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Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Event ID 561015
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/561015
Polwarth Castle was situated halfway between Polwarth village and the church. The date of construction is unknown, and no remains are visible at the site, which was marked in the late nineteenth century by a clump of fir trees.
No details of the castle itself are recorded, but it was probably a thick-walled defensive structure. Likewise, little is known about the Polwarth family, who held the lands associated with the castle until the sixteenth century. The first record of them is in a charter dating from the reign of Alexander II (1214-49).
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
