Archaeology Notes

Event ID 713705

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT27SW 11 22706 70274

(NT 2270 7027) Craiglockhart Castle (NR) (remains of)

OS 1:10,000 map, (1973)

Craiglockhart Castle, a small 15th century tower, is now roofless and ruinous. It is oblong on plan, measuring 28 1/2' N-S by 24 1/2' over walls 5' thick at base. The walls of freestone, stand 30' high and indicate that there were four storeys.

D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92; RCAHMS 1929.

No change to previous information.

Visited by OS (B S) 8 December 1975.