Aberdeenshire HER - NJ74NW0008 - DORLAITHERS CASTLE

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Primary ReferenceNJ74NW0008
NameDORLAITHERS CASTLE
NRHE Card No.NJ74NW8
NRHE Numlink 19182
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Documentary Record Only
Site Condition Destroyed
Details Site of castle. It is depicted on the OS 1st edition map on which it is annotated as 'Remains of' and it appears to have had a courtyard in the centre. A rectangular pecked enclosure adjoins it on the south but whether this is the building mentioned by ONB as 'part of the wall on the north side' is not quite clear. Two other buildings are shown to the north. The 2nd edition OS map shows what appears to be a pair of cottages, the location annotated as the site of the castle. The site is now occupied by a farm cottage. OS site visit 1964 noted that no remains of the castle were seen at the site. At one time Dorlaithers ‘was an independent barony held from the Crown’.
Last Update05/02/2024
Updated Bycpalmer
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Date of Compilation 

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National Grid Reference: NJ 7028 4755


Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
CASTLES SITE OFA100
COURTYARDS REMAINS OFB95
COTTAGES  C100