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[page] 74 Ph. [Parish] of Carnwath

Couthalley Castle continued
The castle (Couthalley Castle) is now a complete ruin though its extent may yet be marked, and from its situation surrounded on every side by deep ditch and earthen mounds with a draw bridge on the west it must have been a place of very great strength. It is situated on the property of John Wilson Esq. Westsidewood bur Sir N. McDonald Lockhart Bart. [Baronet] is the hereditary keeper of it. ( Statistical Account)

The existing remains consist of what appears to have been an oblong tower or "Keep" the walls of which are of great thickness and about 3 feet above the surface of the ground, the other portions of the Castle can still be traced by mounds of earth, which indicate the site of the old walls.