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Carmyllie Castle
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Carmyllie Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Canmore ID 34746
Site Number NO54SW 5
NGR NO 5461 4319
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/34746
- Council Angus
- Parish Carmyllie
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO54SW 5 5461 4319.
(NO 5461 4319) Castle (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map, (1970)
The foundations of Carmylie Castle can still be traced by Carmylie Farmhouse. "The Rev Mr Headrick (1813)......conjectures that Carmylie and Carnegie (NO54SW 21), where there was likewise a castle, were originally Caledonian Forts...."
NSA 1845; J Headrick 1813;
Carmyllie Castle:- No traces exist. "Mr Kydd states that he was present at the digging up of the old foundations, and many of the stones are now in the outbuildings of the Mains of Carmyllie, also in the walls which divide the fields, some of them have heads carved on them."
Name Book 1858; Information from Mr Kydd, Mason.
There is now no trace of the castle. A stone bearing a crest can be seen built into the south wall of the barn opposite the farmhouse.
Visited by OS (RD) 13 May 1966.
