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Latitude: 57.0723 / 57°4'20"N
Longitude: -4.0398 / 4°2'23"W
OS Eastings: 276431
OS Northings: 799770
OS Grid: NN764997
Mapcode National: GBR JBD0.VM5
Mapcode Global: WH4JH.XHGM
Plus Code: 9C9Q3XC6+W3
Entry Name: Ruthven Barracks and Stables
Listing Date: 5 October 1971
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 339621
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7659
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200339621
Location: Kingussie and Insh
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Badenoch and Strathspey
Parish: Kingussie And Insh
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
Barracks, 1719-21. Square walled enclosure with entrance
in centre E. 3-storey square angle towers at NE and SW.
Mirrored 3-storey over basement, symmetrical 5-bay barrack
blocks with paired outer bays; roofless.
Stables; 1734, long gabled block at W divided into two
chambers with hay loft provision and lean-to to rear
(probably saddle rooms). Also roofless.
Guardianship Monument. Barracks constructed after 1715
Jacobite rebellion to house troops maintaining law and order.
Sited on mound, which is possible site of 13th century
Comyn stronghold and later castle erected by Earls of
Huntly, later Dukes of Gordon. Scheduled.
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