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Field Visit
Date 1 August 1991
Event ID 1151254
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1151254
NY 3545 8397 NY38SE 1
The site of Wauchope Castle lies upon a low eminence which is flanked on the E by the steep cliffs of the Wauchope Water, on the N by the Back [Becks] Burn, and on the W and S by a ditch (7m broad) and an external bank (up to 5m thick and 0.9m high). The B 7068 public road now runs through this ditch and two kilns have been set into the bank. A trackway which is probably of relatively recent date has been constructed across the N face of the eminence.
The level summit measures 90m from NE to SW by 28m transversely and the most prominent feature upon it is the former manse of Wauchope which was abandoned in the mid 18th century. This now appears as the stone wall-footings of a two-compartment building measuring 21m by 6.2m overall. At right-angles to it on the S, but largely removed by quarrying, there are the remains of a second building. A third building (measuring 6.5m by 4m over turf-covered stone wall-footings, lies on the S, a little above the bottom of the ditch.
Visited by RCAHMS (PC) 1 August 1991.
