Site type HOUSE
Canmore ID 47766
Site Number NS96NE 5.00
NGR NS 9905 6832
Council WEST LOTHIAN
Parish BATHGATE
Former Region LOTHIAN
Former District WEST LOTHIAN
Former County WEST LOTHIAN

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Archaeological Notes

NS96NE 5.00 9905 6832

NS96NE 5.01 NS 9912 6836 Farmstead; Threshing Mill

(NS 9905 6832) Kirton House (NAT) (1599)
OS 6" map (1856)

Kirkton House, an old mansion house three storeys high and slated, but in middling repair, is dated 1599 over the entrance.
Name Book 1856

Mr J Spalding (Burgh Surveyor) stated that when laying the paddling pool for the public park, at NS 9909 6831, some stones, probably foundations, were unearthed, they were said to belong to Kirkton House. An old informant at Kirkton House Farm stated that the 'old Kirkton House stood where the pool is, it was demolished about 100 years ago'. The present house, though containing a few armorial stones etc, is a modern building.
No further information. The probable site is now occupied by ornamental gardens.
Visited by OS (JLD) 10 December 1952.

Ordnance Survey (Name Book) Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey (6 inch and 1/2500 scale)
Page(s): Book No.11, 12 Held at RCAHMS Ref