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Remains of castle first mentioned in 1568, and dating from the 15th or 16th century, and a mid-19th century cottage. It is a 3-storey, small, roofless, L-plan towerhouse on a naturally mounded site with traces of a retaining wall to the south. It is constructed of harl pointed rubble with roughly tooled sandstone dressings. There is a narrow doorway in the south elevation with a relieving arch. It originally extended further east, but and a later single-storey addition to east, which incorporates part of the enclosing north wall, replaced the most eastern part. Part of a courtyard wall projects 1.5m from the north-east corner of the extension. It reappears as a stretch of foundation 8.5m to the east, and is visible for approximately 11 m. The ruined tower and west wing survive to a height of circa 8 m (26 ft). The tower itself is a square stair-tower, projecting from the North wall with the re-entrant angle in the north-west. These were repaired in the 1880s. Inside, there is a vaulted undercroft that presumably held the kitchen, and has a mural hearth in the West wall. There is also a first floor hall. With the exception of part of the north wall and the west wing, the main building has been destroyed. It was formally situated at the West end of a small loch, but it is now drained. The castle is also known as 'Findochty' or 'House of Findochty'. A masked skewputt, probably 16th century, and from the castle, has been re-used on the Mains of Findochty farm steading circa 40 m to the north. The cottage is a small sing-storey, 3-bay cottage that is constructed from whitewashed rubble, probably salvaged from the castle. It has a centre entrance in a small gabled porch, small flanking windows, end stacks and a pantiled roof.
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Historic Environment Records (HER) 
Moray
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NJ46NE0002 - FINDOCHTY CASTLE