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Site of a castle. Although little is known about the castle it is thought to have been built by the Lauders in the middle of the 14th century and later passed to the Sutherlands who held it until 1750. It became ruinous in mid 18th century and was then removed piecemeal by the tenantry until the foundations were said to have been erased. A rectangular shaped cropmark lies in the area of the castle site, within which is a smaller rectangular cropmark. To the north, outside this feature, are a number of other cropmarks which may be related, but are probably earlier. An evaluation in May 2001, prior to a housing development, cut two sections across the linear crop marks, which were thought to be the lines of a possible ditch of the castle. This revealed the remains of the ditch, 4 m wide and 1 m deep. In one area it had been filled with stone dumping, probably in a single action. A large amount of medieval pottery was found within both trenches, from at least seven or eight separate jugs, mainly dating to the 14th century. Sherds of an almost complete anthropomorphic red ware jug of 14th century date found in the ditch was probably locally made in Elgin. Other finds included a coin of Edward VII, pieces of vessel glass and 18-19th century pottery and glass. Traces of rig and furrow were also recorded, the furrows being circa 2.6 m apart and circa 300 mm deep. They lay circa 400 mm below the present surface, the tops of the rigs having been ploughed out by modern agriculture. A number of sherds of 13/14th century pottery were found in the fill of the furrows.
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Historic Environment Records (HER) 
Moray
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NJ16SE0025 - QUARRYWOOD CASTLE