Archaeology Notes

Event ID 714883

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT39SW 1 31925 94660

NT39SW 8 31892 94624 Chapel Gardens House

NT39SW 14 31900 94662 Burial Enclosure

NT39SW 184 31986 94685 Sea Wall and Towers

(NT 3192 9466) (NR) (Ruins of)

(NT 3187 9458: 3192 9463: 3198 9468) Tower (NR)

OS 6" map, (1938)

(NT 3192 9466) House (NR) (Remains of)

OS 25" map, (1959)

In the Chapel Gardens, facing the sea at the western extremity of the policies of Wemyss Castle, are the remains of a good 16th century house, which has been four storeys and a garret in height. Oblong on plan, it has a stair tower projecting from the middle of the south front.

The wall in front of the house dates in part from the 16th century. The circular tower at the eastern end may originally have been a dovecot. The tower at the western end, and the outlook or bastion between the towers, are also of the 16th century.

RCAHMS 1933.

This 16th century dwelling house is in a dilapidated state of preservation, but the remains illustrate a good example of this Period. The building which is roofless is enshrouded in dense vegatation. The seaward Towers, as described above, are all in fair preservation; linked by a mainly modern wall. The western tower is more slender and has been partly reconstructed. There are pigeon holes on the door of this tower which denote its use as a dovecot (RCAHMS 1933) and has a modern roof.

Visited by OS (J D) 6 October 1954.