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Site of a castle. According to the OSA and the antiquary Jervise, the site of a castle of the Lindsays, known as Castle of Barnyards, of which two archways remained standing at the end of the 18th century a little northwest of Barnyards farmhouse, which was built using stone from the castle ruins. The location of the ruins was pointed out by a Mr Smith, then aged more than 70 when visited by the OS in the 1860s. He indicated a spot near the well at the bottom of the farmhouse garden where he remembered ruins standing when he was a boy (i.e. circa 1800). Mr Fairweather (Tenant, Barnyards), in digging a hole in 1857, came upon lime-mortared foundations at the published site, but he did not excavate all of them. When revisited by the OS in 1977 no visible traces were observed nor could the farmer give any indication of its possible site. There are however several large dressed stones set in the walls of the farm buildings and these may have come from the castle ruins as suggested by Jervise. The remains of this castle were removed in the late 18th century, but until then 'several of the vaults were standing, and some of the walls, from five to seven feet in height'.
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NO45NE0010 - BARNYARDS