| Title: |
Account of the Excavation of the Edwardian Castle at Castledykes, Kirkcudbright. With Notes on Relics recovered.
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 48 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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| Volume: |
48
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| Number of Pages: |
447 |
| Page Start/End: |
381 - 394 |
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| Licence Type: |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
The first documentary reference to the castle is in 1288 when John Comyn was its guardian. Excavation revealed the entire ground plan of what would have been an extremely large and formidable fortress. It was surrounded by a deep moat with deep ditches on three sides and was bounded by the sea on the fourth. The surviving castle dates mainly from 1588 and was probably rebuilt from the remains of the earlier castle. Small quantities of pottery dating from the late thirteenth or early fourteenth century were recovered along with a small toothed comb, an iron knife and a small iron pick. |
| Year of Publication: |
1913
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Fortress (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Iron Knife (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Moat (Auto Detected Subject) |
| 1288 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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CASTLE
(Monument Type England)
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| Iron Pick (Auto Detected Subject) |
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SHERD
(Object England)
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DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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| Late Thirteenth (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Early Fourteenth Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
(ADS Archive)
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| Created Date: |
09 May 2014 |
