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About this place
Foulis Castle stands two miles south-west of Evanton in Ross and Cromarty, the ancestral seat of Clan Munro since the twelfth century or earlier.
It is a whitewashed mansion built around an older tower house, its walls still pierced with gun loops from more troubled times.
An 11th-century motte survives in the grounds as the site's first fortification.
The castle remains a private family home and can only be visited by appointment.
It is one of the few Highland clan seats still occupied by the family that has held it for close to a thousand years.
History
Clan Munro held Foulis from the twelfth century or earlier. An 11th-century motte, thought to be the site's first fortification, still survives in the grounds. The present mansion grew up around an older tower house, folding centuries of building into one structure. The clan chiefship continues in the family today.
Architecture
The castle is a whitewashed mansion that incorporates an earlier tower house, with gun loops surviving from its defensive origins.
Worth knowing
Foulis Castle is the historic seat of the Munro clan chiefs, a line traced back through the Munro Tree genealogy and still held by the family.
Plan your visit
Nearest station: Dingwall Rail Station (4.1 miles)
Open by appointment only; at least 3 weeks' notice required.
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Within 10 miles of Foulis Castle there are 2 historic properties, including 1 church and 1 historic house, across Historic Houses and Historic Environment Scotland sites.
Within 20 miles of Foulis Castle there are 11 historic properties, including 2 historic buildings, 2 churchs and 2 historic houses, across Historic Environment Scotland, Historic Houses and National Trust for Scotland sites.
Facts
A Highland clan seat still lived in by the same family that built it nearly a thousand years ago.
- Type
- historic house
- Location
- Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
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