Publication Account

Date 1981

Event ID 1018108

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1018108

The original castle of Renfrew is reputed to have stood on the King's Inch. although all traces of it have vanished (Dunn, 1971, 26). James, the fifth Steward, is supposed to have had the second castle built on a piece of rising ground on the west side of the road leading to the ferry. Although the site is still called Castlehill all evidence of building has disappeared. A fosse (ditch) was apparently still visible as late as 1775 (Dunn, 1971, 28). Renfrew Castle, traditionally the birthplace of Robert II, finished its days as an eighteenth-century soap works (Ramsay, 1839, 107).

Information from ‘Historic Renfrew: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1981).