Balnagown Castle | |
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Coordinates | 57°44′58″N 4°04′50″W / 57.7494°N 4.0806°W |
Listed Building – Category B | |
Designated | 25 March 1971 |
Reference no. | LB7866 |
Designated | 1 July 1987 |
Reference no. | GDL00046 |
Balnagown Castle (also Balnagowan)(Ross Castle) is beside the village of Kildary in Easter Ross, part of the Highland area of Scotland.
There has been a castle on the site since the 14th century, although the present building was remodelled in the 18th and 19th centuries.[1] It is the ancestral home of the Chiefs of Clan Ross, although from the 1970s onwards it was owned by Egyptian-born businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed.
It is protected as a category B listed building,[1] and the grounds are included on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens.[2]