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Braikie Castle
Castle (16th Century)
Site Name Braikie Castle
Classification Castle (16th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Brackie Castle; Tower; Brakoe Castle; Brackie Castle
Canmore ID 35832
Site Number NO65SW 20
NGR NO 62846 50893
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/35832
- Council Angus
- Parish Kinnell
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO65SW 20 62846 50893.
(NO 6285 5089) Tower (NR)
OS 6" map, (1970)
(Though called 'Brackie Castle' by MacGibbon and Ross (1887-92), all other authorities consulted give the name of this monument as 'Braikie Castle'. It is an excellent example of a later 16th century laird's house, having been built in 1581 - the date given on a heraldic panel above the door - for Thomas Fraser, a son of the 5th Lord Lovat. It is tall and L-shaped, of four storeys and a garret, with a stair-turret rising above first-floor level in the re-entrant and an angle-turret, now roofless (Tranter 1962-70), at the SW gable. Features are the tall chimney-stack which rises beside the stair-turret, and the large number of shotholes. The door is in the re-entrant, protected by an iron yett and wide splayed gunloops. It is now in a neglected condition (Tranter 1962-70).
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92; N Tranter 1962-70.
When seen in 1958, Braikie Castle was still roofed and entire, though it was unoccupied and the walls beginning to crumble.
Visited by OS (J L D) 19 June 1958.
Photographed by the RCAHMS in 1980.
Visible on RCAHMS air photograph AN 4386-90
Field Visit (March 1978)
Braikie Castle NO 628 508 NO65SW 20
This fine L-plan castle was built in 1581 but is now beginning to fall to ruin.
RCAHMS 1978, visited March 1978
(MacGibbon and Ross 1887-92, ii,74-7)
