Brandy Den
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Brandy Den
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Canmore ID 33903
Site Number NO46SE 4
NGR NO 478 610
NGR Description NO c. 478 610
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/33903
- Council Angus
- Parish Fern
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO46SE 4 c. 478 610.
(Area: NO 478 610) The foundations of a building, said to have been a castle of the Montealts or Montealtos who held Fern 1377 - c. 1410, existed in Brandy Den (NO 478 610) until the beginning of the 19th century.
A Jervise 1853; A J Warden 1880-5.
No further information.
Visited by OS (N K B) 13 November 1957.
Note (1984)
Brandy Den NO c. 478 610 NO46SE 4
In Brandy Den there were formerly visible 'the foundations of a house, said to have been an old fortalice of the Lords of Fern'.
RCAHMS 1984.
(Jervise 1882, 255; Warden i 880-85, iii, 269).
