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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 687016
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/687016
NO31SE 28 37032 11269
(NO 3703 1126) Scotstarvit Tower (NR)
OS 6" map (1920).
Reference:
'Country Life' - text and photographs
October 16, 1942
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Erected 1627.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92.
Although the style of building might suggest an earlier date, the tower was erected in 1627. There was a tower on the estate of Tarvit in 1475.
A H Millar 1895
Scotstarvit Tower, though unoccupied, is in a state of perfect preservation. Five storeys and a garret in height, the building is L-shaped on plan, with a main block 33ft by 27ft, and a wing 7ft by 13ft.
A charter of 1579 mentions a tower existing on the barony of Tarvet, and an armorial panel bearing the date '1627' seems to be a later insertion, possibly referring to repairs or alterations.
RCAHMS 1933.
Scotstarvit Tower is as described above, and is in excellent condition.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 27 May 1964
No change.
Visited by OS (WDJ), 29 March 1967.
