Monument record MHG8196 - Castle Craig
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6319 6381 (40m by 40m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH66SW |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | RESOLIS |
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Full Description
The remains of Craig Castle, a late 16th-century tower, comprise roofed NE wing, which has vaulted floors and a corbelled parapet; a wing which probably extended to NW, and a stairway in the re-entrant angle, have fallen to ruin. There is an enclosure to N and what may be an oven to E. Parts of the enclosure may be of earlier date, but the traditional association with the bishops of Ross may well relate to the use of the site as an occasional episcopal residence in the post- Reformation period.
Orig Paroch Scot 1855; D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92; RCAHMS 1979; G Stell 1986.
The castle was scheduled in 1933.
The castle was listed at category A in 1971.
The building was reviewed by Historic Scotland in 2014 as part of the Dual Designation Project. The site was not visited and it was recommended that the building be de-listed but remain a scheduled monument. <1>
Sources/Archives (7)
- --- SHG2442 Text/Publication/Volume: MacGibbon, D and Ross, T. 1887-92. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries. Hardback. Vol. 3, 465-7; illust..
- --- SHG2675 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of the Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 21, No. 128.
- --- SHG2893 Text/Publication/Volume: Tranter, N. 1962-70. The fortified house in Scotland. Vol. 5, 152-4.
- --- SHG3139 Text/Publication/Article: Stell, G. 1986. Architecture and society in Easter Ross before 1707. SHG1943. 99-132. 110-11.
- --- SHG342 Text/Publication/Monograph: OPS. 1855. Origines parochiales Scotiae: the antiquities ecclesiastical and territorial of the parishes of Scotland. 2/2. 555-6.
- --- SHG4000 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- <1> SHG27500 Text/Designation Notification/List of Buildings: Jackson, L.. 2015. Dual Designations Project - Highland Castles: Castle Craig. Historic Environment Scotland. 24/11/2015. Digital.
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Record last edited
Jun 13 2017 3:04PM
