Aberdeenshire HER - NJ70NE0029 - TOWER LODGES AND BOATHOUSE LOCH OF SKENE, DUNECHT HOUSE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ70NE0029
Name	TOWER LODGES AND BOATHOUSE LOCH OF SKENE, DUNECHT HOUSE
NRHE Card No.	NJ70NE15
NRHE Numlink	129359
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	16505
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Complete 2
Details	Boathouse, follies gates and gatepiers, designed by A. Marshall Mackenzie and Son in 1922-3. The follies take the form of a pair of symmetrical 4-storey tower houses with battlemented parapet cap-houses and circular stair towers, heavy gatepiers with griffins and immense wrought iron gates between. The boathouse has a portcullis gate, square angle turrets and handsome square room vaulted in four compartments. Built of ashlar masonry in uneven courses.
Last Update	19/07/2023
Updated By	cpalmer

Compiler	CH
Date of Compilation	16/11/2011

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National Grid Reference: NJ 7855 0806

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
	1998				RCM	RCM

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

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Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
TURRETS	SQUARE	ANGLED	H	100
GATES	WROUGHT-IRON		I	100
TOWERS	CIRCULAR		J	100
TOWERHOUSES			C	100
PORTCULLISES			D	100
PARAPETS		BATTLEMENTED	E	100
CAP-HOUSES			F	100
GATEPIERS			G	100
TOWERS	STAIR		K	100
HOUSES	BOAT		A	100
FOLLIES			B	100