Bothwellhaugh Plantion, Orbiston House
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Bothwellhaugh Plantion, Orbiston House
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Douglas Park; Orbiston Castle; Orbistan House Orbieston House
Canmore ID 45666
Site Number NS75NW 24
NGR NS 73117 58153
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45666
- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Bothwell (Motherwell)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Motherwell
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS75NW 24 7324 5802.
(NS 7324 5802) Orbiston House (NAT)
OS 6" map (1958)
A sizable ruin, considered by Talbot to be a 15th or early 16th century tower house, though dated slightly later by I Fisher (RCAHMS).
Information from S Reid (Director, Strathclyde Park Joint Cttee) letter to D J Breeze, IAM, 12 May 1975; Information from E J Talbot.
NMRS REFERENCE
Orbiston House (near Hamilton), "new built"; " Mr Robert Burn architect, Leith Walk, has the plan and elevation of the house" (1795) - (Edinburgh Evening Courant, Nov 21 1795)
Demolished
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
National Portrait Gallery
'Glasgow and Lanarkshire Illustrated'.
1910 Cat. 1935 C/July 1946, p. 100 - article and photograph
Mitchell Library
J. Maclehose, 'Country Houses' - 1 photograph
