Dalcross Castle

Dalcross Castle Gateway, Scottish Highland Photo © James Allan, 12 March 2007

Dalcross Castle, Scottish Highland Photo © James Allan, 12 March 2007

Originally the home of the Lovat Frasers and later of the Mackintosh clan, this 17th century castle is now available for conferences, holidays, weddings etc.

The castle of Dalcross was built in 1620, by Lord Lovat. The ancient baronial residence of Dalcross Castle an object of attraction. It consists of two towers, joined at right angles, the inner corner where they meet being covered with a projecting turret and large entrance gate. In the front court is a deep draw-well. The windows are staunchioned with iron and it has a huge oaken door, with inner iron gratings. The kitchen, with its enormous vaulted chimney, is like the arch of a bridge and the dungeons and the hall are quite perfect.

The property had long been in the family. It afterwards came to Sir James Fraser of Brea, who gave it as a marriage portion with his daughter, Jean, to Major Batemen. The Major sold it to James Roy Dunbar, bailie of Inverness, from whom M'Intosh of M'Intosh purchased it in 1702. Dalcross was a vicarage, depending on the Priory of Urquhart, and, in 1343, there was an agreement between the Prior and the Baron of Kilravock, that the Vicar of Dean-an-Ross, now Dalcross, should officiate in the private chapel of Kilravock.

Reference

Scotland by William Beattie 1838
Historical account of the family of Frisel or Fraser By John Anderson, 1825