Aberdeenshire HER - NO88NE0104 - URY HOUSE

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Main Details

Primary ReferenceNO88NE0104
NameURY HOUSE
NRHE Card No.NO88NE32
NRHE Numlink 36912
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Remains of a designed landscape possibly dating back to the 1700s or earlier, associated with Ury House (NO88NE0050). Features within the landscape include a walled garden (NO88NE0164), former coach-house (NO88NE0165), a girder bridge (NO88NE0367), the remains of a lodge (NO88NE0189), icehouse (NO88NE0166), aviaries, kennels, a curling pond, Second World War pill boxes and sections of anti-tank blocks which form part of the Cowie Line (NO88NE0087 and NO88NE0129), a cairnfield site (NO88NE0049), a cairn and enclosure site (NO88NE0057) and an area of three cairns (NO88NE0177). An archaeological evaluation was carried out in 2021 by Guard Archaeology in six areas across Ury Estate prior to proposed development, see Areas 1-3 (NO88NE0185), Area 6 (NO88NE0186) and Areas 4-5 (NO88NE0217). As part of these works, a walkover survey was also carried out in the northeastern extent of the development area in Slicewells Wood covering the cairnfield site (NO88NE0049) and cairn and enclosure (NO88NE0057). An archaeological evaluation was carried out in 2021 by Guard Archaeology adjacent to East Lodge Ury Estate prior to proposed development, see NO88NE0299.
Last Update22/07/2022
Updated Byjnicholson
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Date of Compilation 

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National Grid Reference: NO 8608 8792



Event Details

Event DateEvent TypeOASIS ID
2021 Evaluation
2021 Field Survey
2021 Evaluation

Excavations and Surveys

Date MDate YTypeDurationDirector / OrganisationAuspicesFundExtent
42021 Excavation  GUA DEV7
92021 Excavation  GUA DEV7
 2021 Survey  GUA DEV100

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
CAIRNS  L100
ENCLOSURES REMAINS OFM100
COACH-HOUSES  B100
GARDENSWALLED C100
BRIDGESGIRDER D100
LODGES REMAINS OFE100
ICE-HOUSES  F100
AVIARIES  G100
KENNELS  H100
CURLING-PONDS  I100
PILL-BOXESWORLD WAR IITYPE 22J100
BLOCKSANTI-TANK K100
LANDSCAPES DESIGNEDA100