NARRATIVE
ON PRINT - The
siege of Redcastle in 1579, and the acts of
violence which followed later, resulting in
the burning of part of the buildings, must
have made the castle to a considerable extent
ruinous. The barony, with the castle, became
the property of Ruthven of Gardyne before
the middle of the seventeenth century ; it
was subsequently in the hands of the Earl
of Northesk ; but was purchased by the Countess,
lady Mary Hamilton, for the Panmure estate
in 1724.
The castle, or a part of it, is said to have
been roofed down to about 1770. Its last occupant
was the Rev. James Rait, who was minister
of Inverkeilor at the Revolution. (Notes by
George Hay, 1883)
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