Kindrochit Castle

Kindrochit Castle is an early fortification in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.John Malcolm Bulloch, "Scottish notes and queries", 1887, Scotland] Originally founded by Malcolm Canmore in 1059 AD as a hunting lodge on the banks of the Clunie, ["The Deeside Guide: Descriptive and Traditionary", 1889, L. Smith & Son, Scotland] various authors have puzzled as to the reasons for siting the castle in this wild and remote location.John Malcolm Bulloch, "Scottish notes and queries", 1887, Scotland] C. Michael Hogan has noted that Kindrochit Castle as well as Kildrummy and Durris Castles were likely sited based upon strategic positions relative to the ancient Elsick Mounth trackway, which provided a strategic crossing of the Mounth of the Grampian Mountains. [ [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18037 C. Michael Hogan, "Elsick Mounth", Megalithic Portal, editor: Andy Burnham (2007)] ]

ee also

*Braemar

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