What is recorded here
Ormsaigbeg, Caisteal Dubh Nan Cliar is a medieval tower house in the Highland, Scotland. The dark name and tall form suggest a place built to watch, resist and remember long before modern roads arrived. People may have lived inside its walls, listened to storms and kept secrets that no longer survive.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ormsaigbeg, Caisteal Dubh Nan Cliar as Tower House (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.
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Places near here
OrmsaigbegSmithy (period Unassigned), Township (period Unassigned) · 188 yd
Kilchoan BayBay · 519 yd
KilchoanLanding Point (period Unassigned) · 743 yd
Glas EileanIslet · 1139 yd
Port na LuingeBay · 1380 yd
Kilchoan War MemorialMemorial · 1555 yd
Glebe HillMountain / peak · 1619 yd
Kilchoan, Old Parish ChurchChurch (medieval) · 1624 yd
Lag A'choireField System (period Unassigned), Lazy Beds (post Medieval) · 1.0 mi
Beinn na SeilgMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Mingary CastleCastle (medieval) · 1.8 mi
Garbh-dhailWood · 2.1 mi