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Kinnaird Castle is an unenclosed settlement located 240 metres west of Wood Cottage in Angus, Scotland. The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. Although designated as a castle, the monument represents a form of rural settlement characteristic of medieval and early modern Scotland, where fortification and domestic occupation were integrated into the landscape without surrounding defensive walls or palisades.
The settlement sits upon bedrock of the Arbuttnott-Garvock Group, a Pragian-age formation of sandstone interspersed with conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone. This geology would have influenced both the building materials available locally and the drainage characteristics of the settlement site. The unenclosed nature of the settlement reflects a particular phase of rural occupation in the region, where protection derived from position and social status rather than elaborate earthworks.
The monument survives as a discrete archaeological site within Angus's wider landscape of medieval and early modern rural settlement. Its proximity to Wood Cottage suggests continuity of occupation or use in this locality. The scheduled monument designation recognises its importance for understanding settlement patterns and social organisation in medieval and early modern Angus.
Kinnaird Castle, unenclosed settlement 240m W of Wood Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6397. View the official record →
Kinnaird Castle is an unenclosed settlement located 240 metres west of Wood Cottage in Angus, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6397.
Kinnaird Castle, unenclosed settlement 240m W of Wood Cottage is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM6397.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Boysack, barrow cemetery and enclosure 250m SW of Invergighty Cottage (8.2 km), Balneaves Cottage, cursus and settlement 200m SE of (8.4 km), Douglasmuir, roundhouse, enclosure and pits 560m NNW of (8.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Kinnaird Castle, unenclosed settlement 240m W of Wood Cottage's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Kinnaird Castle, unenclosed settlement 240m W of Wood Cottage stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.