Cragaburn (The Gatehouse Record of the Aglionby Platt)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Cragburn Castle

In the civil parish of Moffat.
In the historic county of Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Modern Authority of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
1974 county of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

OS Map Grid Reference: NT11580542
Latitude 55.33491° Longitude -3.39538°

The given map reference is suggested as the probable location of Cragaburn shown on the Aglionby Platt.

There are uncertain remains.

This is a Category B listed building protected by law*.

The likely form(s) of this building in 1590 are;

Tower House (gentry).

Reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland

Description

This castle was shown on a map of c. 1590. (Burghley c.1590)
There are no visible remains of a castle depicted here on a map of about 1590.
Visited by RCAHMS (PC), 15 March 1990.
Listed as tower. (RCAHMS 1997) (Canmore)

Several building phases; 2-storey house with attics, late 18th/early 19th century in appearance; said to incorporate tower house as rear (W) wing, latter built above bank of Craigie Burn; 5-bay E front, entrance bay, formerly with crow-stepped gable, pushed forward mid 19th century. Northmost bay probably also added about then. Rendered, with contrasting painted margins: sash windows. E elevation: windows in left bay asymmetrically arranged; remaining ground floor windows with 12-pane glazing, larger 1st floor windows, plate glass, lintels linked to simple cornice; small blocking course. Brick end stacks - coped ashlar stack over entrance; flat-roofed dormers; slated roofs, main roof covered with graded slates.
Interior: some cornice plasterwork; reeded marble chimney pieces. (Listed Building Report)

Sources of information, references and further reading

Listed Building Number 16849. Category B.
Canmore (The online National Monument Record for Scotland) Number 49718.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) MDG396.

Books
- RCAHMS, 1997, Eastern Dumfriesshire: an archaeological landscape (Edinburgh) p. 312 no. 1283
  Hyslop, J. and Hyslop, R., 1912, Langholm as it was: a history of Langholm and Eskdale from the earliest times p. 320- online copy
Periodical Articles
- Ellis, H., 1829, 'Copy of a manuscript tract addressed to Lord Burghley, illustrative of the Border topography of Scotland, AD 1590, with a platt or map of the Borders taken in the same year' Archaeologia Vol. 22 p. 161-71 online copy
Maps (Early maps)
- 1590, A Platt of the opposete Borders of Scotland to ye west marches of England (The Aglionby Platt) British Library online Gallery and Old Cumbria Gazetteer
  Roy Military Survey of Scotland 1747-55 British Library Maps C.9.b 6/1c online copy

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The Gatehouse website record of

Cragaburn (Craigieburn)

a location shown on a 1590 map of the West Marches of Scotland (The Aglionby Platt)