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East Kilbride, Lickprivick Castle
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name East Kilbride, Lickprivick Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Canmore ID 44978
Site Number NS65SW 3
NGR NS 6168 5271
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44978
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish East Kilbride (South Lanarkshire)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District East Kilbride
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS65SW 3 6168 5271.
(NS 6168 5271) Site of Lickprivick Castle (NR)
OS 6" map, Lanarkshire, 2nd ed., (1910)
The mansion house or castle of Lickprivick was built like the great feudal houses, with towers, battlements, etc. The whole was reduced to ruins about 1733 and such rubbish as still remained in 1793 was completely gone by 1840.
Name Book 1858; D Ure 1793; New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845.
The site of this building is now represented by an isolated, apparently natural knoll, with no trace of masonry or ditch. No further information was obtained regarding the date of erection of the castle, but from the above description it would appear to have been of a defensive rather than residential character, and therefore probably of pre-17th century date.
Visited by OS (J F C) 17 March 1955.
This site is now covered by a housing estate, path, and grassed area.
Information from T C Welsh to OS, 7 July 1973.
