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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
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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