Archaeology Notes

Event ID 722556

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT96SW 67 c. 928 613

For (present) Ayton Castle (NT 92895 61379) and associated buildings, see NT96SW 62.00.

'In the vicinity of Ayton Castle (NT96SW 62, at NT 928 613) stood smaller fortalices called Huildie's Tower and the Wall Tower, the residences of smaller proprietors called Huildie and Orkney who held land as vassals of the barons of Ayton.'

A A Carr 1836.