Plotcock Castle
Tower (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Plotcock Castle
Classification Tower (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 45728
Site Number NS75SW 11
NGR NS 7397 5010
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45728
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Hamilton (South Lanarkshire)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Hamilton
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS75SW 11 7397 5010.
(NS 7397 5010) Plotcock Castle (NR) (In Ruins)
OS 6" map (1913)
The ruins of an old castle. Parts of it were destroyed about 1828. No mention is made of this castle in the accounts of the parish.
Name Book 1858
Plotcock Castle: This small ruined tower, of probable 16th century date, is situated in a sharp bend of the ravine-like Plotcock Glen and is isolated from higher ground to the East by a ditch which is now crossed by a small causeway. It is oblong on plan, measuring 5.5m from north to south; 4.3m transversely over walling of rubble masonry, 2.0m in width. The lower courses only of the structure survive heavily overgrown. No evidence of an entrance survives.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by ODS (WDJ) 13 May 1959
