Grahame's Walls
House (Medieval)
Site Name Grahame's Walls
Classification House (Medieval)
Canmore ID 49953
Site Number NT14NE 14
NGR NT 1614 4642
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49953
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Newlands
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT14NE 14 1614 4642.
(NT 1614 4642) Grahame's Walls (Site of)
OS 6" map (1967)
Nothing remains above ground at this site, the name may perhaps be connected with a castle belonging to that John de Graham who gave the patronage of the church of Newlands to Dunfermline Abbey in 1317. The account of Tweeddale given by Macfarlane (1908) evidently compiled towards the end of the 17th c, states "Here are digged up great foundation stones, and some remainders of the ditches that fortified the house are to be seen to this day. It is reported and very probable that the church (of Newlands - NT14NE 4) and Whiteside Tower (NT14NE 16) were built out of the ruins."
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1958
There is no trace of any structure here.
Visited by OS (JTT) 24 August 1964
Sbc Note (21 March 2016)
Visibility: This was the site of an archaeological monument, which may no longer be visible.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
