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Field Visit
Date 16 April 1912
Event ID 1088632
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1088632
240. Corsbie Tower.
The fragmentary remains of the castle (fig.117 [SC 1173005]) stand on high ground surrounded by a bog and about 1 mile to the north-east of Legerwood Church. It has been oblong on plan, measuring some 40 feet by 27 feet over walls averaging 6 feet in thickness. Only the south and east walls remain, rising to a height of fully 50 feet. The masonry consists of carefully coursed rubble, excepting at the angles, which are rounded and built with dressed ashlar. The only surviving features are several small square-headed windows, formed in the south wall, and fragmentary indications of a wheel-stair which appears to have given direct access from the first-floor level to 'probably at least two upper floors.
Corsbie is said to have been the property of the Cranstouns of Oxenford from an early period till the middle of the 17th century; the ruins of the existing building date from the 16th century.
RCAHMS 1915, visited 16th April 1912.
OS Map: Ber., xxvi. NE.
