Archaeology Notes

Event ID 667133

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ46NE 5 4778 6868

(NJ 4770 6870) Tronach Castle (NAT)

OS 6" map, (1938)

Tronach Castle...A bold rocky pinnacle on the coast traditionally once the site of a castle or a vitrified fort.

Name Book 1867.

The ruins of a building are to be seen at Tronach Castle.

Statistical Account (OSA) 1791-9.

NJ 4778 6868. Only the outline of a rectangular structure is visible on the flat summit of this now isolated and precipitous rock. The outline is probably that of the building mentioned in OSA (1791-9) and is slightly raised above the level of the surrounding ground. No other evidence of antiquity on the promontory was seen.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (EGC) 13 March 1962.

The remains described above are very slight and measure c.12.0m x c.6.5m. No stonework is visible. Vague traces of other possible buildings occur to the NE.

Revised at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (RL) 20 July 1967.

(Location cited as NJ 4778 6868 and classified as Site of Regional Significance). Remains of a castle; no stonework visible, only a slightly raised rectangular outline at an altitude of 30m OD.

NMRS, MS/712/35.