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Remains of a castle. In 1493 the castle was destroyed by fire, and another was not erected until probably the latter part of the 16th century. This 3-storey L-shaped towerhouse survives as a roofless shell with a square staircase in the re-entrant angle, and a large round tower appended to the east corner. It stands on the side of a ditched enclosure. Excavation revealed the lower courses of the earlier castle, a massive L-shaped towerhouse over the two long sides, probably early 15th century. The remains of an enclosure, probably contemporary with the later castle, is built against the south wall. On the scarp of the surrounding ditch a curtain wall had stood, with an external heel. At the west corner were two round towers and the mutilated remains of a third on the northeast side. The round tower of the later castle may be built over an earlier enceinte tower. A cross wall connects the curtain wall to the north side of the earlier towerhouse. The surrounding ditch may date from the 14th century.
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Historic Environment Records (HER)