Archaeology Notes

Event ID 661613

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NH65NE 2 6959 5606

(NH 6959 5606) Arkendeith Tower (NR)

OS 6" map, (1959)

All that remained of Arkendeith Tower, in 1885, was "the lower story, consisting of a strong walled square room, with the arched or vaulted roof of the dungeon still intact."

The name Arkendeith is said to mean 'Black John's Ark' - Black John being a reiver.

A J Beaton 1885.

The remains of Arkendeith Tower consist of a small building, 6.0m square, of which only the vaulted basement survives. The S and W walls remain to a height of 2.1m, the N and E as footings only. The walling of roughly coursed masonry varies between 0.7 - 1.0m thick. The entrance is in the W side and there is a window void in the S wall.

Revised at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (N K B) 21 March 1966.