Monument record MHG8464 - Red Castle, Drumancroy

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 8924 8256 (300m by 300m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH88SE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish TARBAT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NH88SE 1 8925 8257.
Red Castle (NAT) (Site of) OS 6" map, (1960)

Red Castle formerly stood on a hillock between farm of Drumancroy and Mains of Arboll. The remains of 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.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 30, No. 264.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 30, 58.

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Protected Status/Designation

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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