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Nothing remains of the castle. It is now the site of farm buildings at Wester Lovat. The castle was dismantled for building materials in 1671. The stone and oak beams were ferried over the
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In the autumn of 1634 a man cutting withies in the orchard of Lovat Castle found an earthenware pot filled with gold coins and rings. It was thought the treasure was brought to Lovat by
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and installed a great oaken entrance gate. He built a dyke planted with aspen trees around the green, and repaired the castle chapel which was dedicated to St Laurence.
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was said to have fortified the courtyard of Lovat during the reign of
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There was a fire at Lovat around 1505. Rory Mackenzie, a nephew of
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Kirkhill
Beauly
Highlands
Scotland
Kirkhill
Beauly
River Beauly
Bissets
Fraser
Simon Fraser
River Beauly
Thomas Fraser, 2nd Lord Lovat
Fairburn
Hugh Fraser, 3rd Lord Lovat
James V
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Elizabeth Stewart
Hugh Fraser, 5th Lord Lovat
"Site of Lovat Castle"
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