Ewes Castle
Tower (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ewes Castle
Classification Tower (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 54527
Site Number NT44SW 1
NGR NT 4343 4482
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/54527
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Stow
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Midlothian
NT44SW 1 4343 4482
(NT 4343 4482) Ewes Castle (NR)
(remains of)
OS 6" map (1964)
Ewes Castle, an oblong tower, is now in the last stages of dilapidation. It measures externally 44 1/4ft by 29 1/2ft. To the E and W are the foundations of small outbuildings with their S walls in line with that of the tower. A courtyard can be traced on the N with the buildings as its S boundary.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 1915.
All that remains of this tower is a large mound of rubble, about 3.0m high, slightly hollow on top. Part of the NW and SE angles and part of the face of the S wall of the tower protrude from the mass of rubble, indicating that it was an oblong structure about 14.3m E-W by 9.2m transversely. The S side of the tower abuts on to the S side of a small courtyard formed by a stone wall now about 1.8m wide by 0.4m high, measuring some 34.5m E-W by 26.2m transversely. There are traces of possible outbuildings within the courtyard in the SE angle and abutting its W side.
Visited by OS (WDJ), 20 June 1961.
Sbc Note
Visibility: Upstanding building, which may not be intact.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
