Angus HER - NO53NW0013 - BALMACHIE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO53NW0013
Name	BALMACHIE
NRHE Card No.	NO53NW13
NRHE Numlink	34534
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Documentary Record Only
Site Condition	Unlocated
Details	Site of a mansion or castle. Cruickshank reported in 1899 that Balmachie, a mansion house or castle, was entered in the Valuation Roll of 1682, and was a plain but substantial building. The site is shown on Pont's map of 1560 and also on Edward's map of 1616-1696 where an 'Old'(castle) is shown. The OS discovered in 1958 that the present farmhouse of Balmachie is entirely modern, no structural evidence or knowledge of an early building was found about the farm. The 2nd edition OS map shows a dovecot and rectangular building on the south side of the farmstead that has since been destroyed. Possible cropmark evidence for the castle site is shown on vertical aerial photographs taken in 1958.
Last Update	13/01/2021
Updated By	cherbert

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Date of Compilation

Google Map for NO53NW0013

National Grid Reference: NO 5467 3678

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
5	1958			JLD	OS

Artefact and Ecofact

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Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
DOVECOTS		SITE OF	B	100
BUILDINGS		SITE OF	C	100
FARMSTEADS			D	100
MANSIONS		SITE OF	A	80