Alternative Names Corrax Castle; Corehouse Castle; Corax Castle
Site type CASTLE
Canmore ID 46597
Site Number NS84SE 34
NGR NS 88229 41410
Council SOUTH LANARKSHIRE
Parish LESMAHAGOW
Former Region STRATHCLYDE
Former District CLYDESDALE
Former County LANARKSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NS84SE 34 88229 41410.

(NS 8823 4141) Corra Castle (NR) (In Ruins)
OS 6" map (1912)

Corra or Corehouse Castle and its courtyard belong to the period from 1572 to 1700.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887

The site is a precipitous rock which, on three sides, overlooks the Clyde. On the fourth, (north) side there are the remains of a ditch at its west end drops down into a chasm. The ruins comprise remains of a tower and a small courtyard to its east, all of rubble masonry about 2.0m thick. They are in poor condition. To the west of the chasm there are remains of a weak wall enclosing a rectangular area, 20.0 metres by 10.0 metres. This is continued along the top of the chasm and joined to the castle at the north entrance.
Visited by OS (JD) 31 March 1955

MacGibbon and Ross, D and T (1887-92) The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries, 5v Edinburgh
Page(s): Vol.2, 404 Held at RCAHMS F.5.21.MAC