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Lochcote House

House (20th Century)

Site Name Lochcote House

Classification House (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Loch House

Canmore ID 187469

Site Number NS97SE 116

NGR NS 9769 7401

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council West Lothian
  • Parish Torphichen
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District West Lothian
  • Former County West Lothian

Archaeology Notes

NS 9769 7396 A desk-based assessment and watching brief were undertaken between March and October 2004 during the restoration, conversion and extension of stable buildings. The stable buildings are not recorded until the late 1800s, being documented on both the 1899 and 1926 OS maps which show the buildings and trackways that are still present today.

The watching brief monitored the excavation of drain tracks around the stable building, excavation of test pits, the removal of soil within the stable building, and the excavation of a service trench to the W.

The remains of a stone trough or tank, c 0.9 x 1.4m, were uncovered within the stable building. The function of this feature is unknown but it was probably an original feature of the stables. The service trench to the W passed within 5m of the remains of Lochcote Castle (NS97SE 2), but encountered only rubble relating to the demolition of Lochcote House (NS97SE 116) in the 19th century. A sherd of medieval pottery was recovered from the topsoil. No other archaeological features were uncovered.

Reports lodged with West Lothian SMR and the NMRS.

Sponsors: Mr & Mrs Scott Cairns.

M Hastie 2004

Architecture Notes

NT 9769 7401

Lochcote House is depicted on the OS six-inch scale map of Linlithgowshire, sheet 5 (1856), and has since been demolished.

Information from RCAHMS (S.C.), June 2001.

EXTERNAL REFERENCE

Scottish Records Office RHP 9175 John Aitken 1809 - plan of feu of house and grounds.

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