Archaeology Notes

Event ID 704634

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS66SW 19 6145 6177.

(NS 6145 6177) Castle (NR) (site of)

OS 6" map, (1968)

Rutherglen Castle occupied a site in King Street, nearly at a point where it is intersected by Castle Street. It was garrisoned by the English during the wars of independence, and is said to have been besieged by Robert the Bruce several times without success, till it was captured by Edward Bruce in 1313. The castle remained in good order till after the battle of Langside (1568) when it was burnt by the Regent Murray. The great tower was later repaired and became the seat of the Hamiltons of Ellistoun. Early in the 18th century, this portion and the new buildings that had been added were abandoned and allowed to become ruinous. Its stones were removed and no trace remains.

D Ure 1793; New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845; F H Groome 1901.

No traces of Rutherglen Castle remain, its site being built upon.

Visited by OS (J L D) 31 March 1954.