Sbc Note

Event ID 1042752

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Sbc Note

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1042752

Possibly one of two vills of Manor and Caverhill described in a Royal Charter of Robert (1315). The farm to the north of Castlehill is called Manortoun, and to the south-west is the farm of Hallmanor. Both may refer to an orignal place-name for Castlehill being 'Manor', with Manortoun being a castleton.

The hill has been landscaped in antiquity and exhibits the form and size of a motte. A partly filled ditch around the base may be an associated feature with an earlier phase of settlement to the later tower.

SBC (CB)