Dingwall Castle (2)
Now these really are the remains of Dingwall Castle, such as they are!  The best description of what remains comes from a 1904 survey of the ruins which states: 

&quot;The remains of this castle are situated in a private garden . . . and consist of a small circular tower about 3.4m in diameter, standing to a height of 2.6m, with walls 0.5m thick.  Attached to the northeast side (right) of the tower is a large block of masonry 3.2m wide and standing to a height of about 3.0m, and on the north-west side of the tower (behind) project the remains of a wall about 1.5m long.  About 7.0m to the west of the tower is a large mass of masonry covered with ivy, probably the remains of a wall.  This stands to a height of about 3.0m but no other measurements could be taken with any degree of certainty.  About 10.0m to the south-west of the tower is the entrance to a small underground barrel vault, measuring 5.0m in length, by 1.8m wide and 1.7m high.&quot; 

The castle stands very close to the Cromarty Firth, and was probably even closer 700 years ago.  There are various reports of defensive ditches being visible at least until a century ago, so it was clearly a strong defensive site for a castle, mostly surrounded by water and probably directly accessible from the sea.
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