Arnhall Castle

Heritage listing

Date Added 26/10/1992 Supplementary Information Updated 09/08/2021 Type Secular: castle; manor house Local Authority Stirling Parish Dunblane And Lecropt NGR NS 76369 98609 Coordinates 276369, 698609 — The monument consists of the remains of the castle of Arnhall, a compact L-shaped mansion of seventeenth century date. The building is situated in parkland SW of Keir House. Arnhall is known to have been the dowager-house of the Duchess of Athole. The surviving walls of the castle are intact and stand to wall-head level (c.10m) except for the re-entrant angle which has gone. The building measures 10m E-W by 9.6m N-S overall within walls 0.8m thick. The arm aligned E-W which contains the entrance extends for a distance of 5.4m (int) beyond the original position of the re-entrant angle. The masonry is of coursed sandstone rubble with dressed quoins and mouldings. At the NW and SE angles are the remains of corbelled turrets. The unvaulted building has had three stories, the ground floor contains several square mural cupboards and there is a fireplace in the N wall which indicates that this portion contained The kitchen. There are the remains of fireplaces in the N and W walls at first floor level. Traces of an interior flight of steps leading to the first floor can be seen on the E wall. The square-headed entrance has a badly worn inscription above it. There may have been a porch or pediment above the door. The windows of the house are all square-headed. Both in the first floor S facade have segmental rear arches with an arched wall recess separating them. There are three gun-loops on the W wall. To the E of the house are a row of dilapidated contemporary out-buildings running N-S. The area to be scheduled is square with sides measuring a maximum of 50m to be centred on the

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.