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Field Visit
Date April 1985
Event ID 1156553
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1156553
Old Ha', Gadgirth NS 4057 2190 NS42SW 3
The remains of the Old Ha', which is said to have preceded the tower at Gadgirth (NS42SW 1), occupy the extremity of a rocky promontory projecting from the SE bank of the River Ayr, 500m WNW of Brae of Gadgirth farmsteading. The surviving portion comprises the NE angle, a fragment of lime-mortared masonry (up to 6.5m long overall and 3m high) built directly against the rock outcrop on the SW, and, on the precipitous NE side, the footings of a return wall (2.3m long and up to 1.5m high); the area enclosed measures 8. 7m by 6m. The promontory ( 15m by 8m) is cut off by a natural gully 9m broad and over 1m deep. During the reign of William the Lion (1165-1214) Gadgirth is said to have been the property of Reginaldus de Camera.
RCAHMS 1985, visited April 1985.
(Paterson 1863-6, i, 228).
