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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 729073
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/729073
NX99SW 3.00 90760 92138
(NX 9075 9212) Closeburn Castle (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
NX99SW 3.01 NX 90934 91635 South Lodge
NX99SW 3.02 NX 90850 92169 Gatepiers
Closeburn Castle built c. 1390 is oblong on plan with 10' thick walls rising 50' to a parapet with modern crenellations. The square caphouse has also been modernised and most of the windows have been enlarged. This fortalice was a stronghold of the Kirkpatrick family; it is in good repair, with modern extensions, and still occupied. Its site was originally a peninsula at the SE end of what was Closeburn Loch, defended on the landward side by a wide moat cut across the peninsula.
RCAHMS 1920, visited 1912; N Tranter 1965; A E Truckell and J Williams 1967
Closeburn Castle is generally as described. The present owner puts the date of construction at 1180 according to deeds in her possession. It is in good repair and occupied. There is no trace of the moat.
Visited by OS (SFS) 11 June 1975.
