Castle Of Old Risk
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Castle Of Old Risk
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Canmore ID 63439
Site Number NX46NW 2
NGR NX 4490 6999
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63439
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Minnigaff
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX46NW 2 4490 6999.
(NX 4490 6999) Castle of Old Risk (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6" map (1957)
The ruins of this castle are almost reduced to ground level with the exception of a portion of the E wall which survived in 1911 to a height of a few feet. Marshland to the S and W make this a strong site, but no dateable features of the castle remain.
RCAHMS 1914
The remains of this castle are generally as described above. The building measures externally 16.0 x 7.0m with walls 1.0m thick of roughly coursed unmortared masonry now grass-covered.
Revised at 25".
Visited by OS (RD) 26 September 1966
