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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 736830
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/736830
NT60NE 9.01 66091 09427.
(NT 6609 0942) Northbank Tower (NR) (remains of)
OS 6" map, (1963)
Fragmentary remains of a 16th century pele-house stand about 500 yds E of Northbank. The building is oblong, 27'3" NE-SW by 22'6" over walls varying from 4'3" to 4'9" in thickness and now rising to a greatest height of 7'
The masonry is rubble in large boulders, and the material no doubt came from the old quarry close by on the W. The original name of this place was probably "The Banks".
RCAHMS 1956, visited 1932.
This pele-house is as described. Modern sheep-shelters extend from the NE, SW and SE angles; adjacent on the NW is a turf-banked enclosure about 23.0m square, which may be contemporary with the tower.
Visited by OS(JLD) 11 October 1960
No change to previous information.
Visited by OS(TRG) 21 September 1976
