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Red Castle is a thirteenth-century castle situated on a rocky promontory in Lunan Bay, Angus, in the east of Scotland. The castle consists of a substantial stone keep with curtain walling, representing a significant example of medieval Scottish military architecture from the High Medieval period. Built to command the coastal approaches and harbour facilities of Lunan Bay, it served defensive and administrative functions for the lordship of the area. The monument remains an important archaeological site documenting the development of castle-building in medieval Scotland and the strategic importance of the Angus coastline during the medieval period.
Red Castle,Lunan Bay is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2925. View the official record →
Red Castle is a thirteenth-century castle situated on a rocky promontory in Lunan Bay, Angus, in the east of Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2925.
Red Castle,Lunan Bay 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 SM2925.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Raesmill Burn, unenclosed settlement 300m ESE of Anniston Mill (2.8 km), St Murdoch's Chapel, church and burial ground (3.5 km), Ethie Mains,fort 750m SE of (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Red Castle,Lunan Bay'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.
Red Castle,Lunan Bay stands on Paleozoic volcanic rocks, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic-intermediate undivided volcanic rocks.