Kirkintilloch, Peel Park
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Kirkintilloch, Peel Park
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) 'Peel Of Kirkintilloch'
Canmore ID 45237
Site Number NS67SE 8
NGR NS 6512 7404
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45237
- Council East Dunbartonshire
- Parish Kirkintilloch (Strathkelvin)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Strathkelvin
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS67SE 8 6512 7404.
(NS 6512 7404) Castle (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map, (1967)
In the Peel Park, Kirkintilloch, there stands a fairly well preserved example of a medieval peel with a surrounding moat, possibly dating back to the 12th century. (It was accepted by early antiquaries, with almost complete unanimity, as a Roman fort: cf NS67SE 15)
A S Robertson 1973.
The Peel of Kirkintilloch may be presumed to be identical with Kirkintilloch Castle, stronghold of the Comyns.
G Macdonald 1925.
Field Visit (January 1982)
Peel of Kirkintilloch NS 651 740 NS67SE 8
All that remains of this castle is a rectangular motte, measuring 30m by 17m, with a broad ditch on its S and E sides. In 1732 Horsley reported that it had 'a double rampart of hewn stone, strongly cemented with lime' which was being quarried at the time of his visit.
RCAHMS 1982, visited January 1982
(Gordon 1726, 54, pl. 20; Horsley 1732, 168-9; Roy 1793, pl. xxxv; Horne 1910, 26-35; Macdonald 1934, 289-96; Johnston 1937, 5-9)
Publication Account (2009)
In 1296 they appointed William le Fiz Glay keeper of the castle of Kirkintilloch.
Information from ‘The Scottish Burgh Survey, Historic Kilsyth: Archaeology and Development’ (2009).
