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Auchmull
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Auchmull
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Auchmull Castle
Canmore ID 35201
Site Number NO57SE 5
NGR NO 5858 7449
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/35201
- Council Angus
- Parish Edzell
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO57SE 5 586 745.
(NO 586 745) Auchmull Castle (NR) (Site of) (No siting symbol)
OS 6" map, (1928)
A tower about 30' square which was probably built in 1601, by one of the Lindsays of Edzell. It was occupied as a farmhouse until about 1772 and thereafter was used as a quarry for building material for the neighbouring farm-house, and a heraldic stone bearing the Lindsay and Wishart arms and the date 1601 was found in the demolition of a nearby cottage in the mid 18th century. By 1860 parts of the north and south and the whole of the west end still stood 3' high, with a 2 1/2' thick wall. The remainder was just traceable. By 1881 the castle had entirely disappeared.
A Jervise 1853; Name Book 1860; J Corrie 1881.
Precise site of castle not known at Auchmull.
Visited by OS (J L D) 28 July 1958.
The heraldic stone is now preserved at Edzell Castle. Otherwise no further information.
Visited by OS (I S S) 31 August 1971.
Note (1984)
Auchmull NO 586 745 NO57SE 5
There are no visible remains of a castle which formerly stood at Auchmull. It was occupied as a farmhouse until 1772-3 but thereafter served as a quarry for building-materials.
RCAHMS 1984.
(Name Book, Forfar, No. 40, p. 48; Jervise 1882, 4 7, 70-1, 120).
