Redcastle
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 Redcastle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Edirdovar, Ederdour | |
| Creation time : | 1179 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Scottish royalty | |
| Construction: | red sandstone | |
| Place: | Killearnan | |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 30 '48.5 " N , 4 ° 21' 56.8" W | |
| Height: | 19 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Redcastle ( Scottish Gaelic : Caisteal ruadh ), historically also Edirdovar or Ederdour , is the ruin of a medieval low castle in Killearnan on the Black Isle in the Scottish administrative unit Highland . Redcastle was named after the red sandstone it was built from and is now in ruins, but Historic Scotland has listed it as a Category B Historic Building.
history
Redcastle was until recently one of the oldest inhabited buildings in Scotland. King Wilhelm the Lion had the first castle built on this site in 1179; she was called Edirdovar . In 1230 Sir John Bysset held the castle and in 1278 Sir Andrew de Besco . In 1455 the Black Isle was taken by the Scottish Crown.
In 1492 the castle and lands were under the control of Kenneth Mackenzie, 7th of Kintail , and they remained in the hands of the Clan Mackenzie until 1790 . The current building dates back to 1641 and was remodeled in the 19th century by architect William Burn . In 1838 Colonel HD Baillie bought the property and it became the property of Lord Burton of Dochfour's family . During the Second World War , the castle was requisitioned by the army and finally abandoned and partially demolished in the 1950s.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ^ Angus John Beaton: Illustrated Guide to Fortrose and Vicinity . W. Mackay, Inverness 1885. p. 56.
- ^ William John Watson: Place-names of Ross and Cromarty . Northern Counties Printing and Publishing, 1904. pp. 142-143.
- ↑ Redcastle . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
- ↑ Colin Macleod: Unearthing Redcastle's Hidden History . Ross and Cromarty Heritage Society.