Castle Clanyard:: OS grid NX1037 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

NX1037 : Castle Clanyard

near to Clanyard, Dumfries And Galloway, Great Britain

Castle Clanyard

Enigmatic ruins seen over the barley crop.

From the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland:
"The remains of tower-house, probably dating to the late 16th century, stand in a field 70m ENE of Low Clanyard farmsteading, and comprise a substantial part of the W gable (6.5m high, 5.4m wide and 0.7m thick) and a fragment of its adjoining N wall. The gable incorporates three internally splayed windows and the cut-back haunches for a ground-floor vault. The tower was built for the Gordons of Clanyard and is recorded as ruinous in 1684."

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2012

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Grid Square: NX1037, 7 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Jonathan Wilkins (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Friday, 10 August, 2012 (more nearby)
Submitted: Monday, 1 October, 2012
Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening
Subject Location: OSGB36: NX 1085 3742 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:41.7704N 4:56.1988W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: NX 1081 3739
View Direction: Northeast (about 45 degrees)