Aberdeenshire HER - NJ31NW0137 - AUCHERNACH HOUSE WALLED GARDEN

Main Details

Primary ReferenceNJ31NW0137
NameAUCHERNACH HOUSE WALLED GARDEN
NMRS Card No.NJ31NW3
NMRS Numlink138107
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Walled garden, disused but retaining much of its original fabric, built in circa 1810. It is a large rectangular-plan walled garden with crenellated towers and centre terrace, sited behind the former Auchernach House (NJ31NW0006). The high flat-coped rubble walls are partly harled, a tall slim granite ashlar-fronted tower with raised quoin strips and margins at the centre of the north wall, and there are circular towers to the centre of the east and west walls. At the second stage of the north tower is an inscribed granite panel, below a second panel that formerly contained a clock, dated 1787. The wall is breached at the south-east, and there are remains of the former house and vaulted cellars at the south edge. Midway in its length the garden is terraced, and in the centre is a fountain. There is also a sun-dial bearing the date 1826 and the initials NF and SF, for Nathaniel and Sophia Forbes, husband and wife.
Last Update02/09/2022

National Grid Reference: NJ 3301 1598


Easting: 0, Northing: 0

CompilerNCA
Date of Compilation01/02/2017

Event Details


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Artefact and Ecofact


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Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
GARDENS  A100
FOUNTAINS  B100
SUNDIALS  C100

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National Status

National Status
Listed Building, Category B

Regional Status


Photo Details

SourceReferencePhoto TypeFilm TypeDate
AASAAS-GR-04-09-001 - 003 Ground Digital 20/09/2004

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Location

Historic Administrative Area Name Strathdon
Positional Accuracy Centred at
Buffer Zone 1-5m
Buffer Type Bespoke
Capture Scale 1:501 - 1:1250
Spatial Feature Type Polygon: Known Site Extent

Environment

Constraints Privately owned, access by arrangement - easy access.
Altitude380
Geology 
Topography Moderate Slope
Aspect 1SE
Aspect 2 Open
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Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
19th Century B100 1904  
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD) A100    

Period Notes

Period Notes Listed 16/04/1971. Built in circa 1810.

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Maritime Archaeology

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