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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 707883
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/707883
NS98NW 5 92696 88776
(NS 9268 8877) Tulliallan Castle (NR) (remains of)
OS 6" map, (1966)
Tulliallan Castle, though ruinous, is one of the best surviving examples of a Scottish hall-house, probably built in the early 14th century within a broad ditch comparable to that at the Peel of Gargunnock or Peel of Gartfarren (homestead moats - see and ). The upper storeys of the castle have been remodelled in the 15th century, and later additions have been made.
J G Dunbar 1966; RCAHMS 1933; D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92.
The foundations of Tulliallan Castle are built on a large natural rock outcrop. The causeway entrance over the ditch on the S is stone-packed, and the remains of a strong curtain wall exist in the SW corner. The base of the ditch varies from 4.0m to 5.0m in breadth and the outer upcast mound rises in places to a height of 1.5m above the bottom of the ditch. The whole site is so densely overgrown that approach is difficult except from the S. The remains are in poor condition.
Visited by OS (M H) 13 July 1953.
Possible 17th century garden.
N Hynd 1984.
