Adam's Castle
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Adam's Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Canmore ID 36780
Site Number NO87NE 5
NGR NO 8637 7572
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/36780
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Kinneff
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
NO87NE 5 8637 7572.
(NO 8637 7572) Adam's Castle (NR) (site of)
OS 1:10000 map (1974)
Listed.
Scottish Castle Survey 1988; N Bogdan and I B D Bryce 1991.
Field Visit (March 1982)
Adam's Castle NO 863 757 NO87NE 5
Nothing is visible of the 'stronghold' noted on a coastal promontory 500m S of Hallhill farmhouse; it was 'very much like' Castle of Cadden (NO87SE 3) 'but much larger'.
RCAHMS 1982, visited March 1982
(Stat. Acct., vi, 1793, 208; Name Book, Kincardine, No. 13, p. 46)