Field Visit
Date 21 October 1908
Event ID 1088411
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1088411
114. Duns Castle.
Incorporated in the present mansion-house, and forming the east end of it, is an ancient tower, much modernised, reputed to have been built about 1320 by Randolph, Earl of Moray. It was a structure on an L plan, of which the main block measured about 50 feet from east to west by 35 feet wide, while the wing projected northwards for a distance of about 30 feet. The walls were about 8 feet thick. Another portion of the castle, forming the central division of the south frontage, in rear of the present modern entrance, dates from the closing years of the 17th century.
See Cast. and Dom. Arch., v. p. 265 (plans); Ber. Nat. Club, 1892-93, p.57; ibid., 1896-98, p. 337 (illus.).
OS Map: Ber., xvi. NE.
RCAHMS 1915, visited 21st October 1908.
