Archaeology Notes

Event ID 667525

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ51SW 1 54275 14900

(NJ 5427 1490) Asloun Castle (NR)

OS 6" map, (1959)

Asloon Castle was a Z-plan castle, extant in 1638 (Laing 1828) and 1645 (Simpson 1921) (Montrose slept there the night before the Battle of Alford). There is a dovecot at Asloon House (Robertson 1957).

W D Simpson 1921; D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92; A N Robertson 1957; A Laing 1828; OS Reviser D Davies 27 June 1955.

One round tower and c.8.6 metres of walling extending NW from the NW side of the tower are all that remains of Asloun Castle. The tower is three storeys high, with an entrace on the S side. The wall is c.4.0 metres high, with two gun loops apparent close by the tower.

The remains are being restored by the present owners.

There is no local knowledge of a dovecot at Asloun House and it could not be found during fieldwork.

Visited by OS (RL) 10 September 1968.

Air photographs: AAS/92/01/S2/6-9, flown 20 February 1992.

NMRS, MS/712/19.