Pricing Change
New pricing for orders of material from this site will come into place shortly. Charges for supply of digital images, digitisation on demand, prints and licensing will be altered.
Upcoming Maintenance
Please be advised that this website will undergo scheduled maintenance on the following dates:
Thursday, 9 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday, 23 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday, 30 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
During these times, some functionality such as image purchasing may be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Archaeology Notes
Event ID 702651
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/702651
NS48NE 1 45500 87716
(NS 4550 8770) Kilmaronock Castle (NR) (In Ruins)
OS 6" map, Dunbartonshire, 2nd ed., (1922)
The lands of Kilmaronock are mentioned in the 14th and 15th centuries.
J Irving 1879.
The castle belonged to the Earl of Glencairn in 1695.
W Camden 1789.
Kilmaronock Castle is an oblong tower, measuring 10.0 x 12.0m and four or five storeys high. The building is now a ruin but is in a fair state of preservation, and from the construction and design, probably dates from the late 15th - early 16th century.
Visited by OS (R D L) 21 January 1963.
