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Brahan Castle stood about four miles south-west of Dingwall. It was built in the 17th century as a stronghold of the Earls of Seaforth, the chiefs of the Clan MacKenzie. Kenneth MacKenzie, the Brahan Seer, worked on the estate. After enraging the lady of the house by revealing that her husband was being unfaithful to her, Kenneth MacKenzie was accused of witchcraft and burned in a barrel of tar. Before his death he predicted the downfall of the MacKenzies. By the end of the 18th century his predictions had been fulfilled. Brahan Castle was destroyed in 1953 and some of the stone used to build the Conon Bridge

This photograph is from the book 'Picturesque Ross-shire, Strathpeffer and Dingwall' published in Dingwall, circa 1900

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