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Craigton

Castle (Medieval)(Possible)

Site Name Craigton

Classification Castle (Medieval)(Possible)

Canmore ID 24318

Site Number NN60NE 1

NGR NN 6800 0542

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Stirling
  • Parish Kilmadock
  • Former Region Central
  • Former District Stirling
  • Former County Perthshire

Archaeology Notes ( - 1968)

NN60NE 1 6800 0542.

(NN 6800 0542) Castle (NR) (Site of)

OS 6" map, (1958).

"It is the prevailing opinion in the neighbourhood that a Castle stood at this place, but there are no vestiges of the foundations or any tradition in the parish connected with it. The house at Craigton (NN 6800 0548 - OS 25" map, Perthshire, 1863) the only one now standing of a number once there, must have been built of the stones, some of which are chiselled in a superior manner ..."

(Name Book 1863).

No trace of a castle could be seen but there is a slight scatter of building material at the site. The buildings of the depopulated farmstead of Craigton are now reduced to turf-covered footings c.0.5m high.

Visited by OS (RD) 17 October 1968.

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Field Visit (8 May 1992)

There is no trace of a castle at this site. The abandoned farmstead of Craigton is described under NN60NE 42.

Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 8 May 1992.

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