Red Castle
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Red Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Redcastle; Drumancroy; Mains Of Arboll
Canmore ID 15307
Site Number NH88SE 1
NGR NH 8925 8257
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15307
- Council Highland
- Parish Tarbat
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH88SE 1 8925 8257.
(NH 8925 8257) Red Castle (NAT) (Site of)
OS 6" map, (1960)
Red Castle formerly stood on a hillock between the farm of Drumancroy and the Mains of Arboll. The remains of the castle were removed a short time prior to 1872.
Name Book 1872.
No trace. The published site falls in a low-lying area, and not on a hillock as decribed.
Visited by OS (I S S) 6 September 1972.
Note (1979)
Red Castle NH 892 825 NH88SE 1
The remains of this castle were removed shortly before 1872.
RCAHMS 1979
(Name Book, Ross-shire, no. 30, p. 58)
