Stranraer, Castle Street
No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Stranraer, Castle Street
Classification No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Castle Green
Canmore ID 268337
Site Number NX06SE 206
NGR NX 0611 6085
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/268337
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Stranraer
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX06SE 206 NX 0611 6085
(NX 061 608) Examination of a 12m long service trench on the corner of Castle Street and Charlotte Street revealed the foundations of the outer wall of a post-medieval building - probably 18th century. The building, which was demolished in the 1960s, is shown on John Wood's 1843 plan of Stranraer.
J Pickin 2003
NX 061 608 A watching brief was undertaken in October 2006 during the removal and resetting of a modern cobbled surface close to the NE corner of the Castle of St John. Construction work involved the emptying of a stone-walled cellar, 4.80 x 4.60m, to a depth of 1m. The S wall of the cellar was built against but did not incorporate the N wall of the castle. The cellar forms part of a post-medieval (?18th-century) building which was demolished during the 1960s. The E wall of the cellar was observed in a service trench in 2003 (DES 2003, 51).
John Pickin, 2006.
