Archaeology Notes

Event ID 703912

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS74NW 1 7294 4714

See also NS74NW 23.

(NS 7294 4714) Site of Castle (NR)

OS 6" map (1913)

Near the old church (See NS74NW 2) down to as late as about 1830, there stood an ancient defensive tower or castle, its site being towards Hallhill.

J A Wilson 1937

No trace remains of this structure, the site of which is on a level platform in a gently sloping field. No pottery or worked stones were found in the area.

Visited by OS (JFC) 26 February 1954