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Red Castle, seat, Killearnan par., Ross and Cromarty, on N. shore of Beauly Firth, 6½ miles NW. of Inverness; claims to be the oldest inhabited castle in Scotland, having been originally built in 1179 by David, brother of William the Lion.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "seat" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Killeranan Parish Ross and Cromarty County |
| Place: | Redcastle |
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