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Engraving of Tor Castle, as found in Invernessiana: Contributions toward A History of the Town and Parish of Inverness, from 1160 to 1599 by Charles Fraser-Mackintosh, published in 1875

Tor Castle is a ruined castle, about 3 miles (5 kilometres) north east of Fort William, Highland, Scotland, west of the River Lochy and east of the Caledonian Canal, near Torlundy.[1]

  1. ^ Coventry, Martin (1997). The Castles of Scotland. Musselburgh: Goblinshead. p. 316. ISBN 1-899874-10-0.

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