| Primary Reference | NJ72NE0012 |
| Name | MOUNIE CASTLE |
| NRHE Card No. | NJ72NE14 |
| NRHE Numlink |
18731
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| HES SM No. |
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| HES LB No. |
2793
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| Site Form |
Standing Structure
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| Site Condition |
Complete 2
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| Details |
Mounie Castle, built c.1641 by Robert Farquhar, Provost of Aberdeen. It subsequently passed in 1701-2 to Alexander Hay of Arnbath and then in 1714 to George Seton earning it the moniker of the 'Last Seton Castle'. It is a good example of a Laird's house, a plain harled three-storey main block aligned N-S with crow-stepped gables, with a circular stair tower projecting eastwards from the middle of the E front. The stair tower is very elegantly corbelled to square to form a little cap-house-like top. The one and a half storeyed building at the northeast is late 18th century. The garden house (at NJ7658 2866) was previously a 17th Century dovecot, although no dovecot features survive.
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| Last Update | 06/03/2020 |
| Updated By | cpalmer |
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