Badenoch and Strathspey Places of Interest

Built in 1717 on the order of Alexander Grant of Castle Grant in response to a petition from local inhabitants for a safe crossing of the River Dulnain for funeral parties going to Duthil Kirkyard. more

On 1 May 1690 the Jacobite force of MacDonalds, Macleans, Camerons, MacPhersons and Grants of Invermoriston were camped on the Haughs of Cromdale. A surprise attack by Sir Thomas Livingstone, Commande... more

The seat of the Clan Grant, stands alone in wooded policies a 1.5 miles to the north of Grantown-on-Spey, the new town founded by Sir James Grant in 1765. Until 1694 it was known as Balachastell, &quo... more

On the northern edge of Nethy Bridge, the castle may have been built soon after 1226 by James, son of the Earl of Mar, to whom Alexander II had granted the lordship of Abernethy. One of the oldest cas... more

The castle is first recorded when John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, died there about 1303. The structure is considerably older and was probably built between 1258 and 1275. In September 1303 Edward I stay... more