Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Darnaway Castle

Darnaway Castle, seat of the Earl of Moray, 3½ miles SW. of Forres, Elginshire; P.O., called Darnaway; is a large castellated pile, built about 1810, and is connected with a curious old arched hall, supposed to be a portion of the hunting-lodge of Thomas Randolph, first Earl of Moray. Darnaway Forest lies to the S. of the castle, along the banks of the Findhorn.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Moray ScoCnty
Place names: DARNAWAY     |     DARNAWAY CASTLE
Place: Darnaway

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