Archaeology Notes

Event ID 703124

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS56NE 4 5591 6630.

The ruins of "Partick Castle" stood on the W bank of the River Kelvin, near the railway bridge. For many years it was believed to have been the country seat of the Bishops of Glasgow. (The lands of Partick were given to Glasgow Cathedral in 1136 by King David, and the bishops dated some of their documents from "Perthik".) The castle shown in the print (J S C 1935), however, was built by George Hutcheson in 1611 probably on the site of the Bishop's Castle (Millar 1896). It was removed about 1837.

J S C 1935; C Taylor 1902; J Millar 1896; A Macgeorge 1880; J Napier 1873.

NS 5591 6630. Sited from Napier's map.

Visited by OS (W M J) 17 August 1951.