Desk Based Assessment

Date 21 January 1963

Event ID 930012

Category Recording

Type Desk Based Assessment

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(NO 5084 0070) Ardross Castle (NR)

(Remains of)

OS 6" map (1938).

The remains of Ardross Castle, consisting of two very ruinous rectangular structures contiguous to each other, stand 1 mile E of Elie on the raised beach 40' above the shore.

The N structure is possibly 15th century and the earlier of the two. It has been excavated, revealing a small tower, 28 3/4' N-S by 36 3/4' E-W over walls in excess of 6' thick. The entrance is in the S gable. There has been a small building against the N gable.

The second structure measures 78' N-S by 19' E-W within walls 6' thick. It lies to the S of the tower and is attached to it by the remains of a short wall. At the SE angle there may have been a circled stair tower. William Dishington, son of the Sir William who died c.1360, doubtless built Ardross Castle.

Information from OS (DT) 21 January 1963

W Wood 1887; RCAHMS 1933.