{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{infobox military installation |name = Forfar Castle |native_name = |partof = |location = |image = |caption = |map_type = Scotland Angus |map_size = |map_alt = |map_caption = |type = |coordinates = {{coord|56.646|-2.890|type:landmark|display=inline, title}} |code = |built = 11th century |builder = |materials = |height = |used = |demolished = |condition = |ownership = |open_to_public = |controlledby = |garrison = |current_commander = |commanders = |occupants = |battles = |events = |image2 = |caption2 = }}
'''Forfar Castle''' was an 11th-century castle<ref name=VisitAngus>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitangus.com/info/20016/forfar/3/forfar/2|title=Royal Forfarr|work=Visit Angus|publisher=Angus Council|accessdate=2015-09-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309085433/https://www.visitangus.com/info/20016/forfar/3/forfar/2|archive-date=2016-03-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> to the west of Forfar, Scotland.<ref name=Coventry>Coventry, Martin (2001). ''The Castles of Scotland''. Musselburgh: Goblinshead. p. 218. {{ISBN|1-899874-26-7}}</ref>
==History== The castle was apparently surrounded by water and was used as a royal castle by the Scottish kings Malcolm III, William I and Alexander II.<ref name=Coventry/> Malcolm used it as a base for raising an army to repel Danish invaders.<ref name=VisitAngus/> The castle was surrendered to the English and was garrisoned by Edward I of England, who visited it in 1296. In 1306, King Robert I of Scotland captured the castle and burned it. Subsequently, the castle was rebuilt by the English and was in English hands until the Scots, led by Philp the Forester of Platan, recaptured it on Christmas Day, 1308, and slaughtered the garrison. After demolition and rebuilding in 1308, the castle was destroyed again in 1313 and was abandoned by the 1330s.<ref name=Coventry/>
No trace of the castle remains above ground, although there were remains up to the 17th century.<ref name=Coventry/>
==References== <references/>
;General *[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/33763/details/forfar+castle+hill/ Forfar, Castle Hill] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020003745/http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/33763/details/forfar+castle+hill/ |date=20 October 2012 }}—Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland listing
Category:History of Angus, Scotland Category:Castles in Angus, Scotland Category:Former castles in Scotland
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