Archaeology Notes

Event ID 698519

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS30NE 2.00 36531 05468

(NS 3653 0546) Blairquhan (NAT)

OS 6" map (1910)

Blairquhan was rebuilt in 1824 almost on the site of the old Castle of Blairquhan, a considerable part of which was built about 1570, although McWhirter's Tower was some centuries older. Old windows and mouldings are preserved in the kitchen court of the modern mansion.

New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845; A H Millar 1885; R Bryden 1915

Blairquhan is a large modern mansion. As stated above, old windows and mouldings are visible in the kitchen courtyard (NS 3656 0547), but are no doubt insertions from the earlier castle, upon the site of which the present mansion stands.

Visited by OS (JD) 22 November 1955

No change to the previous field report.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 6 September 1968

No further information.

Visited by OS (MJF) 7 October 1980

Visible on aerial photographs taken by RCAHMS (1977) and CUCAP (1980).