Moredun, 'old Castle'
House (Period Unassigned), Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Moredun, 'old Castle'
Classification House (Period Unassigned), Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Glen Nevis
Canmore ID 51404
Site Number NT24NW 12
NGR NT 24332 47205
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51404
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Eddleston
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT24NW 12 24322 47205
Moredun, Eddleston. This house, known locally as the 'old castle', stands on the E side of the Eddleston Water, close to the Edinburgh to Peebles road and about 100 yds W of Eddleston Church. The old village of Eddleston stood on the W bank of the Eddleston Water, and before the construction of this portion of the present Edinburgh to Peebles road the house no doubt stood free of other buildings.
Although at first sight it presents few indications of antiquity, a closer inspection suggests that the building comprises the lower part of a small tower-house, of which the upper part has been removed and the interior remodelled. The original structure may probably be ascribed to the 16th century, the removal of the upper storey or storeys and the insertion of some new windows to the 18th century, and a number of further alterations and modifications to a more recent period.
The building is of harled rubble and now comprises a simple rectangular block, two storeys and an attic in height. The most interesting features of the exterior are the cable-moulded skewputs of 18th-century date. Some of the windows appear to be of the same period, but others are of later origin, while the single-storeyed outshot on the N is a comparatively recent addition. The interior has been completely remodelled and presents no features of interest.
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1959
NT 2431 4719. As described. Name confirmed. Not of outstanding importance.
Visited by OS (DWR) 23 April 1971
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding building.
Information from Scottish Borders Council.