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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 731399
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/731399
NY27SW 5 24338 74369
For successor and present country house (NY 2432 7432), see NY27SW 24.
(NY 24338 74369) Blacket House (NR) (Remains of)
OS 25" map (1899)
A ruined tower, 21 ft x 15 ft 6 ins, with a projecting staircase wing 10 ft 6ins by 12 ft 6 in at Blacket or Blackwood House, near the modern house of the same name. On the lintel of the short wing is the date 1663. Foundations of NE and SE walls of the main block each with indications of a narrow short hole, remained in 1912. Blackethouse is mentioned in 1584.
RCAHMS 1920.
Generally as described and planned by RCAHMS except that the NE and SE walls stand to roof height. On the inside lintel of the short wing is the inscription 17 GB IK 14, possibly suggesting an addition or alteration to the earlier structure. Name 'Blacket House' confirmed.
Visited by OS (RD) 19 October 1967
No change to previous field report.
Visited by OS (IA) 21 February 1973.
