Kindrochit Castle


Kindrochit Castle, Aberdeenshire

Kindrochit Castle is an early fortification in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[1] Originally founded by Malcolm Canmore in 1059 as a hunting lodge on the banks of the Clunie,[2] various authors have puzzled as to the reasons for siting the castle in this wild and remote location.[1] C. Michael Hogan has noted that Kindrochit Castle as well as Kildrummy and Durris Castles were likely sited based upon strategic positions relative to the ancient Elsick Mounth trackway, which provided a strategic crossing of the Mounth of the Grampian Mountains.

References

  1. ^ a b John Malcolm Bulloch, Scottish notes and queries, 1887, Scotland
  2. ^ The Deeside Guide: Descriptive and Traditionary, 1889, L. Smith & Son, Scotland

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