ye Clints (The Gatehouse Record of the Aglionby Platt)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Clyntwood; Klintwood

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: NY53829100
Latitude 55.21117° Longitude -2.72721°

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

There are uncertain remains.

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

Unmortared Pele
Pele House ('bastle').

Reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland

Description

(NY 5382 9100) Clintwood Castle (NR) (Site of) (OS 6" map (1957))
A map in the British Museum, dated 1590, marks "Ye Clints" with a tower symbol. (A Jeffrey 1864)
Though Maughan states that the foundations of Clintwood Castle, a Border tower, lay within a few hundred yards of homestead moat NY58NW 14, the ONB states that no traces of it now remain, the site being indicated by three local informants. (Though it is said (J Snadden 1921) that Clintwood Castle was occupied by the de Soulis family prior to their removal to Liddel Castle (NY58NW 2) in the early 13th century, it is more likely that the homestead moat would form an earlier residence, this castle, noted in 1590, being a much later erection, possibly a peel tower). (J Maughan 1868; Name Book 1858)
The published site falls on a rocky eminence enclosed by a series of sheep stells. No trace of a tower was found, although several roughly dressed blocks have been incorporated in the stell walls. Dr Robson (Hawick Museum) does not dispute this site.
Visited by OS (JRL) 31 July 1979 (Canmore)

Sources of information, references and further reading

Canmore (The online National Monument Record for Scotland) Number 68016.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- You Tube Video
Books
- Coventry, M., 2008, Castles of the Clans: the strongholds and seats of 750 Scottish families and clans (Musselburgh) p. 181, 539
  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. 89 no. 85 online copy
  Jeffrey, Alexander, 1864, The History and Antiquities of Roxburghshire Vol. 4 p. 235 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. 82-3 online copy (large file)
Periodical Articles
- Maughan, J., 1864-6, 'Notice of the fort on Cairby Hill, and other antiquities in Liddlesdale, in a letter to Mr Stuart, Sec. S.A. Scot' Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Vol. 6 p. 106 online copy
  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

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The Gatehouse website record of

ye Clints (Clintwood Castle)

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