Archaeology Notes

Event ID 687602

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO34NE 13 3919 4982.

(NO 3919 4982) Cossans Castle (NR) (Site of)

OS 6" map, Angus, (1927)

An elevated mound is all that remains to mark the site of Cossans Castle. Mr R Taylor (from Cossans) states that his father removed the last stones of the castle to build the neighbouring farmhouse. He also states that there was a ditch and drawbridge around it (Name Book 1861). Cossans was acquired by the Lyons in the 15th century, and the mansion is next mentioned in 1667. A date stone '1627', built over the door of the farmhouse at Cossans, probably came from the old castle (A J Warden 1880-5).

Name Book 1861; A J Warden 1880-5.

There is now no trace of Cossans Castle or the mound on which it stood.

Visited by OS (W D J) 8 December 1967.