Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dunachton

Dunachton, a barony in Alvie parish, Inverness-shire, 1 ¼ mile SW of Kincraig station. It passed by marriage, about 1500, from the M`Nivens to the Mackintoshes; and had a castle, burned in 1689, and never rebuilt.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a barony"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Alvie ScoP       Inverness Shire ScoCnty
Place: Dunachton

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