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Cousland Castle is a medieval tower and associated house located 75 metres south-east of Chapeldyke in Midlothian, Scotland. The site comprises remains of a tower structure typical of late medieval Scottish defensive architecture, representing the domestic fortifications erected by landholding families in the Lothian region during the later medieval period. The monument reflects the pattern of tower-house construction that characterised the Scottish lowlands from the fourteenth century onwards, providing evidence of the settlement hierarchy and security concerns of medieval rural society. The remains at Cousland survive as an important archaeological record of medieval domestic and military building traditions in this area of central Scotland.
Cousland Castle, tower and house 75m ESE of Chapeldyke is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1187. View the official record →
Cousland Castle is a medieval tower and associated house located 75 metres south-east of Chapeldyke in Midlothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1187.
Cousland Castle, tower and house 75m ESE of Chapeldyke dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a tower and house 75m ese of chapeldyke. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cousland Castle, tower and house 75m ESE of Chapeldyke is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM1187.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Play Hill, settlement (6.5 km), Crichton Mains,souterrain 1280m E of (6.8 km), Longfaugh Fort,Crichton (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cousland Castle, tower and house 75m ESE of Chapeldyke's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cousland Castle, tower and house 75m ESE of Chapeldyke stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.