Description

CORNHILL-ON-TWEED CASTLE HEATON
NT 94 SW
5/34 Remains of Heaton
Castle c.30 yards
22.12.69 north-west of
Farmhouse
II*

Vaulted defensible building. Late medieval. Squared stone and random rubble,
Welsh slate roof. c.70 ft. by 25 ft. 2 storeys.

Long west side has stone steps to lst-floor doorway; some of the steps are
worn, others renewed, but the wall beneath them is old. Under the steps a
C16 or C17 doorway with alternating-block surround and rounded arrises. Left
of the steps a projection c.8 ft. outside the line of the wall. This has a
chamfered plinth and medieval masonry. It appears to be solid. Left of this
a further section, still projecting but not so far, also has a chamfered
plinth and a window with a steeply-sloping sill. The left section has a
later window and an original slit window. On 1st floor C19 windows in old
masonry.

On east side two buttresses with offsets and 2 blocked slit windows. 1st
floor is rebuilt on this side.

Interior has a high round tunnel vault rising from c.3 ft. above ground.
The walls are c. 3 ft. 6 inches thick normally and much thicker where there
are projections. The south gable has been largely rebuilt.

Listing NGR: NT9011341916

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Heaton Castle at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17546967

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