Easter Greenock Castle
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Easter Greenock Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Canmore ID 41353
Site Number NS27SE 3
NGR NS 2929 7492
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/41353
- Council Inverclyde
- Parish Greenock
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Inverclyde
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS27SE 3 2929 7492
(NS 2929 7492) Site of Castle (NR)
OS 25" map (1914)
The ruins of Easter Greenock Castle stood in the angle formed by the railway, at the E end of the tunnels at Hillend. Though the lands were owned by the Crawfurds from the end of the 14th century, theyt do not appear to have stayed here until about the mid-16th century.
A Brown 1905; G Crawfurd and W Semple 1782
This site is doubless that referred to in an early description of Renfrewshire, probably written in the early 18th century, in which it is stated that about a mile below Port Glasgow, and above Crawfordsdyke, the Crawfurds of Kilbirnie "had a good estate and an antient possession of their family well known by the name of Easter Kilbirny alias Kibery-Grenock sold 1667 by Dame Margt Craufurd to Sir John Shaw of Greenock".
W Macfarlane 1907
No further information was obtained during field investigation.
Visited by OS (JD) 25 July 1955
