Aberdeenshire HER - NO69NE0003 - CLUNY CRICHTON CASTLE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO69NE0003
Name	CLUNY CRICHTON CASTLE
NRHE Card No.	NO69NE5
NRHE Numlink	36189
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	3246
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of castle, built in 1666 for George Crichton of Cluny. It is built on an L-plan with a rectangular stair-tower set into the re-entrant angle. It stood three storeys and a garret in height, built of rough granite. Most of the dressed stone-work has been removed and it is now falling rapidly into decay. The entrance, in the W side of the stair tower, was protected by gun-loops, with above it two recesses for coat-of-arms and a finely carved panel bearing the name and date.
Last Update	16/08/2017
Updated By	nackerman

Compiler
Date of Compilation

NO69NE0003 - CLUNY CRICHTON CASTLE

Please click on an image to see a larger version.

NO69NE0003 - CLUNY CRICHTON CASTLE

Please click on an image to see a larger version.

Google Map for NO69NE0003

National Grid Reference: NO 6858 9979

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
CASTLES		L-PLAN	A	100
TOWERS	STAIR		B	100
GUN-LOOPS			C	100
BAR-HOLES			D	100
STAIRCASES	NEWEL	REMAINS OF	E	100
LOOP-HOLES			F	100
PASSAGES		BARREL-VAULTED	G	100
KITCHENS		REMAINS OF	H	100
FIREPLACES		REMAINS OF	I	100
AUMBRIES			J	100
GARDEROBES			K	100
CUPBOARDS	MURAL		L	100
PANELS		CARVED	M	100
PANELS		RECESSED	N	100