What is recorded here
No wall or stone still stands in Glen of the Hole, yet the glen keeps its shape: a deep hole where the Gordons of Clanyard are said to have built a castle. That missing tower may have fallen, rotted or been torn out, but the hole remained sharp enough to name the valley. Walk beside it and the absence becomes active, a castle-shaped gap in the earth rather than a dead fact on a page.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Glen of the Hole as Castle (medieval)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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Places near here
Low ClanyardFarmhouse (18th Century) · 416 yd
Castle ClanyardTower House (medieval) · 466 yd
Clanyard BayFort (period Unassigned)(possible) · 832 yd
Clanyard MillMill (period Unassigned) · 869 yd
CurrochtrieAxehead (stone)(period Unassigned) · 1135 yd
MacDouall MemorialMemorial · 1.1 mi
Cairney HillMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Harmony: Laggantalluch Head, Rhinns of Galloway, North ChannelBrig (19th Century) · 1.6 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.8 mi
Boy Hubert: Drummore Harbour, Luce Bay, Solway FirthCraft (20th Century) · 1.8 mi
Drummore BayBay · 2.1 mi
AuchneightCastle (medieval)(possible) · 2.3 mi