Whithorn, Castle Hill
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Whithorn, Castle Hill
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Canmore ID 63299
Site Number NX44SW 6
NGR NX 4487 4038
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63299
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Whithorn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX44SW 6 4487 4038
(NX 4487 4038) Castle (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1957)
A castle, said to have been that of the Bishops of Galloway, stood on Castle Hill, at the E end of Whithorn. Its site has long been under cultivation. Truckell mentions "the Bishops castle of Balnespik at the church of Candida Casa" (ie, Whithorn Priory - NX44SW 5, which is c.400m W of this site).
P H M'Kerlie 1870; A E Truckell and J Williams 1967
There is no trace of a castle at the published site. No further information.
Visited by OS (DWR) 16 January 1973.
