Site type CASTLE, COIN HOARD
Canmore ID 50648
Site Number NT17SE 1
NGR NT 1993 7238
Council EDINBURGH, CITY OF
Parish EDINBURGH (EDINBURGH, CITY OF)
Former Region LOTHIAN
Former District CITY OF EDINBURGH
Former County MIDLOTHIAN

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Archaeological Notes

NT17SE 1 1993 7238.

(NT 1993 7238) Corstorphine Castle (NR) (site of)
OS 1:1250 map (1966)

Corstorphine Castle was built by Sir Adam Forrester between 1374, when he acquired the lands, and his death in 1405; it was bounded by a strong curtain wall with a tower at each angle (D M Thomson 1946). It was nearly all demolished about 1797, and the Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB 1852) states that it was said to have been surrounded by a ditch, which was supplied by water from two lochs, one on each side of the castle. When the castle was being demolished, workmen found a deposit of gold and silver coins nearby (NSA 1845).
E A Cormack 1960

Part of this castle is shown extant in 1852 (OS 6" map), but no trace now remains. The site is in the garden of 22 Castle Avenue; the occupants have found no traces of masonry or anything of archeological interest. No information found regarding the coin hoard.
Visited by OS (VEL) 28 January 1954

Cormack, E A (1960) 'Corstorphine armorial pendant', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol.91
Page(s): 194

NSA (1834-1845) The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy, 15v Edinburgh
Page(s): Vol.1 (Edinburgh), 22 Held at RCAHMS B.2.2.STA

Ordnance Survey (Name Book) Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey (6 inch and 1/2500 scale)
Page(s): Book No.11, 22 Held at RCAHMS Ref