Where is Kinkell Castle?

Kinkell Castle is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 57.5559°, -4.4186°.

Castles · Scottish Highlands

Kinkell Castle

Kinkell Castle in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1.5 h–3 h

Kinkell Castle is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Kinkell Castle, also known as the Tower of Kinkell, is a castle located in the parish Urquhart and Logie Wester, in the former county of Ross and Cromarty, on the peninsula known as the Black Isle, in the Scottish Highlands. It was the seat of the Mackenzies of Gairloch, a branch of the Clan Mackenzie.

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Background

History

The castle was constructed in the 1590s for John Roy Mackenzie, IV of Gairloch. In 1619, Mackenzie received a charter under the Great Seal of Scotland for Kinkell to be included in his barony of Gairloch and for Kinkell to be its chief messuage. His coat of arms and those of his first wife are above the mantlepiece in the great hall. From 1968, the castle was restored by the pop artist Gerald Laing and used as the Back Isle Bronze Age foundry for bronze casting. He died in 2011 and it has since been maintained by his son. The castle has been A listed by Historic Scotland since March 25, 1971.

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