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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 677205
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/677205
NN64NE 1 67710 47887
(NN 6770 4788) Carnbane Castle (NR) (Ruins of)
OS 6" map (1900)
The castle occupies a spur of an escarpment ditched to the N and may be the site of an earlier motte. The present building is fragmentary and appears to be of hall-house type, probably of 16th century date, so placed on the spur as to block the entry to a small court to the S around which can be seen foundations of walling. A staircase tower has apparently been added at the SW corner of the house.
H B Millar and J Kirkhope 1965
The remains, which survive to a height of about 15', are as described. The name is still in use. There are no certain indications that a motte formerly existed at this site.
Visited by OS (RD) 25 September 1969
No change from previous field report.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (JB) 19 September 1975
Scheduled as Carnbane Castle, Glen Lyon.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 21 December 2000.
