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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 698682
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/698682
NS20NE 1 28252 08760
(NS 2824 0875) Baltersan Castle (NR) (remains of)
OS 1:10000 map (1972)
Baltersan Castle, now roofless and ruinous, has been a notably fine fortified laird's house of the late 16th century. It is built on a modification of the L-plan. The walls rise to three main storeys, and attic and a garret, with ashlar angle-turrets at the NW and SE corners. The ground floor is vaulted.
Although Baltersan is first mentioned in the early 16th century, it appears that the manor-place was not in existence at that time. Bryden notes a panel over the entrance, inscribed "This house was begun the first day of March 1584 by John Kennedy of Pennyglen and Margaret Cathcart, his spouse".
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1889; N Tranter 1965; Bryden 1889
Baltersan Castle is generally as described. It is in a fair state of preservation, although the upper portions of the building are in a crumbling state. The inscription over the entrance is now much weathered and indecipherable.
Visited by OS (JLD) 5 December 1955
No change to the previous report.
Revised at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (JRL) 7 June 1977
