Dalcross Castle

The Frasers of Lovat owned the property The property passed onto the Mackintoshes soon after. Sir Lachlan Mackintosh of Mackintosh, clan chief, died here in 1704. By 1731 the next chief, also Lachlan, died and his body was interred at Dalcross so that his people could pay their respects. When he was buried in the family vault at Petty some 4,000 people attended with the cortege stretching four miles from Dalcross to Petty. Prior to the battle of Culloden the Hanoverian troops mustered here in 1746. The house was abandoned, and became ruinous, but it was restored and reoccupied in the 20th century, The castle became a category A listed building on 5 October 1971, In 1987 it was also listed…

Although referred to as an L-plan castle, it may be better described as two offset wings joined at the corner. One wing has five storeys and an attic, while the other has three, their connection being a projecting square tower, which has a bartizan, and is topped by a garbled watch-chamber, this creates two re-entrant angles. There have been extensions since the castle was originally built, including a two-storey 18th-century addition to the north gable. There are many gunloops and shot-holes in the walls, while many windows still have their iron yetts. At the foot of the square stair-tower is the entrance from the courtyard, leading to a vaulted basement. This basement contains cellars, a…