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This motte and bailey castle is situated at the tip of a promontory 60m N of high Drummore farmstead. The motte rises to a height of 2.5m and its oval summit, which has been dug into, measures 10m by 6.3m. The bailey lies on the E and measures 28m by 20m within a bank (up to 7.2m thick and 2.5m high on the S), which originally also enclosed the motte; the W section has been removed by cultivation and the entrance was probably on the South. A gold torc was found at the site and is now in the National museum in Edinburgh.