Archaeology Notes

Event ID 707091

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS83SW 4.00 84242 31841.

(NS 8424 3183) Castle (NR) (Ruins)

OS 6" map, Lanarkshire, 2nd ed., (1912).

Douglas Castle: The solitary tower which represents the old castle is not earlier than the 17th century and seems to have been a detached building connected with the enclosing walls.

The earliest notice of Douglas Castle occurs in 1288. In 1755 the whole structure, with the exception of the circular tower was destroyed by fire.

D MacGibbon and T Ross 1892.

Remains of a round tower 7.0m in diameter with walls 1.0m thick and standing to a height of some 9.0m.

It appears to have been joined to a larger edifice in the SE where there is a break. The tower is in good condition and seems to have been restored at some time. Standing on a prominent spur, it is detached from the adjacent, now ruinous modern mansion.

Visited by OS(JLD) 4 August 1954.

Photographed by RCAHMS in 1980

RCAHMS AP Catalogue 1980.