Field Visit
Date 17 February 1953
Event ID 577741
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/577741
A grass-covered mound, 2.0m - 3.0m in height, denotes the site of Bathgate Castle. The lay-out of a golf course tends to despoil the outline, but there are two distinct ditches visible, curving round the E perimeter of the mound. The bank formed between them averages 0.6m in height, spread to a width of 8.0m. The inner ditch, which is very shallow, averages 2.0m across. A causeway, 8.0m broad, emerges on the E side. The top of the mound itself is undulating, and no building foundations are to be seen. Part of the bank and ditches on the N side has been cut away by the construction of railway sidings.
Although low-lying, much of this ground contains numerous hillocks (see also NS96NE 11).
No information was found regarding the cists mentioned in the Statistical Account (OSA), but see NS96NE 10.
Visited by OS (JLD) 17 February 1953
