Ruthven Barracks Mound:: OS grid NN7699 :: Geograph British Isles

NN7699 : Ruthven Barracks Mound

near to Ruthven, Highland, Great Britain

Ruthven Barracks Mound

Is the site of Ruthven Hanoverian Barracks natural or artificial? Some hold that it is a natural relic formed by the retreat of the glaciers at the end of the last ice age. Others believe the mound to be an artificial motte constructed c.1229 as the base for the Castle of Ruthven, the seat of the Cummings, Lords of Badenoch. This castle was destroyed in 1451 and rebuild eight years later. The second castle was badly damaged in 1689. Completed in 1721 Fort Ruthven, the present barracks, housed a company of Hanoverian infantry. It was destroyed by the Jacobites in 1746 and has been derelict ever since.

Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]

year taken

2002

Find out how to reuse this Image For example on your webpage, blog, a forum, or Wikipedia.
	Start a discussion on NN7699		Suggest an Update to this Image		Contact the contributor

1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright

TIP: Click the map to open OS Get-a-Map
Change to interactive Map >

Grid Square: NN7699, 40 images (more nearby)
Photographer: John S Ross (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Thursday, 24 October, 2002 (more nearby)
Submitted: Saturday, 7 April, 2007
Category: Motte (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: NN 764 997 [100m precision]
WGS84: 57:4.3011N 4:2.4185W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: NN 764 995
View Direction: NORTH (about 0 degrees)