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Killaser Castle

A Scheduled Monument in Stranraer and the Rhins, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.7646 / 54°45'52"N

Longitude: -4.9605 / 4°57'37"W

OS Eastings: 209636

OS Northings: 545093

OS Grid: NX096450

Mapcode National: GBR GJ43.LL0

Mapcode Global: WH2T0.SH2R

Entry Name: Killaser Castle

Scheduled Date: 3 March 1999

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM7887

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Secular: castle

Location: Stoneykirk

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

Description

The monument comprises the fragmentary remains of Killaser Castle, a rectangular-plan tower house of probable mid 16th-century date, which stands on a mound composed of fallen masonry within the vestiges of a ditched enclosure.

The rubble-built building has been reduced to its lowest courses, although enough survives to indicate the presence of a vaulted ground floor, a mural passage and the possible provision for a stair or latrine at the NE angle. Killaser formed the seat of the McCulloughs of Ardwell, a cadet branch of the McCulloughs of Cardoness.

The area to be scheduled is a circle of 40m diameter to include the castle mound and all the upstanding and below-ground remains, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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