Archaeology Notes

Event ID 707343

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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(NS 8413 4386) Stonebyres (NR)

OS 6" map (1940-1)

Stonebyres was in existence in the 15th century and, prior to 1850, when the present mansion encasing the old structure was erected, consisted of the original keep, 34 feet by 29 feet, with an addition at one end making it an oblong tower approximately 70 feet by 34 feet, five stories high.

D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887

The mansion is being demolished.

Visited by OS (JFC) 11 March 1954

The walls of the Tower can still be seen; they are approximately 0.3m high.

Information from OS Reviser (T H Dick) 20 December 1962