Scheduled Monument

Castle RoySM952

Status: Designated

Documents

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The legal document available for download below constitutes the formal designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The additional details provided on this page are provided for information purposes only and do not form part of the designation. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within this additional information.

Summary

Date Added
17/07/1959
Last Date Amended
09/10/2001
Supplementary Information Updated
08/03/2021
Type
Secular: castle
Local Authority
Highland
Planning Authority
Highland
Parish
Abernethy And Kincardine
NGR
NJ 00656 21917
Coordinates
300656, 821917

Description

The monument consists of a 13th century enclosure castle standing on a natural circular mound situated within arable land. The monument was first scheduled in 1959 when the scheduled area was incorrectly positioned. The current rescheduling will rectify this.

The castle consists of a simple curtain wall measuring 25m NE-SW by 16m NW-SE, within walls c. 2m thick, constructed of split boulder rubble, regularly brought to levelling courses. The walls are fairly complete to wallhead level apart from the S angle which has collapsed. Entry was via a gateway through the NE wall, of which the inner pointed arch still survives. At the N angle there is a small projecting tower although this may be a latter addition. Near the E angle there is the fragmentary remains of a mural chamber (probably a latrine).

There are no traces of the foundations of the buildings/ranges which would have provided accommodation within the castle. There are also no signs of any outer defences, which despite the natural rise on which the castle sits, one would have expected.

The castle is traditionally associated with the Comyn family although the castle is not documented.

The area to be scheduled includes the castle and the mound it stands on. The scheduled area extends approximately a metre from the foot of the mound and is defined by the modern fence which surrounds the mound (the fence itself is excluded from the scheduling). The area has maximum dimensions of 59m NE-SW and 52m transversely as marked in red on the attached map.

References

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About Scheduled Monuments

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Scheduling is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for monuments and archaeological sites of national importance as set out in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.

We schedule sites and monuments that are found to be of national importance using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Scheduled monument records provide an indication of the national importance of the scheduled monument which has been identified by the description and map. The description and map (see ‘legal documents’ above) showing the scheduled area is the designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The statement of national importance and additional information provided are supplementary and provided for general information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within the statement of national importance or additional information. These records are not definitive historical or archaeological accounts or a complete description of the monument(s).

The format of scheduled monument records has changed over time. Earlier records will usually be brief. Some information will not have been recorded and the map will not be to current standards. Even if what is described and what is mapped has changed, the monument is still scheduled.

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