Castle Spynie

Nearest town:
Inverness (12km ENE)
OS reference:
NH54144204
OS sheet:
26
Latitude:
57° 26' 42.93 N
Longitude:
4° 25' 50.56 W
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Images

Image of Castle Spynie (Broch) by drewbhoy

This photo gives a fair idea of how wide and massive this dun was. (I thought it could have been a broch, but the amount of stone fallen around seems to indicate a dun to me)

Image credit: drew/A/J/B/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Apr 23, 2019
Image of Castle Spynie (Broch) by drewbhoy

A wee crawl under some jabby stuff found more built wall.

Image credit: drew/A/J/B/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Apr 23, 2019
Image of Castle Spynie (Broch) by drewbhoy

We walk on top of the walls to enter the dun/broch proper.

Image credit: drew/A/J/B/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Apr 23, 2019
Image of Castle Spynie (Broch) by drewbhoy

Some the stone is properly hence the confusion between dun or broch.

Image credit: drew/A/J/B/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Apr 23, 2019

Articles

Castle Spynie

thelonious
thelonious May 6, 2019

13/04/2019 – Easiest way to this site is from the road to the east and south. To link this up with the other two hillforts to the west turns an OKish walk into a bit of a prehistory orienteering course.

We started from the west at Belladrum. Good parking at the track entrance. Using this track for as long as we could, we then went off road to climb Cnoc an Uird. Tough going. Then north east to Castle Spynie. Better underfoot here. Nice walking in open woodland.

I really liked this one. Once thought of as a broch but probably a dun. It’s not the biggest but it’s on a fine little knoll. Plenty of stones everywhere. The location is lovely amongst the trees. A little bit secretive. Nice place for a sit on a sunny day.

We then headed back west to visit the two hillforts, Phoineas and Dun Mor. Tricky walk between them. Lots of tracks but none really going in the direction we wanted. Bash, bash and a bit more bash, not to mention a deer fence as well. All good fun (sort of).

It all made for a great walk and a lovely day out with Drew, Mrs Drew & Bess. Even had a ice cream in Beauly to finish off with, felt a bit like summer apart from the chilly wind.

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