Balnagown Castle

Balnagown Castle (also Balnagowan)(Ross Castle) is beside the village of Kildary in Easter Ross, part of the Highland area of Scotland.

Balnagown Castle
Coordinates57.7494°N 4.0806°W / 57.7494; -4.0806
Listed Building – Category B
Designated25 March 1971
Reference no.LB7866
Designated1 July 1987
Reference no.GDL00046
Location in Highland

There has been a castle on the site since the 14th century, although the present building was remodelled in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is the ancestral home of the Chiefs of Clan Ross, although from the 1970s onwards it was owned by Egyptian-born businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed.

It is protected as a category B listed building, and the grounds are included on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens.

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