Easthills
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Easthills
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Hills
Canmore ID 48866
Site Number NT04NW 11
NGR NT 0494 4805
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48866
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Dunsyre
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NT04NW 11 0494 4805.
(NT 0494 4805) Castle (NR) (Site of).
OS 6" map (1957)
Murray and Irving state that 'a fortalice of the Scottish tower and peel type with a vaulted lower storey' stood at Hills (now Easthills). Its site was pointed out to the Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB) compiler by an old person who had a very faint recollection of seeing it about 1810, but he could obtain no further information, and there was no trace of it on the ground.
G V Irving and A Murray 1864; Name Book 1859
Nothing remains of the Tower. The occupier of Easthills confirmed its site.
Visited by OS (JD) 9 June 1955 and (DWR) 7 July 1971.
