Archaeology Notes

Event ID 721130

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT66SE 7.00 68195 61807

(NT 68195 61807) Cranshaws Castle (NR)

OS 6" map (1908)

Cranshaws Castle - a late 16th century tower, rubble built and harled. Occupied and in an excellent state of preservation, it is oblong in plan with rounded angles, and measures 40ft by 26ft, and 65ft high. It consists of four storeys beneath the parapet, with a garret above. Stands in a fine garden.

The towers with lands of Cranshaws were acquired by the Swintons of that ilk in 1400, and remained in their possession until 1702.

D MacGibbon and T Ross 1889; RCAHMS 1915; N Tranter 1962

Cranshaws Castle - as described above, but not occupied at time of visit.

Visited by OS (RD) 12 May 1966.