What is recorded here

Dalcross Castle still keeps its entrance arch and gates in the Highland landscape, though no date or story has yet been written for them. The stones may have marked a busy doorway, a private boundary, or a forgotten claim to land. They stand as a quiet invitation to imagine the people who passed through, rather than a finished fact.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dalcross Castle, Entrance Arch and Gates as Gate(s) (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Dalcross Castle was built in the 16th century by the Mackenzie family, a prominent Scottish clan of the Highlands. The castle and its entrance arch are remembered for their historical association with the Mackenzies of Kintail and as an example of early defensive architecture in the Scottish Highlands.

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