Daviot Castle

Daviot Castle was a 15th-century castle, about 6 mi south east of Inverness, Highland, Scotland, and west of the River Nairn at Daviot.

The alternative name is Strathnairn Castle

History
A castle was built at the property by the Moravia family.

The later castle was constructed by the Lindsay Earls of Crawford, probably David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford. The Mackintoshes acquired it and built the house nearby.

Structure
Daviot Castle had both a keep and a courtyard. It is thought that it occupied the flat top of the small promontory which runs north from the present Daviot House. There were steep natural slopes defending it to the north, west and east. There were a dry-ditch and draw-bridge, probably to the south, but there is now no trace of this ditch. A tower of mortared masonry still existed around 1900. Its internal diameter was 4.1 m.

Finally the castle was destroyed to provide lime for agriculture.


 * Castles in Great Britain and Ireland
 * List of castles in Scotland