The stone and oak beams were ferried over the River Beauly to a new site.

Rory Mackenzie, a nephew of Thomas Fraser, 2nd Lord Lovat, and later the father of Murdo Mackenzie of Fairburn, was staying and he rescued the Fraser charter chest from the flames.

Thomas, Lord Lovat enlarged the orchard, and planted elms, planes, and ash trees.

He built a dyke planted with aspen trees around the green, and repaired the castle chapel which was dedicated to St Laurence.

[3] In the autumn of 1634 a man cutting withies in the orchard of Lovat Castle found an earthenware pot filled with gold coins and rings.