Archaeology Notes

Event ID 701307

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS47SE 1.00 45198 72531

NS47SE 1.01 NS c. 4575 7245 Ice-house

NS47SE 1.02 Centred NS 4520 7250 Formal Gardens

NS47SE 1.03 NS 4530 7250 Morton Hall

NS47SE 1.04 NS 4520 7265 Harvie-Anderson Ward

NS47SE 1.05 NS 4510 7255 Haig Ward

NS47SE 1.06 Cancelled

NS47SE 1.07 NS 4530 7210 Veterans Cottages

NS47SE 1.08 NS 4532 7232 Farmsteading

NS47SE 1.09 NS 45355 72185 Kennels

NS47SE 1.10 NS 4535 7228 Piggery

NS47SE 1.11 NS 4538 7219 House at Kennels

For former West Lodge (Longhaugh Lodge or Dove Cottage, at NS 45347 72473), see NS47SW 124.

The old mansion house of Erskine, to which a large addition was made on the west side in 1778, stands near the bank of the River Clyde, a short distance upriver from the modern mansion (P A Ramsay 1839). The latter was built in 1828, at which time, according to Millar, the old mansion was removed (as Ramsay states that the old building was still there in 1839, probably it only became disused on the earlier date). No traces of it remained in 1856. The barony of Erskine belonged to the family of that name in the 13th century; it now belongs to Lord Blantyre.

OS Name Book 1856; A H Millar 1889; W M Metcalfe 1905; W Macfarlane 1907.

Area approximately NS 454 724. During field investigation no ground features were seen suggestive of the site of a former castle.

Visited by OS (WMJ) 27 February 1951