Archaeology Notes

Event ID 698190

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS06NE 2.00 06354 67577.

NS06NE 2.01 NS 062 675 Enclosure

NS06NE 2.02 NS 061 675 Walled Gardens

(NS 0635 6755) Kames Castle (NR)

OS 6" map (1900)

The original building was a simple five-storeyed keep, probably 16th century, which measures about 36ft by 25ft 6 inches, with walls about 5 feet 4 inches thick. The north-east wing may be coeval although much of the upper part of the tower is quite modern.

D MacGibbon and T Ross 1889

Kames Castle is a plain rectangular keep as described above. The north-east wing has been removed, and the keep restored. In use as a dwelling-house.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 15 January 1964