What is recorded here
Rusky Castle is a submerged medieval bastle on Loch Rusky in Stirling, held by Sir John de Menteith. The castle disappeared beneath the water, but its name still marks the hidden islet where stone, lake and memory entangle.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Rusky Castle as Bastle (medieval). 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.
Rusky Castle was a medieval bastle, likely built in the late 16th or early 17th century, and is remembered as a type of small defensive structure associated with the border regions of Scotland, reflecting the turbulent history of lowland Scotland during that period.
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