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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 723126
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/723126
NT85NW 8.00 80320 56692
NT85NW 8.01 80435 56796 Walled Garden
(NT 8031 5668) Broom House (NAT) on site of Peel (NR)
OS 6"map, (1957).
Broom House was built in 1813 on the site of (NSA [A Cuthbertson],1845) including the walls of (R G Johnston and H H Cowan 1952) an old peel tower. Several skeletons were found when digging the foundations.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845
Broom House is entirely modern externally, no trace of ancient walls being visible. On the N wall is an inscribed tablet: 'This house was built on the site of the ancient castle....1813.'
Visited by OS (JFC) 31 December 1954.
Broom House is now a ruin and is shortly to be pulled down. (Information from Mr Gillies, gamekeeper, Broomhouse Mains). There is no evidence of any earlier structure within the fabric.
Visited by OS (JP) 12 December 1972
The fabric of the existing 19th century building shows no evidence of earlier work.
RCAHMS 1980, visited 1979.
Broom House and walled garden are visible on large scale vertical air photographs (OS 70/364/034 and 71/050/264-6, flown 1970 and 1971).
(Undated) information from RCAHMS.
Broom House has been demolished. Not to be confused with a new Broom House which now stands to the E of the original site (NT 80422 56688).
Information from RCAHMS (KD), July 2002.
