Lochslin Castle (1)
It is unusual for farmers to leave good flat arable land uncultivated.  There's usually a reason.  In this case, the strip of unused land contains the remains of a tower-house.  So little of it remains that finding it without a drone would have been time consuming and tiresome, but as it was, it was quite easy.  It is NOT the pile of stones you see here in the foreground, which appears to be cart loads of dumped stone, presumably cleared off nearby fields.  The castle remains are at the far end of this strip.

I am 4-1/2 miles ESE of the town of Tain, in the former county of Ross-shire, parked beside a minor road at the east end of Loch Aye - which used to be known as Lochslin, or Lochslyne.  

The castle is sometimes referred to as Eracht.


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