Auchenames Tower
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Auchenames Tower
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Auchinames Castle; Auchinames Tower; Auchenames Castle
Canmore ID 42326
Site Number NS36SE 5
NGR NS 3953 6248
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/42326
- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Kilbarchan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS36SE 5 3953 6248.
(NS 3953 6248) A description of Renfrewshire, probably written in the early 18th century, describes Auchinames as a very high tower, six or seven storeys high (W Macfarlane 1907).
This tower had been demolished by 1782, though it is stated (OPS 1851) that some remains could be seen in 1825, in which year they were removed. No traces remained in 1856 when the present farm of Auchinames was said to occupy the site. It belonged to the Craufords: Thomas Crauford of Auchinames is mentioned in a charter of 1401 (R D McKenzie 1902).
G Crawfurd and W Semple 1782; Name Book 1856; OSA 1792
Desk Based Assessment (2012)
CFA Archaeology Ltd undertook an assessment of the cultural heritage implications of the proposed route of a replacement overhead line (XF Route) from Neilston, Renfrewshire to Windyhill, East Dunbartonshire.
Although 109 cultural heritage features were identified by the desk-based assessment of the 250m buffer around the proposed route of the replacement XF overhead line, very few of these lie along the route of the line, or in immediate vicinity of the location of any of the towers.
The overhead line replacement project has been assessed against the cultural heritage baseline. Taking into account the construction methodology to be employed and agreed mitigation strategy, it is considered that the development conforms to Local and National Policy relating to the cultural heritage resource.
Funder: Iberdrola
CFA Archaeology Ltd