What is recorded here

Torcastle House stands in Banavie, Lochaber, a private residence caught between the old world and the new. It is not a ruin, nor a museum, but a living building where the boundary between public curiosity and private life becomes a test of judgement. To approach it is to learn that some places keep their secrets not through walls but through the discretion of the people who pass them.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Banavie, Torcastle House as House (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Torcastle House in Banavie is a 17th-century tower house associated with the MacIver family, a prominent local clan in the area. It is remembered for its historical significance in the region and as an example of early Scottish domestic architecture.

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