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Dundeugh Castle
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Dundeugh Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Canmore ID 64244
Site Number NX68NW 1
NGR NX 6010 8802
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/64244
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Carsphairn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX68NW 1 6010 8802.
(NX 6010 8802) Dundeugh Castle (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6" map (1957)
Nothing remains of Dundeugh Castle except for a few feet of broken walling, suggesting that it was originally L-shaped on plan, the main block measuring 26'8" x 17'2" over 3ft thick walls, with a W wing, for the staircase, 12'7" x 7'. The latter is now represented by a mass of debris. It is doubtful if the main part was ever vaulted. Judging by the plan this castle possibly dates from the 16th century.
Some 7ft SW of the L-shaped ruin are indications of another building measuring 35ft x 21ft 8ins over 3ft 3 ins thick walls. Nothing remains above ground but a fragment of walling at the E and W ends, so its date and purpose are uncertain.
RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911
Dundeugh Castle, (name verified), is situated on level ground above the E bank of the Water of Deugh and within mature afforestation. The remains are poorly preserved, overgrown and forestry planted. Only the SE angle walls and the E wall of the N wing are partially extant, the overall 'L' shape being detectable only in amorphous buried outline. The S wall of the N wing is best preserved and is 2.0m high, of rough faced blocks and rubble pinning, and 1.0m wide. The other extant walls are again 1.0m wide but are tumbled to a maximum height of 0.8m.
No trace of a separate structure to the SW was found; the afforestation may have removed all surface indication.
Visited by OS (JRL) 14 March 1978
