Archaeology Notes
Event ID 700853
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NS37NE 10 3850 7587.
(NS 3850 7587) Castle (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1922)
At Cardross, on the west side of the River Leven, Robert I built a castle in which he died on June 7th 1329. Nothing remains of this castle, but the small eminence on which it stood, retains the name of "Castle Hill".
G Chalmers 1890
The site of the castle of Cardross is marked by two wooded knolls on Castlehill Farm. 'A somewhat steep ascent on the western side appears to have led to a terrace on which may have been the main buildings'.
J Irving 1920
Castle Hill is a small rock outcrop and bears no trace of any foundations or fortifications.
Visited by OS (DS) 3 October 1956