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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 710394
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/710394
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.
