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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 706556
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/706556
NS88SW 2.00 80493 83096
NS88SW 2.01 80434 83227 Stables
(NS 80493 83096) Herbertshire Castle (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map (1967)
Herbertshire Castle has been demolished. In 1889 it was described as a large and lofty structure, L-shaped on plan and measuring 63'6" in length, including the wing, by 43'8" in breadth. The small limb forming the L was 26'2" wide and appears to have projected about 12'. The sketch accompanying the description shows the upper parts rising above a complex of later additions. MacGibbon and Ross suggest a 16th century date for the castle.
RCAHMS 1963, visited 1954; D MacGibbon and T Ross 1889
Other than several unintelligible grass-covered banks there is now no trace of the castle.
Visited by OS (DWR) 22 January 1974
The site of Herbertshire Castle lies on slightly elevated ground in the SW corner of Herbertshire Park. The visible remains are incoherent, comprising an area of low scarps and shallow depressions.
Visited by RCAHMS (PC) 9 September 1983.
