Tillicoultry Castle (site of)


Parish: Tillicoultry

County: Clackmannanshire

Grid reference: NS 913 975

Lat / long: 56.157824, -3.749278

Alternative names: Castle Mills

The historic map is an Ordnance Survey map from 1919 to 1947, and is provided by the National Library of Scotland

Writing in "Reminiscences of Dollar, Tillicoultry and other districts adjoining the Ochils" in 1883, William Gibson mentions a castle standing at the foot of Castle Craig as late as the early 19th century.

It was apparently replaced by a house named Castle Mills, although no trace of the castle or the house can now be found. However on a 19th century plan of the mills that used to line the Tillicoultry Burn, "Site of Castle Mill" is marked at the top of Upper Mill Street.

It seems likely that this mill was built on the site of Tillicoultry Castle. Today the site lies within a small park, Castle Mill possibly having been washed away during a devastating flood in August 1877.

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created Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 2:00 pm, last updated Monday, May 16th, 2011 at 4:14 pm