Description

Dated 1641, incorporating earlier work, rubble with ashlar
flush quoins and chamfered margins, 3-storey, approximate
L-plan with higher square-plan stair-tower in re-entrant
angle and smaller stairtower with canted south-west angle
corbelled to square at third floor at south-east angle
of main block. Circular bartizans at south angles of
jamb and square caphouse at north-west angle, borne on 2
rows of individual moulded corbels divided by a continuous
quirked edge-roll; parapet of principal stair tower borne or
corbels of similar profile. Alterations and additions, William
Burn, 1840 3-storey block infilling re-entrant angle of south
jamb and main stair tower, plain 2-storey addition with
crowstepped gables at north; single storey arcaded loggia
(now demolished) across south front; reconstruction of upper
parts of bartizans; addition of circular bartizan at north
-east angle; general enlargement of windows; remodelling of
wallhead, defined by a bold continuous roll moulding. Stone
barrel vaults at ground floor. Roofless.

Statement of Interest

Built on site of Castle of Edradour believed to have been

built by David, brother of William the Lion, in 1179. It

passed into the possession of the Mackenzies by the early

17th century. Rory Mackenzie succeeded to Redcastle in 1629

and his own new strong house of Redcastle was sacked by The

Covenanters in 1649. (Scottish Historical Society, WARDLAW

MS, 341; Duncan Warrand, SOME MACKENZIE PEDIGREES, 72) In 1790

Redcastle was sold by the Mackenzies to Grant of Shewghie

and was sold again in 1824 to Sir William after his death to

Colonel Hugh Duncan Baillie of Dochfour who commissioned the

Burn remodelling. (Joseph Mitchell, REMINISCENCES OF MY LIFE

IN THE HIGHLANDS, i, 251).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Redcastle at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7305546

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