Gilbertfield Castle
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Gilbertfield Castle is a ruined 17th-century castle in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located at NS652587, on the north slope of Dechmont Hill, just outside Cambuslang, to the south-east of Glasgow.
History
The castle is within the former
The castle
Gilbertfield is a well-planned
The basement level was vaulted, and contained cellars and a kitchen, which had a large fireplace and oven. A service stair connected the basement with the hall above. The hall itself had a smaller fireplace, as well as large windows with gunloops in between. Above the hall were two further floors, each with three rooms; two in the main block, and one in the wing. At the highest level, the garret, two round turrets projected at the south-east and north-west corners. There was no parapet.
The castle is now a neglected ruin, the east wall having collapsed in the 1950s. Only the
Nearby development
In March 2017, an application by
A proposal for a further development directly incorporating the castle was publicised in May 2020.[10]
References
- ^ a b Local and family history: Cambuslang and King Arthur, South Lanarkshire Council
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Gilbertfield Castle (SM5270)". Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ^ Cambuslang, Dechmont Rifle Ranges, Canmore
- ^ "Cambuslang residents up-in-arms over new plans to build 437 houses in fields across from their homes". Daily Record/Rutherglen Reformer. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "CR/15/0239 - Application for site to south of Gilbertfield Road Cambuslang - Related Documents". South Lanarkshire Council Planning Department. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "Campaign against controversial Cambuslang housing development ramps up". Daily Record/Rutherglen Reformer. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "1,300 Cambuslang voices of protest silenced by council as 386 houses get go-ahead". Daily Record/Rutherglen Reformer. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "Cambuslang housing development plans to be redrawn after flood warning". Daily Record/Rutherglen Reformer. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "Cambuslang development: Gilbertfield homes back on the table". Daily Record/Rutherglen Reformer. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ A ruined castle with a bloody history could be at the centre of a housing development, The Scotsman, 18 May 2020
- Mason, Gordon The Castles of Glasgow and the Clyde, Goblinshead, 2000
- Salter, Mike The Castles of South West Scotland, Folly Publications, 1993
- National Monuments Record of Scotland Site Reference NS65NE 12 [1]
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