Stewarton
Building (Medieval), Enclosure (Medieval), Tower (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Stewarton
Classification Building (Medieval), Enclosure (Medieval), Tower (Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 75456
Site Number NX88NW 61
NGR NX 8276 8833
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/75456
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Glencairn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Field Visit (27 January 1992)
NX88NW 61 8276 8833
There are two buildings and an oval enclosure situated between the base of a steep slope and the N side of a well-developed lynchet. The easternmost building has been severely robbed and is overlain by a dry-stone wall. The westernmost building may be a tower, and is set up against the base of the lynchet into which it may have been slightly levelled. It measures 4.6m from NNE to SSW by 3.8m transversely within stone-faced rubble footings 2.1m in thickness and 0.5m in height, with an entrance in the ESE side. The enclosure is also situated at the base of the lynchet and although the relationship is not clear the westernmost side of the enclosure bank appears to ride up on to the base of the lynchet.
(Nith 203)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 27 January 1992.