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Kilravock Castle. Kilravock Castle (pronounced Kilrawk [1]) is located near the village of Croy, between Inverness and Nairn, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. [2] It was begun around 1460 and has been the seat of the Clan Rose since that time. The castle is a composite of a 15th-century tower house and several later additions. [3]
The first municipal building in Nairn was an old tolbooth which was built on land donated by Hugh Rose of Kilravock Castle [2] in the late 16th century. [3] The covenanter, Thomas Ross, after being accused of keeping conventicles, was imprisoned in the tolbooth in 1675. [4]
This is evidenced by pieces of pictish jewelry from around 800AD which have been found in the area, many of which are displayed at the Inverness Museum [4] and the National Museum of Scotland. [5] Kilravock Castle, the seat of the Clan Rose is located 1 mile (2 kilometres) from the village.
There are approximately 47,400 listed buildings in Scotland, of which around 8% (some 3,800) are Category A. [4] The council area of Highland is the largest in Scotland, covering 30,659 square kilometres (11,838 sq mi), and it has a population of around 220,500. There are 185 Category A listed buildings in the area.
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John Kilravock took the infant and her mother to Kilravock Castle to protect them from being murdered by her uncles and secure marriage to his Grandson. This plan was defeated by Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll who as Justice General in Scotland had John Kilravock charged with a crime and demanded 800 merks or the delivery of the infant ...
Category C: "buildings of local importance; lesser examples of any period, style, or building type, as originally constructed or moderately altered; and simple traditional buildings which group well with other listed buildings." [1] In March 2016 there were 47,288 listed buildings in Scotland. Of these, 8% were Category A, and 50% were Category ...
There are larger numbers of extant qualifying structures from 1200 onwards and separate lists for 13th-century castles and religious buildings are provided. As the oldest buildings in many of the council areas in the more urbanised Central Belt date from after the 14th century, a separate list showing oldest buildings by council area is provided.