Archaeology Notes

Event ID 677452

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NN60SW 6 60035 02162.

(NN 6003 0215) Tower (NR) (Remains of).

Castle of Rednock (NAT).

OS 6" map, (1958)

The remains of an old tower are all that is left of the Castle of Rednock, said to have been founded by Sir John Monteith of Rusky, but never completed. The present farmhouse and buildings have been built from the material of the old castle.

Name Book 1898.

The tower (25ft high) is now completely ivy-covered, roofless and with staircase gone.

Visited by OS (A G) 5 August 1954.

The tower, as described by Glossop, and the springing of a wall from its north side, are all that remains of the Castle of Rednock.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (R D) 15 October 1968.