LardgJockes (The Gatehouse Record of the Aglionby Platt)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Puddingburn Ha; Stanygill Burn; Side; Bornemothe

In the civil parish of Castleton.
In the historic county of Roxburghshire, Scotland.
Modern Authority of Scottish Borders, Scotland.
1974 county of Borders, Scotland.

OS Map Grid Reference: NY45488578
Latitude 55.16333° Longitude -2.85725°

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

There are masonry footings remains.

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

Pele House ('bastle')
Unmortared Pele.

Reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland

Description

(NY 4548 8577) Earthwork (NR) (OS 6" map (1957))
Old House, Stanygill Burn: On a narrow promontory between Black Grain and Dow Sike, at the point where they join Stanygill Burn, there is a sheepfold with two small, rectangular stone structures on its W side. The N and W walls of the more northerly of these show constructional features suggesting they once formed two sides of a small 16th century house. Jeffrey, mentioning a corner of wall "of great thickness and strength" still standing here, calls this "Puddingburn Ha'".
Close by, on the SE, the promontory is crossed by a low eastern bank, without ditch or entrance, which may be contemporary. (RCAHMS 1956, visited 1949; A Jeffrey 1864)
Armstrong mentions "Puddingburn Tower" near to Side (NY48NE 6). (W A Armstrong 1960)
The sheepfold is as described; the 1.2m wide walls contain numerous squared blocks but the supposed 16th century walling cannot be identified. Dr Robson (curator, Hawick Museum) is fairly sure that this is the site of Puddingburn Tower, however, this supposition cannot be verified from ground evidence. There is no trace of a bank on the SE side, however, there are many other sinuous field banks surrounding the sheepfold but none appear to have any special significance. Visited by OS (MJF) 17 August 1979.
The remains of this rectangular tower-house, situated on a promontory at the confluence of the Dow Sike with the Stanygill Burn, have been incorporated within a more recent sheep stell. The surviving portion of the tower wall measures 6.6m from N to S by 5m transversely, is 1.3m thick and stands to a maximum height of 1.5m. What may be the S end wall is marked by a low bank, but there is no trace of the E wall. A splayed window is visible in the N wall. To the SW of the tower there is a curving section of bank, 2.5m in thickness; its function is unknown. (LID96 319)
Visited by RCAHMS (JBS) 16 April 1996 (Canmore)

Sources of information, references and further reading

Canmore (The online National Monument Record for Scotland) Number 67874.

Books
- Coventry, M., 2008, Castles of the Clans: the strongholds and seats of 750 Scottish families and clans (Musselburgh) p. 15
  Armstrong, W.A., 1960, The Armstrong Borderland: a Re-Assessment of Certain Aspects of Border History (Edinburgh: John McQueen) p. 39
  RCAHMS, 1956, An inventory of the ancient and historical monuments of Roxburghshire (Edinburgh: The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland) Vol. 1 p. 86-7 No. 69 online copy
  Jeffrey, Alexander, 1864, The History and Antiquities of Roxburghshire Vol. 4 p. 239 online copy
  Sinclair, John (ed), 1795, The statistical account of Scotland, drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes (Edinburgh) Vol. 16 p. 83 online copy (large file)
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
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Bain, J., 1894, Calendar of Letters and Papers relating to the Borders of England and Scotland (Edinburgh: HMSO) Vol. 1 1560-1594 p. 314-15 no. 595 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
  1607, Platt of the Forrest of Nicholl and the Mannor of Liddale, Arthurett and Randelinton with the Debatable groundes online copy (Bornemothe)

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LardgJockes (Puddingburn Tower)

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