More information : NY57347526 Braes. Remains of a Medieval pele tower, 30ft square over 5ft walls, with a small forecourt or barmkin to the
south. To the east are the overgrown foundations of a house, to the north is a rectangular partitioned enclosure, 125ft by 48ft and to the northeast is a corn-drying kiln. (1)
Situated at NY5734 7529 on a gentle south facing slope between two narrow streams and above the steep slopes of a gulley to the south the turf covered remains are basically as described by Authority 1. The remains of the pele ('A' on 1:2500 survey) are visible as low rickles of stone on the north, west and east sides with a steep scarp 1.6m high forming the south side. The remains to the north appear to be more those of another possible building with a separate rhomboidal shaped enclosure to the north formed of rubble walls 2.5m wide and 0.5m high, rather than those of a large partitioned enclosure. The remains of the kiln referred to are visible as a rubble lined, turf covered hollow in a steep south facing scarp.
Surveyed at 1:2500. (2)
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