR) (Ruins)
OS 6" map (1901)
The remains of a circular tower c. 18' high, apparently part of a Z-plan castle of the Gowrie family, which was burned in 1545.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845 (R Allen); D Campbell 1888; SDD List 1963
Only the E half of the tower remains, the walls of which reach a maximum height of 5.0m. Elsewhere, the ground plan is obscured by packed rubble to a height of about 1.0m. Several portions of a spiral stairway show through the interior debris, and there is a gun loop in the S wall. The tower would have measured 2.8m in diameter within a wall 1.0m thick; there are now no identifiable signs of a Z-plan castle. About 3.0m to the SE of the tower is an old footing (3.5m x 3.5m) of uncertain purpose but most probably post-dating the castle.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (JM) 11 February 1975
As described above.
Visited by OS (BS) 5 March 1979
Field Visit (5 May 2022)
The classification, location and period of this site record have been reviewed as part of record revision work carried out by HES Designations.
Visited by HES Designations (R McDonald, F I Watson), 5 May 2022.
