Kinnell Castle
Castle (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Kinnell Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Friockheim; Castle Of Whitehills
Canmore ID 34898
Site Number NO55SE 9
NGR NO 59905 50086
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/34898
- Council Angus
- Parish Kinnell
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO55SE 9 5991 5007
(NO 5990 5009) Site of Castle (NR)
OS 6" map, Forfarshire and Angus, 2nd ed., (1926)
The foundations of the Castle of Whitehills were dug up in 1811; it was a ruin in the 17th century.
NSA 1845.
There are some vestiges of the old and first baronial residence of Kinnell, a short distance SW of Kinnell church. These remains are known as White Walls.
A J Warden 1880-5.
A rectangular cropmark at NO 5991 5007 on RCAHMS air photographs was investigated in advance of a proposed housing development. This marked the site of Kinnell Castle and was found to have been destroyed by earlier gravel extraction and a sewer trench.
S Carter 1990f.
Field Visit (March 1978)
Kinnell NO 599 500 NO55SE 9
The remains of the castle, which stood near Kinnell church, were removed in the 19th century.
RCAHMS 1978, visited March 1978
(NSA, xi, Forfar, 396; Warden 1880-85, iv, 45-6)
Aerial Photographic Transcription (25 June 1990 - 22 June 1990)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
