Archaeology Notes

Event ID 685268

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO21SW 19 2092 1116.

Not to be confused with the present Pitlour House for which see NO21SW 30

'Pitlour' (Mansion pre-1504) (site of)

OS recorder (MH), 29 May 1956

"There is evidence of the existence of a mansion of Pitlour in 1504 "No trace of it remains. Pitlour "was included in a charter of 1509 which united the possessions of Sir William Scott of Balweary into the barony of Strathmiglo, Pitlour having been acquired by him from David Scott, who was laird in 1490."

A H Millar 1895.