incorporates an improbably low entrance. Salter (1993) concludes that, although the door must originally have been larger, it "does not appear to have had a lower threshold, as a plinth continues below". When part of the castle walls collapsed, or were demolished, a human skeleton was supposedly found. An information board outside the castle expands on the story: "According to tradition, the wife of a past lord so greatly displeased her husband that she was walled up alive in part of the Castle wall. Nothing is recorded of her crime, yet it is said that she was led into a small purpose-built niche, blessed by a priest, given some food and water, and then walled up forever. When a portion of the walls fell down in the middle of the 19th Century human bones were discovered, giving some credence to this story.". The information board records the local tradition that several ley tunnels run from the castle to the Sweetie's Brae, the Mill brae, and to the tower. When the road was built below the castle no sign of these tunnels was found. Notes References Coventry, Martin The Castles of Scotland (3rd Edition), Goblinshead, 2001 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 NS74SW 9 External links Strathaven Castle Website Castles in South Lanarkshire Listed castles in Scotland Scheduled Ancient Monuments in South Lanarkshire Strathaven