Archaeology Notes

Event ID 730511

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NX68SE 1.00 65967 80640.

NX68SE 1.01 NX 66050 80578 Farmsteading; Armorial Panel

NX68SE 1.02 NX 66170 80455 House

NX68SE 1.03 NX 66070 80628 Farm Buildings

NX68SE 1.04 NX 65996 80716 Castle Cottage

(NX 6597 8063) Barscobe Castle (NR)

OS 6" map (1957)

Barscobe Castle or Barscobe House is a typical house of a country laird, built in 1648 (date given on a panel above the entrance) on the L-plan. The main block is three storeys high with the stair wing one storey higher. The gables have a modification of crowsteps found only in Galloway. It was unoccupied in 1965. It has a modern byre attached.

D MacGibbon and T Ross 1889; RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911; N Tranter 1965

Barscobe Castle is a fine example of a mid-17th century house which was tastefully restored in 1971. The byre has been converted into a garage. (Information from Miss D'Oyly Carte, Barscobe Castle)

Visited by OS (JP) 28 May 1975.