Archaeology Notes

Event ID 713571

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT27SW 1.00 21068 74272

NT27SW 1.01 NT 210 742 Garden

NT27SW 1.02 NT 21138 74359 Lodge

NT27SW 1.03 NT 21135 74254 Outhouses/Fernery

(NT 2107 7426) Craigcrook Castle (NR) While there is almost certainly older work incorporated, the main part of Craigcrook Castle seems to date from the early 17th century, with later additions. Excluding the modern extensions to N and E, it consists of a main block, 60' x 20', the towers attached, 3 storeys high. The windows have been enlarged. Internally, the ground floor was vaulted, as is the upper floor of the round tower. This amount of vaulting suggests a date of construction earlier that the first half of the 17th century, so it is probably that the extensive rebuilding of that time was superimposed on an earlier fortalice.

A 17th century wall still encloses the garden, the pediment of the archway is dated 1626

RCAHMS 1929, visited 1921; N Tranter 1962-70.

No change to previous information.

Visited by OS (BS) 2 December 1975.