Listed Building

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Address/Name of Site

MUCKRACH CASTLELB249

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
A
Date Added
05/10/1971
Local Authority
Highland
Planning Authority
Highland
Parish
Duthil And Rothiemurchus
National Park
Cairngorms
NGR
NH 98589 25051
Coordinates
298589, 825051

Description

Dated 1598, restored circa 1978. Square 3-storey and attic

tower house with stair drum tower at NW corbelled out to

square at upper 2 storeys; corbelled turret at opposite

angle. Harled, ashlar dressings. Further single storey

circular rubble tower at S linked to main building by short

length of former barmkin wall.

Doorway in SW re-entrant angle with dated and inscribed

plaque above. Stairs to 2nd and 3rd floors in additional

turret in re-entrant angle supported at 2nd floor

level by squinch-arch; conical slate roof and finial.

1 large window (probably later enlargement) lights 1st

floor hall in S elevation; remaining windows small,

sometimes diminutive; wallhead gabled dormer at E; mainly

4- or 12-pane glazing now in windows. Slit vents to SE

bartizan, basement and detached tower at S.

End stacks; local slate roof.

Statement of Special Interest

Internal restoration continues, 1985. Commanding site on

hillside overlooking Dulnain valley. Built by Patrick,

second son of John Grant of Freuchie (Castle Grant) and

original seat of Grants of Rothiemurchus. Plaque dated

1598, initialled PG and IG with inscription 'In God is al

my Trest'.

References

Bibliography

MacGibbon and Ross THE CASTELLATED AND DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE

OF SCOTLAND ii (1887), pp. 77-9. NEW STATISTICAL ACCOUNT

-xiv (1841) p. 437. Nigel Tranter, THE QUEEN'S SCOTLAND;

THE NORTH-EAST (1974), p. 109.

About Listed Buildings

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.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Listed building records provide an indication of the special architectural or historic interest of the listed building which has been identified by its statutory address. The description and additional information provided are supplementary and have no legal weight.

These records are not definitive historical accounts or a complete description of the building(s). If part of a building is not described it does not mean it is not listed. The format of the listed building record has changed over time. Earlier records may be brief and some information will not have been recorded.

The legal part of the listing is the address/name of site which is known as the statutory address. Other than the name or address of a listed building, further details are provided for information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland does not accept any liability for any loss or damage suffered as a consequence of inaccuracies in the information provided. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing. Even if a number or name is missing from a listing address it will still be listed. Listing covers both the exterior and the interior and any object or structure fixed to the building. Listing also applies to buildings or structures not physically attached but which are part of the curtilage (or land) of the listed building as long as they were erected before 1 July 1948.

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