Remains Of Heaton Castle Circa 30 Yards North West Of Farmhouse

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