Angus HER - NO53NW0021 - CASTLE HILL

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO53NW0021
Name	CASTLE HILL
NRHE Card No.	NO53NW21
NRHE Numlink	34543
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of a flat-topped mound, possibly a castle. The Ordnance Name Book records the mound, but no features to distinguish it, but Jervise and Warden claim that there were 'still traces of the foundations of the Castle of Downie'. Revisited by the OS in 1958, it was recorded as an isolated, almost rectangular, flat-topped mound, surrounded by low-lying and often marshy ground. Its summit was circa 15 m x 12 m, it was 3.5 m high and had a small quarry dug into its east side. A fragment of probable dry-stone wall was recorded protruding from the mound.at the southeast angle, near the summit. Possibly a small keep or motte.
Last Update	07/01/2021
Updated By	cherbert

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Date of Compilation

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National Grid Reference: NO 5191 3648

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
5	1958			JLD	OS

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
MOTTES		REMAINS OF	B	85
MOUNDS		FLAT-TOPPED	C	100
CASTLES		REMAINS OF	A	85