Dirlot Castle (8 of 8)
Details of the ownership of Dirlot are sketchy.  &quot;It is said to have been held in the fourteenth century by Donald Cheyne, one of the scions of that family, long so powerful in the North&quot;, however I would suspect it was built later than that and that the Cheynes owned the land rather than the castle.  We also read that &quot;In 1464 it was in the hands of George Gunn, Crumer or Crown representative, and head of the Clan Gunn&quot;, but I think this is equally improbable, and that 'Crouner Gunn', as we recently saw, was resident at Halberry at that time.  Perhaps he used it for hunting.  Other suggestions are that the Mackays and Sutherlands have owned it.  We just don't seem to know!

I liked this place a lot.  The tower was probably only 2, or at most 3 storeys, but in this flat country, it would have been prominent for miles around and had an equally long view.
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