What is recorded here

Redcastle stands on the Black Isle as a roofless shell marked by a 1641 stone, occupying a site where William the Lion first built Ederdour in the twelfth century. Norman families such as Bysset and de Besco held it before the MacKenzies took possession in 1570, and it burned in 1659 when Rory MacKenzie joined Montrose. The surviving walls still frame a hall, private chamber and old stair, while the surrounding land keeps the shape of a much older crannog.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Redcastle as Crannog (prehistoric), Cauldron (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.

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