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Archaeology Notes
NN79NE 1.00 NN 76473 99756
NN79NE 1.01 NN 76431 99770 Stables
(NN 76439977) Ruthven Barracks (in ruins)
On Site of Ruthven Castle (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
The site is an alluvial mound. There was a fortress on it during the 14th century and probably earlier. In the 16th century, another castle was built here; this was destroyed in 1689 but seems to have been rebuilt before 1715. The Barracks were erected by the government in 1718 for a garrison, but were burnt by fugitives from Culloden in 1746 and never repaired. No trace of the earlier works survived.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887.
Ruthven Barracks, generally as described and planned by MacGibbon and Ross, now being restored by the MoW.
Visited by OS (N K B) 31 November 1967.
The excavation archive from Ruthven Barracks has been catalogued. It consists of the site daybook, negatives, slides and publication drawings, plus copies of publication drafts.
Historic Scotland Archive Project (SW) 2001
Architecture Notes
REFERENCE
Ruthven Barracks stood hard by Kingussie, a village and a parish in the Badenoch district of S.E.Inverness-shire, occupying a conical mound one and a quarter mile S by E of the village and on the other, or right, bank of the River Spey. The distance is stated as 44 and a half miles from Inverness and 50 E.N.E. of Fort William.
The Barracks, according to Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer, were built by the Government in 1718, and were burned by fugitives from Culloden in 1746.
In the National Library of Scotland is a series of Military Maps and Drawings (many coloured) of the Board of Ordnance and of the 18th Century. In the Index Volume No.1852 it is recorded that in 1928 the guardianship of the buidings was offered the Commissioners of H.M.Works, but was declined. In Case or Volume No.1648 are the following Drawings:-
Number. Year.
Z.3/18. No date. Small scale Plans, Sections, and Elevations of the four Barracks of Killiwhiman, Inversnait, Ruthven of Badenoch, and Bernera, with Explanations. Scale 30 Feet to an Inch. There are copies. Also indexed under the names mentioned besides Ruthven.
Z.3/19. 1719. "Plan showing situation of the barrack at Ruthven in Badenoch Anne 1719", and surrounding Country. Scale 10 Feet to an Inch. There is a copy.
Z.3/20. No date. "Ruthvan of Badenock" Plan, Sections & Elevations of Barracks. With Explanation. Scale 10 Feet to an Inch. There is also a small scale Engraving.
David Macgibbon and Thomas Ross, in "The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland" give a Plan of these Barrack and Stable buildings, as an example of a fortification of that late period, with a sketch, in pen and ink, from the South-West. They state there is no vestige of any earlier building or castle on the mound.
National Library - Country Life 6th April 1945 - photograph.
National Library of Scotland: Nattes Drawings. 1 Drawing, Vol IV No 20.
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References
Breeze, D J (2002 )
People and places: the men, women and places that made Scottish history,
Edinburgh, 82-3,
Close-Brooks, J (1995 a)
The Highlands,
Exploring Scotland's Heritage series, ed. by Anna Ritchie, Edinburgh, (no. 42), 65, 93, 96-7, 98, 2nd
Cordiner, C (1795 )
Remarkable ruins and romantic prospects of north Britain with ancient monuments and singular subjects of natural history,
London,
Cox, E (1998 )
'Ruthven in Badenoch: the excavation of a Highland garrison',
Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 128, 2, 1998, 1105-1119,
Cruden, S (1963 a)
The Scottish castle,
Studies in History and Archaeology series. Revision, Edinburgh, 235-7,
Gifford, J (1992 )
Highland and Islands,
The buildings of Scotland series, London, 98-9,
MacGibbon and Ross, D and T (1887-92 )
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries,
5v, Edinburgh, Vol. 2, 463-7,
Salmond, J B (1938 )
Wade in Scotland,
New and enlarged, Edinburgh, 74-81,
Scottish Country Life ( )
V.1 (1914) to v.8 (1921) (+ index); also v.15 (1928) to v.17 (1930) held. Issue for December 1930 missing.
an illustrated monthly journal of outdoor life and sport, Glasgow, Vol VI, No 7, July 1919, p297,
Stell, G (1973 )
'Highland garrisons 1717-23: Bernera Barracks',
Post-Medieval Archaeol, 7, 1973, 20-30,
Archaeology Notes
NN79NE 28 c.76 99
NN 76 99 (centre) David II silver groat. Found at the military barracks at Ruthven, Kingussie. Acc. no. INVMG 2003.0093.
P Weeks 2003
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References
Weeks, P (2003 c)
'Ruthven Barracks (Kingussie & Insh parish), coin',
Discovery Excav Scot, 4, 2003, 89,
NN79NE 1.00 NN 76473 99756
NN79NE 1.01 NN 76431 99770 Stables
(NN 76439977) Ruthven Barracks (in ruins)
On Site of Ruthven Castle (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
The site is an alluvial mound. There was a fortress on it during the 14th century and probably earlier. In the 16th century, another castle was built here; this was destroyed in 1689 but seems to have been rebuilt before 1715. The Barracks were erected by the government in 1718 for a garrison, but were burnt by fugitives from Culloden in 1746 and never repaired. No trace of the earlier works survived.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887.
Ruthven Barracks, generally as described and planned by MacGibbon and Ross, now being restored by the MoW.
Visited by OS (N K B) 31 November 1967.
The excavation archive from Ruthven Barracks has been catalogued. It consists of the site daybook, negatives, slides and publication drawings, plus copies of publication drafts.
Historic Scotland Archive Project (SW) 2001
Architecture Notes
REFERENCE
Ruthven Barracks stood hard by Kingussie, a village and a parish in the Badenoch district of S.E.Inverness-shire, occupying a conical mound one and a quarter mile S by E of the village and on the other, or right, bank of the River Spey. The distance is stated as 44 and a half miles from Inverness and 50 E.N.E. of Fort William.
The Barracks, according to Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer, were built by the Government in 1718, and were burned by fugitives from Culloden in 1746.
In the National Library of Scotland is a series of Military Maps and Drawings (many coloured) of the Board of Ordnance and of the 18th Century. In the Index Volume No.1852 it is recorded that in 1928 the guardianship of the buidings was offered the Commissioners of H.M.Works, but was declined. In Case or Volume No.1648 are the following Drawings:-
Number. Year.
Z.3/18. No date. Small scale Plans, Sections, and Elevations of the four Barracks of Killiwhiman, Inversnait, Ruthven of Badenoch, and Bernera, with Explanations. Scale 30 Feet to an Inch. There are copies. Also indexed under the names mentioned besides Ruthven.
Z.3/19. 1719. "Plan showing situation of the barrack at Ruthven in Badenoch Anne 1719", and surrounding Country. Scale 10 Feet to an Inch. There is a copy.
Z.3/20. No date. "Ruthvan of Badenock" Plan, Sections & Elevations of Barracks. With Explanation. Scale 10 Feet to an Inch. There is also a small scale Engraving.
David Macgibbon and Thomas Ross, in "The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland" give a Plan of these Barrack and Stable buildings, as an example of a fortification of that late period, with a sketch, in pen and ink, from the South-West. They state there is no vestige of any earlier building or castle on the mound.
National Library - Country Life 6th April 1945 - photograph.
National Library of Scotland: Nattes Drawings. 1 Drawing, Vol IV No 20.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
References
Breeze, D J (2002 )
People and places: the men, women and places that made Scottish history,
Edinburgh, 82-3,
Close-Brooks, J (1995 a)
The Highlands,
Exploring Scotland's Heritage series, ed. by Anna Ritchie, Edinburgh, (no. 42), 65, 93, 96-7, 98, 2nd
Cordiner, C (1795 )
Remarkable ruins and romantic prospects of north Britain with ancient monuments and singular subjects of natural history,
London,
Cox, E (1998 )
'Ruthven in Badenoch: the excavation of a Highland garrison',
Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 128, 2, 1998, 1105-1119,
Cruden, S (1963 a)
The Scottish castle,
Studies in History and Archaeology series. Revision, Edinburgh, 235-7,
Gifford, J (1992 )
Highland and Islands,
The buildings of Scotland series, London, 98-9,
MacGibbon and Ross, D and T (1887-92 )
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries,
5v, Edinburgh, Vol. 2, 463-7,
Salmond, J B (1938 )
Wade in Scotland,
New and enlarged, Edinburgh, 74-81,
Scottish Country Life ( )
V.1 (1914) to v.8 (1921) (+ index); also v.15 (1928) to v.17 (1930) held. Issue for December 1930 missing.
an illustrated monthly journal of outdoor life and sport, Glasgow, Vol VI, No 7, July 1919, p297,
Stell, G (1973 )
'Highland garrisons 1717-23: Bernera Barracks',
Post-Medieval Archaeol, 7, 1973, 20-30,
Archaeology Notes
NN79NE 28 c.76 99
NN 76 99 (centre) David II silver groat. Found at the military barracks at Ruthven, Kingussie. Acc. no. INVMG 2003.0093.
P Weeks 2003
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
References
Weeks, P (2003 c)
'Ruthven Barracks (Kingussie & Insh parish), coin',
Discovery Excav Scot, 4, 2003, 89,