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Old House of Keppoch

Castle (medieval), Motte (medieval)

What is recorded here

Old House of Keppoch is a medieval castle and motte in Highland, Scotland, still marked as a scheduled monument. Its earthworks and ruins belong to the region’s layered history, even when no longer than a shadow on the land. To walk near it is to share a place where power, memory and loss were first written into stone and soil.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Old House of Keppoch as Castle (medieval), Motte (medieval). 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.
The Old House of Keppoch was held by the Clan Keppoch, a branch of the Clan Cameron, during the medieval period in the Scottish Highlands. It is remembered as a historic site associated with the region's Gaelic clan system and the broader history of Highland power struggles.

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