Gartartan Castle
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Gartartan Castle
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Gartmore House
Canmore ID 44641
Site Number NS59NW 4
NGR NS 53016 97803
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44641
- Council Stirling
- Parish Port Of Menteith
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NS59NW 4 53016 97803
(NS 5302 9780) Gartartan Castle (NAT)
OS 6" map, Perthshire, 2nd ed., (1901)
NS59NW 37.00 52850 97560 Gartmore House
NS59NW 37.01 52850 97447 Walled Garden
NS59NW 37.02 52374 97455 Archway
NS59NW 37.03 52829 97394 Burial Enclosure
NS59NW 37.04 53286 98305 Gartartan Lodge
NS59NW 37.05 52832 97588 Sundial
NS59NW 11.00 53425 98213 Gartartan Home Farm, Farmhouse
NS59NW 11.01 53374 98253 Farmsteading
NS59NW 11.02 c. 534 982 Sundial
NS59NW 11.03 53347 98242 Aqueduct
Gartartan Castle: This ruinous structure was probably built by Malcolm Macfarlane of Gartavertane circa 1597 AD. The structure is of the usual Z-form. The larger round tower contains the entrance doorway and staircase. The ground floor is vaulted. Above this vault, at one end, a modern house has been built, access to which is by wooden stair in the smaller turret.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92.
Only the ruinous shell of this castle remains, over- grown with vegetation. It conforms to McGibbon and Ross's description.
Visited by OS (W D J) 15 October 1968.
Field Visit (August 1978)
Gartartan Castle NS 530 978 NS59NW 4
A late 16th-century Z-plan castle with circular angle-towers.
RCAHMS 1979, visited August 1978
(MacGibbon and Ross 1887-92, v, 285-6)
