Aberdeenshire HER - NJ92NW0001 - CASTLE OF ESSLEMONT

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Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Medieval (1100 - 1560 AD)	A	100
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD)	B	100

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Originally built 15thC and destroyed by fire 1493; Royal licence dated 1500; castle rebuilt c1570-90; passed to Errolls in 1625 and bought by Gordons 1728; abandoned 1769. Previous notes state 'property of George Jamesone 1588-1644; occupied by Covenanters in 1646' which contradicts other information.

Aberdeenshire HER - NJ92NW0001 - CASTLE OF ESSLEMONT

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