Archaeology Notes

Event ID 708619

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS94NW 1 9459 4932.

NS94NW 1.01 9446 4934 Lodge

(NS 9459 4932) Westshield (AD 1668) (NAT)

OS 6" map (1912)

The building of this mansion was started in 1668 but never completed.

Name Book 1858

A four-storey T-shaped building of squared rubble, with crow-stepped gables. The west wing is incomplete. The structure is roofed but in poor condition, and is unoccupied.

Visited by OS (JLD) 23 April 1955

As described above. A stone inscribed 'R D M L 1668' can be seen above the entrance to one of the first-floor rooms.

Visited by OS (RD) 3 January 1968

This building demolished c1980s.