Recording Your Heritage Online
Event ID 565986
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Recording Your Heritage Online
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Cathcart Castle, 15th century (demolished)
The keep, about 15 by 9 metres (50 by 30 feet), with vaulted ground and upper floors, had an internal turnpike stair for security and was surrounded by a curtain wall. It fell out of use in the mid-16th century and about 1740 was dis-roofed, prior to a proposed demolition. This was not carried out until 1980, long after Glasgow Corporation had bought the estate to form Linn Park.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
