Stonebyres Falls, 'cairnie Castle'
Site (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Stonebyres Falls, 'cairnie Castle'
Classification Site (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 46614
Site Number NS84SE 5
NGR NS 85 44
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/46614
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Lesmahagow
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS84SE 5 85 44.
Near the Fall of Stonebyres there was at one time a castle or stronghold, called 'Cairnie Castle' about which little is known.
Several narrow archways were discovered at Cairns Castle about 1794 in which were two querns, with deer's horns, and bones of animals. These archways were similar to those at Castle Qua (NS84SE 1) of which one was described as 7 to 8 feet long by 3 1/2 feet high, with a corbelled roof. An old man of 93 remembered the remains of a stone building being on the site but did not remember the vaults.
J B Greenshields 1864; OSA 1795 (W Lockhart)
No trace of this structure was found in the area which falls within a hydro-electric power scheme.
Visited by OS (JFC) 11 March 1954
