Archaeology Notes

Event ID 692878

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO87NW 9 8358 7602.

(NO 83587602). CASTLE (NR) (Site of).

OS 6" map (1927)

The site of Largie Castle is situated 300 yards south of 'The Law' tumulus.

D Christison 1899

No trace of Largie Castle but OS siting verified by farmer who has unearthed several dressed stones hereabouts. A triangular block, with a shield and the date 1611 carved on it, said to have come from the castle, is built into the NW gable of a farm building at NO 8355 7599.

Visited by OS (NKB) 18 December 1967

Listed.

Scottish Castle Survey 1988; N Bogdan and I B D Bryce 1991.