Castle Clanyard
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Castle Clanyard
Image: © Jonathan Wilkins Taken: 10 Aug 2012
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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Image Location
Latitude
54.696173
Longitude
-4.936647