Forfar Castle was an 11th-century castle to the west of Forfar

Forfar

Forfar is a parish, town and former royal burgh of approximately 13,500 people in Angus, located in the East Central Lowlands of Scotland. Forfar is the county town of Angus, which was officially known as Forfarshire from the 18th century until 1929, when the ancient name was reinstated, and...

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

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History

The castle was apparently surrounded by water and was used as a royal castle by the Scottish kings Malcolm III

Malcolm III of Scotland

Máel Coluim mac Donnchada , was King of Scots...

, William I

William I of Scotland

William the Lion , sometimes styled William I, also known by the nickname Garbh, "the Rough", reigned as King of the Scots from 1165 to 1214...

 and Alexander II

Alexander II of Scotland

Alexander II was King of Scots from1214 to his death.-Early life:...

. Malcolm used it as a base for raising an army to repel Danish invaders. It was garrisoned by Edward I of England

Edward I of England

Edward I , also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. The first son of Henry III, Edward was involved early in the political intrigues of his father's reign, which included an outright rebellion by the English barons...

, who visited it in 1296. The Scots recaptured it on Christmas Day, 1308, and slaughtered the garrison. After demolition and rebuilding, it had been abandoned by the 1330s.

No trace of the castle remains above ground, although there were remains up to the 17th century.