Colliechat Castle
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Colliechat Castle
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Canmore ID 24396
Site Number NN60SE 6
NGR NN 68787 03772
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/24396
- Council Stirling
- Parish Kilmadock
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NN60SE 6 68806 03761
(NN 68806 03761) Castle (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6 map, (1958)
The remains of the house of Colliechat, about mid-way between Callander and Doune, consist of a broken circular tower, about 30ft high. The house was probably of the Z-plan of which this formed the southern tower. In the west gable of the adjoining farmhouse is a stone with moulded edges taken from the old building. (Listed under Fourth Period - 1542-1700).
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92.
Said to have been built by the Muschets of Burnbank.
Name Book 1863.
No trace of this building exists, the site being occupied by a farm building recently erected. The stone with moulded edges was not seen; the gables of the farmhouse are now harled. Enquiries at Easter Coillechat proved negative.
Visited by OS (E G C) 11 October 1968.
Field Visit (August 1978)
Colliechat Castle NN 687 037 NN60SE 6
The site of this castle is occupied by relatively modern farm buildings. Remains visible in the 19th century suggested that it was probably Z-shaped on plan.
RCAHMS 1979, visited August 1978
(MacGibbon and Ross 1887-92, iv, 388)
