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55°36′21″N 3°14′57″W / 55.6058°N 3.2491°W / 55.6058; -3.2491
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Castlehill Tower

Castlehill Tower, also known as Castle Hill of Manor, [1] is a ruined oblong tower house dating from the end of the 15th century, situated in the parish of Manor, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Kirkton Manor, Scottish Borders, Scotland. [2]

History

The Lowis of Manor family built Castlehill Tower, [2] which is first recorded in 1555, [3] but it was subsequently sold in 1637 [3] to Alexander Veitch, who passed it, in 1672, to George Baillie of Jerviswood. From 1703 to 1729 it was owned by William, first Earl of March. [2] William Tweedie of Quarter seems to have owned it in 1838, but abandoned it two years later. [1]

Structure

Castlehill Tower, which stands on the west end of a rocky knoll on the left bank of the Manor Water, [3] [1] may have had three storeys and a garret, [2] but now only parts of the ground and first floors remain. [1] It measures 37 feet eight inches by 29 feet 9 inches. [3] The basement walls are 6 or 7 feet thick. [2] The entrance, which leads to a small lobby, was in the east wall. In the lobby is the staircase to the hall on the first floor. The stair also leads to a passage with access to the barrel-vaulted hall, and also to a turnpike stair at the north-west angle of the tower. At ground level there is evidence of latrine chutes, coming from garderobes on the upper floor. [2]

There is a ditch, with an average width of 11 feet at the bottom, to the south, west and north-west. There is a bank on the counterscarp which may have continued on the north, where a road runs now, and along the steep east side. The sides of the knoll may have been scarped. There are traces of a stone wall on the north and east. The whole summit may have been enclosed. [3]

Consolidation work in 1889 did not succeed entirely in the grounds of the tower. [2]

The castle guarded a ford over the Manor Water. [1]

It is a category B listed building. [4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Castlehill Tower". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Lindsay, Maurice (1986) The Castles of Scotland. Constable. ISBN  0-09-473430-5 p.127
  3. ^ a b c d e "Castlehill Tower". Canmore. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Castlehill Tower". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 4 April 2013.

55°36′21″N 3°14′57″W / 55.6058°N 3.2491°W / 55.6058; -3.2491


castlehill+tower Latitude and Longitude:

55°36′21″N 3°14′57″W / 55.6058°N 3.2491°W / 55.6058; -3.2491
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Castlehill Tower

Castlehill Tower, also known as Castle Hill of Manor, [1] is a ruined oblong tower house dating from the end of the 15th century, situated in the parish of Manor, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Kirkton Manor, Scottish Borders, Scotland. [2]

History

The Lowis of Manor family built Castlehill Tower, [2] which is first recorded in 1555, [3] but it was subsequently sold in 1637 [3] to Alexander Veitch, who passed it, in 1672, to George Baillie of Jerviswood. From 1703 to 1729 it was owned by William, first Earl of March. [2] William Tweedie of Quarter seems to have owned it in 1838, but abandoned it two years later. [1]

Structure

Castlehill Tower, which stands on the west end of a rocky knoll on the left bank of the Manor Water, [3] [1] may have had three storeys and a garret, [2] but now only parts of the ground and first floors remain. [1] It measures 37 feet eight inches by 29 feet 9 inches. [3] The basement walls are 6 or 7 feet thick. [2] The entrance, which leads to a small lobby, was in the east wall. In the lobby is the staircase to the hall on the first floor. The stair also leads to a passage with access to the barrel-vaulted hall, and also to a turnpike stair at the north-west angle of the tower. At ground level there is evidence of latrine chutes, coming from garderobes on the upper floor. [2]

There is a ditch, with an average width of 11 feet at the bottom, to the south, west and north-west. There is a bank on the counterscarp which may have continued on the north, where a road runs now, and along the steep east side. The sides of the knoll may have been scarped. There are traces of a stone wall on the north and east. The whole summit may have been enclosed. [3]

Consolidation work in 1889 did not succeed entirely in the grounds of the tower. [2]

The castle guarded a ford over the Manor Water. [1]

It is a category B listed building. [4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Castlehill Tower". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Lindsay, Maurice (1986) The Castles of Scotland. Constable. ISBN  0-09-473430-5 p.127
  3. ^ a b c d e "Castlehill Tower". Canmore. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Castlehill Tower". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 4 April 2013.

55°36′21″N 3°14′57″W / 55.6058°N 3.2491°W / 55.6058; -3.2491


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