Castle Roy

Castle Roy is a 13th-century courtyard castle built to overlook the Spey valley near Nethy Bridge. In 2011, the castle was showing signs of structural distress requiring swift intervention. FAS Heritage were brought in to undertake a range of investigations required as part of the rescue package. A pre-intervention photographic and measured survey of the castle was completed, and geotechnical sondages and two phases of foundation consolidation were monitored by archaeological watching brief. An evaluation trench was also excavated to enhance understanding of the original form of the castle at the western corner. The fabric of the castle has now been consolidated following an extensive programme of masonry repair and visitor access works.