Site Report

WoSASPIN 17843
NS97SE 2 9769 7396.

(NS 9769 7396) Castle (NR) (remains of)
OS 6" map (1968)

Lochcote Castle (remains of): A square building, 15' high with thick, massive walls, now used as a dovecot and formerly part of Lochcote Castle.
Name Book 1856

The remains of Lochcote Castle, of 17th century date, consists of a small vaulted chamber, probably the remains of an angle tower with a window in each wall, measuring 7'8" x 9' 2" internally and 12 1/2' x 14 1/2' externally. It is built of rubble with rounded external corners, the S being corbelled out to the square. The upper part above the vault is modern.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 1924

As described by RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (JLD) 8 December 1952 and (JP) 13 August 1974

NS 97695 73970
NGR amended to more accurately reflect mapped features. (HMcB 20/02/2004)