Inverey Castle (4)
The surviving wall is the east wall, with what was obviously the house's main entrance in the centre (another non-fortified feature).  The line of stones on the left are where someone has recently and conveniently indicated the line of the west wall - the stone from which, has doubtless been built into the cottages of Inverey.  The building was 17 meters long and constructed of random masonry with rubble infilling bonded with lime mortar.  Canmore states that there was 'No evidence of vaults (or) rafter socket holes&quot;, although there is clearly a line of joist holes in the wall on the right.

Inverey was owned by the Farquharsons, one of the more unruly Highland clans of that time and often known as the Fighting Farquharsons - for good reason!  

(Farquharson incidentally, is pronounced &quot;Farkerson&quot;, not Far-kw-har-son!)  

The Farquharsons of Inverey stem from the chiefly line of the family, the Farquharsons of Invercauld.
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