Achnacloich Castle
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Achnacloich Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Canmore ID 13736
Site Number NH67SE 10
NGR NH 6700 7348
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13736
- Council Highland
- Parish Rosskeen
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH67SE 10 6700 7348.
(NH 6700 7348) Achnacloich Castle (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)
The castle of the lairds of Achnacloich stood 200 yards east of the loch of Achnacloich. It is now all removed but for a portion of the dungeon. R Maclean 1886.
The OS 25" plan shows a small yard 3m x 2m at NH 6700 7348 as 'Achnacloich Castle (Remains of)'. This feature, on the south slope of a natural flat-topped knoll, is now hidden beneath a heap of field stones, only one small earth-fast stone was seen.
No visible traces of the castle remain.
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (W D J) 9 May 1963.
Note (1979)
Achnacloich Castle NH 670 734 NH67SE 10
The castle of the lairds of Achnacloich is said to have stood in this area.
RCAHMS 1979
(Name Book, Ross-shire, no. 2, p. 23; Maclean 1886, 327)
