Largie
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Largie
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Canmore ID 36822
Site Number NO87NW 9
NGR NO 83583 76015
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/36822
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Kinneff
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
NO87NW 9 8358 7602.
(NO 83587602). CASTLE (NR) (Site of).
OS 6" map (1927)
The site of Largie Castle is situated 300 yards south of 'The Law' tumulus.
D Christison 1899
No trace of Largie Castle but OS siting verified by farmer who has unearthed several dressed stones hereabouts. A triangular block, with a shield and the date 1611 carved on it, said to have come from the castle, is built into the NW gable of a farm building at NO 8355 7599.
Visited by OS (NKB) 18 December 1967
Listed.
Scottish Castle Survey 1988; N Bogdan and I B D Bryce 1991.
Field Visit (February 1982)
Largie Castle NO 835 760 NO87NW 9
Largie Castle may have stood at a point about 40m N of Largie farmhouse, where several dressed stones have been dug up by the farmer. A dormer-window-pediment bearing the date 1611, which is said to have come from the castle, is built into the steading.
RCAHMS 1982, visited February 1982
(Christison 1900, 108)
