Blackcastle
Fortified House (Medieval)
Site Name Blackcastle
Classification Fortified House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Black Castle
Canmore ID 54554
Site Number NT45NW 11
NGR NT 41 59
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/54554
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Crichton
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT45NW 11 41 59.
Bell alleges that the foundations could still be traced at Black Castle (NT 411 593) of what he regarded as the remains of a Border fortalice, the fore-runner of the mid-19th c Cakemuir Castle (NT45NW 1).
Bell 1893
No knowledge of foundations at Black Castle could be obtained at either Cakemuir Castle or Black Castle, though at the latter, Miss M Grant stated that "Castle Moor" field was situated at NT 4045 5950.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 15 December 1964
Miss Grant states that her father believed that Black Castle stood on the nettle-covered slope near Blackcastle farm steading.
J Mackay 1979
