Howwood, Station Road, Garthland Bridge
Boundary Wall (Period Unassigned), Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Howwood, Station Road, Garthland Bridge
Classification Boundary Wall (Period Unassigned), Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Castle Semple Estate; Black Cart Water
Canmore ID 145796
Site Number NS36SE 37
NGR NS 39470 60665
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/145796
- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Kilbarchan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS36SE 37 39470 60665
Falls partly in Lochwinnoch Parish.
For Castle Semple (house) and associated buildings, see NS36SE 9.00.
Field Visit (2009)
NS 3947 6067 Late 18th- or early 19th-century stone wall enclosing the core of the Castle Semple estate policies, 5km long, built of whin rubble, with a distinctive flat semicircular sandstone cope 0.6m wide x 0.15m high. The wall begins at the Garthland Bridge (NS 3947 6066), follows the S side of a minor road and passes the former Castle Semple East Lodge (NS 3938 6073). The wall varies between 1.2–3m in height. The original gates with ‘pyramid’ copes were recorded at NS 3895 6069. The wall then continues to Brides Mill, Markethill and Warlock Gates (NS 3650 6046). There are numerous small quarries along its length, including a quarry with a
rubble loading terrace, 15m long x 1.2m high, at NS 3608 6036. A sandstone ‘well’ built into the wall with two pillars supporting the lintel was recorded at NS 3598 6020. The wall turns S from the road opposite Gateside (NS 3593 6008), and reaching its maximum height follows a long descending arc to the W, merging with field boundaries just N of Castle Semple West Gates at NS 3592 5932. It then continues separately on the S side of Gates Road.
Stuart Nisbet
