Archaeology Notes

Event ID 726154

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NX19NE 5 1924 9756.

(NX 1924 9756) Ballochtoul Castle (NR) (site of)

OS 6" map (1968)

By 1856 no trace remained of this castle which Abererummie describes as being "a monument to the builders folly being raised five story high without a staire case and no more but one roome in each story. It has nether garden or orchard nor planting but stands in the midst of rich cornfields". He states that it was built by Boyd of Penbrill and implies that the date was about the end of the 17th century. This does not agree with Paterson's statement that it was possessed by the Grahams of Knockdoliane in the 16th century.

W Macfarlane 1907 (Abercrummie); Name Book 1856; J Paterson 1852

No remains of the tower exist and there is no local knowledge of its history.

Visited by OS (JLD) 1 October 1955

In a level field under fallow grass there is no surface indication of a structure, RAF AP (CPE/Scot/UK307: 4003, flown 1947) shows no significant markings here.

Visited by OS (JRL) 12 April 1977