Fethan
Tower House (Medieval)(Possible), Township (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Fethan
Classification Tower House (Medieval)(Possible), Township (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 53185
Site Number NT33SW 11
NGR NT 3083 3329
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/53185
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Traquair
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT33SW 11 3083 3329.
(NT 3083 3329) Fethan (NAT) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1909)
This is noted on the ONB (OS Name Book) as the site of a farmhouse, The RCAHMS, however, state that though no structural remains survive, a number of platforms, presumably representing the stances of former buildings, can be seen on the N slopes of Fethan Hill. The site was evidently occupied as late as 1775, but whether by a tower-house or small hamlet is uncertain.
Name Book 1857
There is nothing to be seen on the hillside at this site.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 4 June 1962 and (BS) 10 September 1974.
Field Visit (August 1958)
No structural remains survive, but a number of platforms, presumably representing the stances of former buildings, can be seen on the northern slopes of Fethan Hill a little below the 800ft contour line. The site was evidently occupied as late as 1775, but whether by a tower-house or by a small hamlet is uncertain*. In late medieval times the lands of Fethan were owned by the Douglases, Earls of Morton, and in the 17th century by the Earls of Southesk; they were subsequently incorporated in the Traquair estates**.
RCAHMS 1967, visited August 1958
*Armstrong's Map; Principal Excursions of the Innerleithen Alpine Club (Galashiels, 1897), 10; Buchan, Peeblesshire, ii, 536.
**Buchan, Peeblesshire, ii, 536 f; Retours, Peeblesshire, ii, Nos. 144 and 193.
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
