Lochindorb

Lochindorb Castle, Strathspey
Photo © Des Colhoun, 9 July 2006

Lochindorb (Scottish Gaelic: Loch nan Doirb) is a freshwater loch in the Strathspey region of Scotland. This loch is home to the ruins of Lochindorb Castle, a former stronghold of the Clan Cumming. It is also a popular spot with fishers and birdwatchers, the latter of whom come to see the local black-throated divers and greylag geese. At the southeast edge of the loch there is a small patch of coniferous forest and hidden by this Lochindorb Lodge.

Castle

The castle is first recorded during the Wars of Independence when Sir John ('the Black') Comyn died there in 1300. By 1455 the castle was in the hands of Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray, The next year, after Douglas's defeat and death at Arkinholm, Lochindorb was again forfeited to the Crown and this time ordered to be slighted, the work of dismantling its defences being entrusted to the Thane of Cawdor. Since then, it has been left as a ruin.

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