See CANMORE. Severely eroded with coastal undercutting at HWM. There is a curtain wall 20 metres north of the tower house - ie to seaward - that sits on a near vertical crag of sandstone. The base of the crag is being undercut at the HWM. The curtain wall is heavily covered in ivy. The tower-house is relatively intact on 3 sides but has lost its west wall and is open on that side.
Location
263190.00
863810.00
27700
57.6433754
-4.2936440
Submitted photographs
Image
Date
Caption
User
21/01/2013
East wall of tower. Looking W
evelix
21/01/2013
General view of location, looking N
evelix
21/01/2013
Terrace and curtain wall, looking N
evelix
21/01/2013
Interior of tower, looking E
evelix
21/01/2013
South wall of tower - note severe cracking. Looking W
evelix
21/01/2013
Towerhouse from the beach of Cromarty Firth, looking S
evelix
21/01/2013
View from the beach. Track leadsupthe slope from the group of people to right of picture. Looking SE
evelix
21/01/2013
Castlecraig undercutting
RichardJ
21/01/2013
Castlecraig from the shoreline
RichardJ
21/01/2013
Castlecraig curtain wall
RichardJ
Submitted updates
Update id
Date
User
656
21/01/2013
RichardJ
Tidal state
Low
Site located?
Yes
Proximity to coast edge
< 10m
Coastally eroding?
active sea erosion
Threats
vegetation growth; structural damage/decay
Visibility above ground
Highly visible (substantial remains)
Access
accessible on foot (footpath)
Local knowledge
is well known; is well visited; has local associations/history
Description
See CANMORE. Severely eroded with coastal undercutting at HWM. There is a curtain wall 20 metres north of the tower house - ie to seaward - that sits on a near vertical crag of sandstone. The base of the crag is being undercut at the HWM. The curtain wall is heavily covered in ivy. The tower-house is relatively intact on 3 sides but has lost its west wall and is open on that side.
Some sort of rock armour or gabion cages are needed along the HWM where the base of the crag meets the beach to reduce the risk of further undercutting.
Reassign to priority 2
Comments
There are some rough dressed stones on the beach that may have come from the curtain wall