Todholes
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Todholes
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Todholes Castle
Canmore ID 48865
Site Number NT04NW 10
NGR NT 0390 4605
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48865
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Dunsyre
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NT04NW 10 0390 4605.
(NT 0390 4605) Castle (NR) (Site of).
OS 6" map (1957)
The site of this structure, described by Murray and Irving as of "Scottish tower and peel type with a vaulted lower storey and a surrounding ditch", was pointed out to the ONB compiler by the owner of the ground on which it stood up till c.1810, when it had become so dangerous that it was pulled down and its stones removed to build dykes, so that by 1859 no trace of it remained. Originally it measured c.20' by 15'. Its proprietor is mentioned in 1572.
Name Book 1859; G V Irving and A Murray 1864
All that remains on this site is a faint rectangular swelling in pasture, measuring approximately 7m x 5m, and of negligible height.
Visited by OS (JD) 9 June 1955
Nothing now remains of the tower. The site and surrounding pasture have been disturbed by quarrying.
Visited by OS (DWR) 7 July 1971.