RCAHMS Images On Line (pre-restoration)
From Canmore;
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Archaeology Notes
NT37SE 25 3777 7098
NMRS REFERENCE
(NT 3777 7096) Falside Castle (NR) (remains of)
OS 1:10000 map (1973)
Though long ruinous, Falside Castle survives in its main features. Formerly enclosed within a courtyard, it originally consisted of a tall, fairly plain, 15th century tower, containing four main storeys, of which the topmost was vaulted. After the Battle of Pinkie (1547), in which it suffered greatly, it was enlarged by the addition of a 16th century addition to the S, of similar size and height, but L-shaped. This wing has a stair-turret in the re-entrant angle and typical corner turrets corbelled out at the two southern angles.
Remains of later outbuildings abut the courtyard wall. The ruin of an L-shaped, 17th century house may be seen at the SE angle.
Tranter, calling this 'Fawside Castle' though all other authorities give the OS spelling, states that it was under threat of demolition, but a committee has been set up to preserve it.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 1920; D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887; N Tranter 1970
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
Now restored and occupied.
N Tranter 1990
Architecture Notes
NT37SE 25 3777 7098
NMRS REFERENCE
Non Guardianship Sites Plan Collection, DC/23675 to DC/23676, 1925.
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References
Craig, T (2000 )
'Fawside Castle - for owner occupation',
Clow, R, Restoring Scotland's castles: an account of the restoration or rebuilding of eleven tower houses, based on presentations made at a conference held in Glasgow at the Henry Wood Hall, Woodside, organised by the Strathclyde Group of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland,, Glasgow, 122-43,
MacGibbon and Ross, D and T (1887-92 )
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries,
5v, Edinburgh, Vol.1, 409-13,
Peebles, I (1985 )
'Castle for sale: {Fawside Castle}',
The Scottish Portrait, 1985, September, 10-11,
RCAHMS (1924 )
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Eighth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of East Lothian,
Edinburgh, 122-4, No.193,
Strutt and Parker (1989 )
Fawside Castle, East Lothian: [sale particulars],
Edinburgh,
Strutt and Parker (1985 )
Fawside Castle, East Lothian: [sale particulars],
Edinburgh,
Tranter, N (1962-70 )
'The fortified house in Scotland',
Edinburgh, Vol.5, 202-3,
Tranter, N (1990 a)
'Towers of strength',
Scot Fld, 136, 1060, 1990, July, 43,
Archaeology Notes
NT37SE 26 3758 7075.
(NT 373 708) Crop mark (fort with triple ditches) seen from the air on 12 June 1939.
OS 6" map annotated by O G S Crawford.
(NT 375 708) A faint crop mark appears on aerial photographs, indicating double ramparts (RAF/CPE/Scot/UK276: 5438-9, flown 1947).
(Undated) information in NMRS.
NT 3758 7075. These crop marks fall in a flat arable field. No trace exists. No further information.
Visited by OS (SFS) 26 August 1975
Fort, West Mains: visible on RCAHMS and CUCAP (listed as a 'native settlement') aerial photographs.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
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References
There are no bibliographic references associated with this record.
NT37SE 25 3777 7098
NMRS REFERENCE
(NT 3777 7096) Falside Castle (NR) (remains of)
OS 1:10000 map (1973)
Though long ruinous, Falside Castle survives in its main features. Formerly enclosed within a courtyard, it originally consisted of a tall, fairly plain, 15th century tower, containing four main storeys, of which the topmost was vaulted. After the Battle of Pinkie (1547), in which it suffered greatly, it was enlarged by the addition of a 16th century addition to the S, of similar size and height, but L-shaped. This wing has a stair-turret in the re-entrant angle and typical corner turrets corbelled out at the two southern angles.
Remains of later outbuildings abut the courtyard wall. The ruin of an L-shaped, 17th century house may be seen at the SE angle.
Tranter, calling this 'Fawside Castle' though all other authorities give the OS spelling, states that it was under threat of demolition, but a committee has been set up to preserve it.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 1920; D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887; N Tranter 1970
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
Now restored and occupied.
N Tranter 1990
Architecture Notes
NT37SE 25 3777 7098
NMRS REFERENCE
Non Guardianship Sites Plan Collection, DC/23675 to DC/23676, 1925.
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References
Craig, T (2000 )
'Fawside Castle - for owner occupation',
Clow, R, Restoring Scotland's castles: an account of the restoration or rebuilding of eleven tower houses, based on presentations made at a conference held in Glasgow at the Henry Wood Hall, Woodside, organised by the Strathclyde Group of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland,, Glasgow, 122-43,
MacGibbon and Ross, D and T (1887-92 )
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries,
5v, Edinburgh, Vol.1, 409-13,
Peebles, I (1985 )
'Castle for sale: {Fawside Castle}',
The Scottish Portrait, 1985, September, 10-11,
RCAHMS (1924 )
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Eighth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of East Lothian,
Edinburgh, 122-4, No.193,
Strutt and Parker (1989 )
Fawside Castle, East Lothian: [sale particulars],
Edinburgh,
Strutt and Parker (1985 )
Fawside Castle, East Lothian: [sale particulars],
Edinburgh,
Tranter, N (1962-70 )
'The fortified house in Scotland',
Edinburgh, Vol.5, 202-3,
Tranter, N (1990 a)
'Towers of strength',
Scot Fld, 136, 1060, 1990, July, 43,
Archaeology Notes
NT37SE 26 3758 7075.
(NT 373 708) Crop mark (fort with triple ditches) seen from the air on 12 June 1939.
OS 6" map annotated by O G S Crawford.
(NT 375 708) A faint crop mark appears on aerial photographs, indicating double ramparts (RAF/CPE/Scot/UK276: 5438-9, flown 1947).
(Undated) information in NMRS.
NT 3758 7075. These crop marks fall in a flat arable field. No trace exists. No further information.
Visited by OS (SFS) 26 August 1975
Fort, West Mains: visible on RCAHMS and CUCAP (listed as a 'native settlement') aerial photographs.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
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References
There are no bibliographic references associated with this record.