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Lochhouse Tower
Moated Site (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Lochhouse Tower
Classification Moated Site (Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 48405
Site Number NT00SE 42
NGR NT 0810 0338
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48405
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkpatrick-juxta
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NT00SE 42 0810 0338.
NT 081 033. An earthwork of moated manor type lies between Lochhouse Tower (NT00SE 18) and the road.
A E Truckell 1973
NT 0810 0338. This earthwork comprises a large sub-square platform similar to that on which Lochhouse Tower (NT00SE 18) stands. It is 29.0m by 26.0m and up to 2.0m high. The level, featureless top has no trace of stonework. It is bounded by a stone dyke, a metalled track, a modern drainage channel and by low-lying fields. This may be the site of a building but there is no evidence to suggest that it was moated.
Visited by OS (M J F) 11 September 1978.
Field Visit (3 September 1990)
NT 0810 0338 NT00SE 42
Situated 70m WNW of Lochhouse Tower (NT00SE 18) there is a scarped mound which is roughly square on plan and measures up to 29.3m across the summit and 2.2m in height on the S. Although this earthwork has been identified as a moated site, this identification cannot be confirmed.
Visited by RCAHMS (IMS), 3 September 1990
(A E Truckell 1973).
Listed as building (possible).
RCAHMS 1997.
Field Visit (1996 - 2003)
Russell Coleman managed an Historic Scotland funded project to record medieval moated sites in Scotland. Gazetteers were produced for each regional council area between 1996 and 2002 with an uncompleted overall review in 2002-03. The results of the first year of the project were published in Tayside and Fife Archaeological Journal, Volume 3 (1997).
