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Field Visit
Date 9 June 1927
Event ID 1099070
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1099070
Bandon Tower.
This ruin stands in a cultivated field 2 miles north-north-west of Markinch. It represents an oblong tower of the 16th century, measuring 31 by 22 ½ feet externally, to the north-west corner of which a small round tower has subsequently been attached. In height there have been three floors and an attic, each containing a single chamber; the ground floor has been vaulted, but the vault has fallen. The walls are breached in places, and on the ground floor the interior is filled with debris. The masonry is of rubble, roughly coursed, with dressings at quoins and openings. The parapet has been borne on spaced corbels of two members, a few of which remain on each wall. The corners have no "rounds".
HISTORICAL NOTE. - In 1498 Alan Balfour of Bandon ("Ballindone") conveyed the estate to his eldest son (1). David Balfour of "Banedone" is among the witnesses to a charter of 1580 (2).
RCAHMS 1933, visited 9 June 1927.
(1) Reg. Mag. Sig., s.a., No. 2404. (2) Ibid., s.a., No. 3019.
