Archaeology Notes

Event ID 722551

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT96SW 62.00 92895 61379

(NT 9288 6137) Ayton Castle (NAT)

OS 6" map, (1970).

NT96SW 62.01 NT 92930 61625 North Lodge

NT96SW 62.02 NT 92954 61558 Farmsteading (Stable Courtyard)

NT96SW 62.03 NT 92687 61152 Walled Garden

NT96SW 62.04 NT 93023 61455 Dovecot

NT96SW 62.05 NT 92590 60910 South Lodge (Also known as West Lodge)

NT96SW 62.06 NT 92679 61202 Summer House

NT96SW 62.07 NT 93098 61786 Ayton Kennels

NT96SW 62.08 NT 92774 61811 Huldies Cottage

See also:

NT96SW 54 NT 93234 61376 St Abb's Well

NT96SW 67 NT c. 928 613 Huildie's [Huldie's] Tower [Old Ayton Castle]

NT96SW 112.00 NT 93463 62106 Ayton Mains (Farmhouse and steading)

NT96SW 112.01 NT 93391 62174 Ayton Mains, 1 Farm Cottages

NT96SW 112.04 NT 93402 62171 Ayton Mains, 2 Farm Cottages

NT96SW 112.05 NT 93412 62167 Ayton Mains, 3 Farm Cottages

NT96SW 112.06 NT 93419 62166 Ayton Mains, 4 Farm Cottages

NT96SW 365 NT 93829 61656 Hillburn, Milestone

The original Ayton Castle appears to have been erected by a Norman called De Vescie (New Statistical Account, [NSA, G Tough] 1845). Having been destroyed by the English in 1448, it was considered to be one of the best fortalices between Berwick and Edinburgh when it was again taken by the English under the Earl of Surrey in 1498, after a siege.

A Thomson 1908.

The present Ayton Castle is a good example of a Scottish Baronial mansion by James Gillespie Graham, built in 1851.

Its predecessor, a classical mansion, was destroyed by fire in 1834.

SDD undated.

Photographed by the RCAHMS in 1980.

RCAHMS AP catalogue 1980.

Visible on vertical air phtographs (OS 65/100/119, 75/029/014-15)

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), March 1990.