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Field Visit
Date 16 May 1990
Event ID 1151276
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1151276
NY 1282 9648 NY19NW 8
This motte-and-bailey castle is situated on the W edge of Wamphray Glen. The motte, which has probably been fashioned from a natural mound, stands to a height of 4.5m, but has been partially eroded on the E leaving a D-shaped summit area measuring 8.7m by 5.8m; at the base of the motte on the NE and the S there is a ditch (5m broad and 1m deep). The bailey lies to the S, and is defined on the E and S by the steep slopes of Wamphray Glen, but on the W only by a slight rise in ground level. Within the bailey there are the remains of two buildings, which are of two-compartment form and largely turf-covered. That on the N measures 24.7m by 8.3m overall. That in the SW corner measures 16.2m by 6.4m overall, its mortared S wall standing to a height of 1.3m, and is adjoined on the W by a small enclosure. A third building of two-compartment form lies at the base of the motte on the SW; it measures 13.4m by 6.3m over mortared stone walls 0.7m high, whilst to its SW there is a rectangular platform measuring 6.1m by 5.7m. Wamphray was held by the Corrie family until 1357 when it passed to Roger Kirkpatrick. By 1476 it was in the hands of the Johnstones who sold it to the Earl of Hopetoun in 1747, at which date the site probably went out of use.
Visited by RCAHMS (PC) 16 May 1990.
Listed as motte-and-bailey.
RCAHMS 1997.
