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Castle, still in use. There is reportedly a motte on the site, but the current castle was built in the 15th century for the Ogilvies of Inverquharity, who acquired the lands in 1403. In 1444, James II gave licence to Alexander Ogilvy to fortify his house, including inserting an iron yett. It remained the house of the Ogilvies until circa 1680, when the castle became disused. The east wing was later demolished, and probably used to a source of stone for farm buildings. It is shown on 1st and 2nd edition OS maps as a rectangular building, with a smaller rectangular building to the south-east. The main block of the castle was restored and a new east wing added in 1970-2 by Cunningham, Jack, Fisher, Purdom, architects. It is shown on current maps as an L-plan castle, and the rectangular building to the south-east has been mostly removed. It is a four-storey tower-house, constructed with ashlar. There is a corbelled wallhead parapet with battlements, angle bartizans, machicolations, cannon water spouts and a gabled crow-stepped caphouse. The re-entrant angle has a pointed-arch doorway containing the iron yet. Two of the floors inside are vaulted. During the 20th century rebuilding of the wing, a well was discovered on the ground floor. It is 1 metre (3.3 feet) in diameter and 15 metres (49 feet) deep, and is covered by an iron grid. An early glass bottle was discovered in the well, and is now in Forfar Museum.
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Historic Environment Records (HER) 
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NO45NW0003 - INVERQUHARITY CASTLE