Archaeology Notes

Event ID 708539

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/708539

NT00NE 3 0521 0673

(NT 0521 0673) Blacklaw Tower (NR) (Remains of)

OS 6" map, (1957).

Blacklaw Tower, apparently erected in the 16th century, is in a bad state of repair. Only the vaulted lower storey, 32' N-S by 25', with 5' thick walls, remains. The vault at the S end has already fallen in and other portions are likely to do so. The tower is enclosed by out-buildings and yards, some of which are probably secondary. A courtyard extends to the NE with an entrance in its N wall, and N of this are the abutments of a little bridge over the burn.

RCAHMS 1920, visited 1911

Generally as described. The courtyard measures 33.0m NE-SW by 40.0m.

Revised at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (I A) 1 October 1973

No change to previous field report.

Surveyed at 1:10,000

Visited by OS (T R G) 16 September 1978