Fortar Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Castle.

Fortar Castle

WRENN ID
old-bronze-reed
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 June 1971
Type
Castle
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Fortar Castle is a ruin of a four-storey L-plan tower house that features a vaulted basement and projecting angle turrets. It was sacked in 1640 by the Marquis of Argyll and is remembered in the ballad "Bonnie House of Airlie."

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