Archaeology Notes

Event ID 710394

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT09SW 7 0321 9243.

(NT 0321 9243) Killernie Castle (NAT) (Ruins)

OS 6" map, (1948).

Killernie Castle was built in 1592.

Name Book 1854.

The remains of this Z- plan tower are as described by RCAHMS 1933. The walls are c 0.8m thick and 0.5m high, except for the angle towers which attain a height of 3-4 m. The remains of a strong enceinte wall run south from the tower for c 76 m and turns east for a short distance close to the crest of the steep river bank.

Visited by OS (JD) 3 July 1953.