Vayne Castle

Heritage listing

Date Added 28/10/1977 Last Date Amended 28/07/2015 Supplementary Information Updated 12/07/2016 Type Secular: castle Local Authority Angus Parish Fern NGR NO 49349 59920 Coordinates 349349, 759920 — The monument is the remains of Vayne Castle, built probably in the later 16th century and now visible as a ruin standing up to three storeys high. The castle was built on a Z-plan, and comprises a central rectangular block, a square tower at the NE angle and a circular tower at the SW angle. The topography of the site suggests that a courtyard lay to the S. The rectangular central block measures about 14m E-W by 9m transversely, giving internal dimensions of about 11m by 7m. The E gable survives to three storeys in height and provides evidence for a vaulted ground floor, a high first floor, and a second floor with extant fireplace and window aperture. A tower at the NE corner is smaller, measuring about 7m square externally, and a turret containing a wheel stair has been inserted in the angle between the tower and the E gable of the main block. The N and S walls of the NE tower stand to almost the same height as the E gable of the main block. A round tower at the SW corner of the main block measures about 7.5m in external diameter, and the base of a stair turret is visible, corbelled out at first floor level, in the angle between the round tower and the S front of the main block. The round tower now stands one to two storeys high, the N side being the best preserved. To the S of the buildings, the putative courtyard measures about 35m E-W by 25m transversely, with low earthworks suggesting a square SW corner. The castle lies at about 100m above sea level and stands just above the steeply sloping N side of Tammy's Pot, a den through which the Noran Water flows. The ground ris

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.