For Craighall Castle, the castle of Clan Rattray, see Blairgowrie and Rattray.
Castle of Rattray
Rattray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
The castle shown on a 1931 Ordnance Survey map as "Site of Cas" to the south-east of Loch Strathbeg.
Coordinates
NK088578
Site information
Owner
Comyn family (early 13th to early 14th centuries)
Condition
Destroyed, no remains.
Site history
Built
12th century
In use
12th, 13th and early 14th centuries.
Materials
originally timber, then stone.
Demolished
timber structure likely 1308, stone unknown.
Castle Hill in 2008, all that is left of the original siteRattray Castle, one of the nine castles of the Knuckle
The Castle of Rattray was a medieval Scottish castle, with multiple variations on its structure over approximately six centuries. Originally built as a "late 12th- or early 13th century defensive motte"[1] it provided protection for Starny Keppie Harbour and Rattray village. Sometime between 1214 and 1233 it was upgraded by William Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan before being destroyed in the 1308 Harrying of Buchan. After Comyn's timber castle was burned down, it was replaced by a stronger stone castle which was engulfed during a 1720 sand storm along with nearby Rattray village. After the storm, the castle was not dug out and remains covered to this day. The castle was described by W. Douglas Simpson as one of the nine castles of the Knuckle, referring to the rocky headland of north-east Aberdeenshire.[2]
^Murray (1993), p.1
^Simpson, W.D. (1949). "Cairnbulg Castle, Aberdeenshire" (PDF). Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 83: 32–44.[permanent dead link]
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