Archaeology Notes
Event ID 723289
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NT85SE 1.00 88910 54929
(NT 88910 54929) Hutton Castle (NR)
(Restored)
OS 1:10,000 map, 1982.
NT85SE 1.01 NT 88544 54698 West Lodge
NT85SE 1.02 NT 89284 54424 East Lodge
NT85SE 1.03 NT 88698 54834 Walled Garden
See also:
NT95SW 86 90394 54752 Hutton Castle Mill
Hutton Castle or Hall has been much added to and altered throughout the centuries. At its S end is the original small square fortalice, 3 storeys high, with a circular stair-tower at its NE angle. MacGibbon and Ross date this keep as probably 16th century, but Tranter states its age is unknown, but certainly pre-15th century. The tower itself is possibly a 16th century addition, a gun-loop of that period opening therein.(N Tranter 1962). The ground floor is vaulted, as is that of the large range to the N; this, now much altered, was built in 1573. The extensions have converted the place into a courtyard, open to the S. Traces of walls have been lately found, showing that the courtyard extended further outwards than now, and it was enclosed. The whole place was semi-ruinous at some time last century.(D MacGibbon and T Ross 1892) The castle was well protected to the NE by the Whiteadder; 60-70 yds SW of the castle, a ravine partly protects it. Between the ravine and the house, and 40-50 yds from the latter, are the remains of a dry ditch and mound, which doubtless continued round the site to complete the defences. Possibly this ditch is part of the works within which Edward I lay with his army the night before he took Berwick in 1296.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1892; N Tranter 1962.
Hutton Castle is generally as described. There is no evidence of the ditch or mound referred to.
Visited by OS(IA) 19 December 1972.
Listed.
RCAHMS 1980.