The radiocarbon test gave a possible date of construction during Agricola campaign.
Earl Cawdor | John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor | Cawdor | John Campbell of Cawdor |
Both Tamara Mellon and Isabella Cawdor (née Stanhope) were former assistants.
Since its restoration by the Cawdor family in 1855, its highbacked old pews have disappeared and its Norman windows have been replaced by those of later Gothic design.
Ownership of the castle passed to the Vaughan and Cawdor families, and from the 18th century it started to attract artists (Turner sketched the castle in 1798).
It was operational between 1944 and 1992 being used by both the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy before the site was turned over to the British Army and was named Cawdor Barracks.