Aberdeenshire HER - NJ72NE0012 - MOUNIE CASTLE

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Primary ReferenceNJ72NE0012
NameMOUNIE CASTLE
NRHE Card No.NJ72NE14
NRHE Numlink 18731
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. 2793
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Mounie Castle, built circa 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 north-south with crow-stepped gables, with a circular stair tower projecting eastwards from the middle of the east 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. See NJ72NE0093 for designed landscape.
Last Update22/04/2024
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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
CASTLES  A100
HOUSESLAIRD B100
TOWERSCIRCULAR C100
TURRETSSTAIR D100
WATCH-CHAMBERS  E100
GABLES CROW-STEPPEDF100
CELLARS VAULTEDG100
KITCHENS VAULTEDH100
FIREPLACES ARCHEDI100
BASINSSTONE J100
GARDENSWALLED K100
DOVECOTS REMAINS OFL100
HOUSESSUMMER M100