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Newmilns, Castle Street, Newmilns Tower, Ducat Tower

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Tower House (Medieval)

Site Name Newmilns, Castle Street, Newmilns Tower, Ducat Tower

Classification Tower House (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Newmilns Castle

Canmore ID 43682

Site Number NS53NW 12

NGR NS 53643 37355

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43682

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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View from SEOblique aerial view of Newmilns Tower, looking WSW.Oblique aerial view of Newmilns Tower, looking SW.General view.View from SE.Interior. View of spiral stair from top floor.Interior. View of roof structure in attic.Interior. View of doorway to attic in top floor.Interior. View from W of vault on ground floor.View from SNewmilns Castle. View from S.Oblique aerial view of Newmilns Tower, looking E.Oblique aerial view of Newmilns Tower, looking NE.View of N bartizan.Interior. View of E wall on second floor.Interior. Detail of slit window on W wall of second floor.Interior. View from N of W room on first floor.Newmilns Castle. View from N of top of tower.View from SW of principal front.Interior. View of wallhead in attic.Interior. View of N portion of W wall on second floor.View from SW of principal front.Detail of main entrance and panel above.Interior. View of doorway to parapet from spiral stair at top floor.Interior. Detail of window from spiral stair on top floor.Interior. View of exposed flue in W gable of attic.Interior. View of S wall on second floor.View from SE.Newmilns, Castle Street, Newmilns Tower, Ducat Tower, NS53NW 12, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoView from SW.Interior. Detail of roof structure in attic.Interior. View of N wall on second floor.Interior. View of entrance to mural chamber on S wall of second floor.Interior. Detail of doorway in SE corner of second floor.Interior. View of E wall (including exposed chimney flues) on second floor.Interior. View of entrance door to vault on ground floor.View from SSENewmilns Castle. View from N of top of tower.Oblique aerial view of Newmilns Tower, looking W.Oblique aerial view of Newmilns Tower, looking S.Oblique aerial view of Loudoun Old Parish Church, Newmilns Tower and Newmilns Churchyard, looking ESE.Watching brief photograph : Victorian paving, looking north.Newmilns, Castle Street, Newmilns Tower, Ducat Tower, NS53NW 12, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoView from SE of principal front.View from NE.View from Castle Street to SE.Interior. View of spiral stair from top floor.Interior. View of S wall on second floor.Interior. View from S of E room on first floor.Oblique aerial view of Newmilns Tower, looking NW.Watching brief photograph : drains, looking east.General view.Newmilns Castle. View from S.View of N front.View of E parapet.View of E parapet including S bartizan.Interior. View of SE corner of second floor.Interior. View of W wall (including fireplace) on second floor.Interior. Detail of vaulted mural chamber on second floor.Interior. Detail of window in W room on first floor.Oblique aerial view of Newmilns Tower, looking N.Watching brief photograph : Victorian paving, looking south.Newmilns, Castle Street, Newmilns Tower, Ducat Tower, NS53NW 12, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, RectoNewmilns, Castle Street, Newmilns Tower, Ducat Tower, NS53NW 12, Ordnance Survey index card, VersoView of E front.Interior. View of window from spiral stair at top floor.Interior. View from SW of E wall on second floor.Interior. View of spiral stair at second floor level.Interior. View from E of vault on ground floor.

Administrative Areas

  • Council East Ayrshire
  • Parish Loudoun
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Kilmarnock And Loudoun
  • Former County Ayrshire

Archaeology Notes

NS53NW 12 53643 37355

(NS 5364 3735) Twr (NR)

OS 6" map (1968)

Newmilns Tower, now an adjunct to an inn, is a simple 16th century tower measuring 30ft by 24ft over walls 5ft in thickness. Rubble-built, it has three storeys beneath the parapet and an attic storey above. The roof has been altered and lowered. The entrance is at ground level the basement is vaulted, and a wheel-stair rises in the SE angle.

D MacGibbon and T Ross 1889; N Tranter 1965

Newmilns Tower is as described.

Visited by OS (JLD) 21 August 1956

As described, and in a generally neglected condition. Unoccupied. According to local information, the tower has recently been purchased with a view to renovation.

Visited by OS (JRL) 30 July 1982

Observations of contractors excavations connected with the restoration of this tower house were undertaken in two phases. The machine excavation of ground to the N and E of the tower revealed that it had very shallow foundations and located the exit point for the garderobe chute. Monitoring of new service trenches through the front door of the tower located natural clay c. 0.15m below modern ground level. Parts of the cobbled surface of the earlier version of Castle Street were located running past the tower on its eastern side.

Sponsor: Ian Cumming (developer)

D Hall and A Bailey 1993.

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Architecture Notes

NMRS REFERENCE:

16th Century

EXTERNAL REFERENCE:

National Trust Survey Lists nos: 1 and 2 showing Loudon Arms.

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