Sites and Monument Record: Auchinlillylinn Hermitage (SMR 1250)
Description
The remains of a stone building located adjacent to the spectacular waterfalls on the River Carron known as Auchinlillylinn Spout can still be seen. The building is placed on an "island" in the river, with the narrow rock gorge of the main stream to its west, the wider river to the north and a smaller (overflow) channel to the south and east. The building is rectangular in shape, c12m by 10m, with its western wall set within a couple of metres of the rock precipe. The walls are of random rubble with eroded pink sandstone quoins. The north-east corner still (2006) survives to a height of c8m, but most of the walls are just under 1m high. It was built as a retreat by Robert Hill of Edinburgh in 1801 and called the "Hermitage". A full description of the rooms is given in the New Statistical Account. A large picture window overlooked the waterfall. It was abandoned shortly after 1840. The 1st ed OS map shows the building to contain four rooms and most of these walls can still be traced. The interior of the NW room is cut into the bedrock to form a cellar.
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