Aberdeenshire HER - NO67SE0005 - OLD KINCARDINE

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Primary ReferenceNO67SE0005
NameOLD KINCARDINE
NRHE Card No.NO67SE5
NRHE Numlink 36120
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Documentary Record Only
Site Condition Destroyed
Details Site of medieval village, presumably connected with 13th century castle (NO67NE0008). It was created the County town in 1531 until the end of the 16th century when Stonehaven took over. Kincardine had neither a tolbooth nor lodgings fit for the accommodation of officials of the judiciary. Commercial decline may also have been hastened by the realignment of the Cairn O'Mount road around the north side of Hunter's Hill. The local market went to Fettercairn and Auchinblae, and the market cross which was extant in 1752 is said to have been removed to Fettercairn in the mid 18th century. The town deteriorated rapidly so that by 1789 only a few houses remained in the vicinity of the two gate ports and the cross. The East port stood at NO 6695 7496 and the West port at NO 6648 7451. The cross stood at NO 6666 7474. By 1863 nothing remained. Various artefacts have been recovered from the field over a number of years.
Last Update18/11/2021
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National Grid Reference: NO 6665 7477


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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
VILLAGES SITE OFA100
GATEWAYS SITE OFB100
HOUSES SITE OFC100
CROSSESMARKETSITE OFD100