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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 672069
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/672069
NJ95SW 15.00 9109 5014
(NJ 9109 5014) Brucklay Castle (NAT).
OS 6" map, (1959).
NJ95SW 15.01 NJ 91080 49775 (Centred) Walled Garden
NJ95SW 15.02 NJ 91973 50800 East Lodge
NJ95SW 15.03 NJ 91267 50283 (Centred) Kennels
NJ95SW 15.04 NJ 91203 50272 (Centred) Stable Block
NJ95SW 15.05 NJ 90648 50062 (Centred) Bridge
See also:
NJ94NW 71 NJ 9120 4978 (Centred) Burial Ground, Obelisk
The date of the original castle is not known, but it was very plain, and similar to many late 17th century houses. A lofty central round tower, containing a staircase, was its principal feature. Considerable additions and alterations in 1765 and 1814 maintained the original style of the building, but elaborate reconstruction in 1849 has given it the appearance of an old Scottish castellated mansion.
J B Pratt 1870.
Brucklay Castle is now a roofless shell. Little can be recognised of the original structure, except for a rolled moulded arch, and the ruins of barrel vaulted cellars bounded on the N and E by very thick walls, the latter being probably those of the original tower-house.
Visited by OS (RL) 19 April 1968.
