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Hatton Castle
Tower House (16th Century)
Site Name Hatton Castle
Classification Tower House (16th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Newtyle Castle
Canmore ID 32166
Site Number NO34SW 3
NGR NO 30177 41076
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/32166
- Council Angus
- Parish Newtyle
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO34SW 3 30177 41076.
(NO 3018 4107) Hatton Castle (NR) (Ruins of)
OS 6"map, Angus, (1926)
Hatton Castle was erected in 1575 by Lawrence, 4th Lord Oliphant. It is built on the Z-plan having a square tower at the NE and SW angles. The latter contains theentrance doorway and a square staircase leading to first floor level. The ground floor is vaulted; all the walls of this floor are well supplied with shot-holes flanking the castle in every direction. There is a circular stair turret in the re-entrant angle of the NE tower. There are indications of another stair turret having been carried up in the angle of the SW tower.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92.
The remains of Hatton Castle are as described. The remaining structure is in a fair state of preservation.
Visited by OS (J L D) 21 November 1967.
Currently being renovated. Pottery sherds ranging in date from the 16th century to modern have been found immediately E of the castle, together with roofing tiles and fallen masonry.
D Glenday 1985.
Now restored and occupied.
N Tranter 1990.
Note (1984)
Hatton Castle NO 301 410 NO34SW 3
Hatton Castle is now a ruinous shell. Built in 1575 on the Z-plan, it comprises an oblong block with a square tower at each of the NE and SW angles; there is a circular turret in the re-entrant angle of the NE tower.
RCAHMS 1984.
(MacGibbon and Ross, 1887-92, iv, 48-50).
