1995 RCAHMS Special Survey

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Event ID 1112439

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RCAHMS Special Survey

The major survey to be carried out in this programme has been

in support of the Eastern Dumfriesshire project. This was to draw

the earthworks of Torthorwald Castle, which, although outside

the survey-area, was nonetheless a principal centre for the Bruce

lordship.

RCAHMS (DES 1995, 114)

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Event	Type	Subtype	Notes	Date
1136917	RECORDING	MEASURED SURVEY	RCAHMS surveyed Torthorwald Castle between 13-16 August 1995 producing plans of the ground-floor, entresol level and first-floor at a scale of 1:100. The E-W section (labelled A-A1) was added to this survey drawing, having been surveyed on 12 August (DC32486). The plans were redrawn in ink and published at a scale of 1:200 (RCAHMS 1997, Fig. 215).	13 August 1995
1136888	RECORDING	MEASURED SURVEY	RCAHMS surveyed Torthorwald Castle on 12 August 1995 producing an E-W section of the tower at a scale of 1:100.	12 August 1995
1136916	RECORDING	MEASURED SURVEY	RCAHMS surveyed Torthorwald Castle between 13-16 August 1995 with plane-table and self-reducing alidade producing a plan of the castle and surrounding earthworks at a scale of 1:500. The plan was redrawn in ink and published at a scale of 1:1000 (RCAHMS 1997; Fig. 213). A further plan was also redrawn in ink and published at a scale of 1:2500 alongside comparative plans of mottes and medieval earthwork monuments (RCAHMS 1997, Fig. 202).	13 August 1995

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Torthorwald Castle

1995 RCAHMS Special Survey

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