Moray HER - NJ56NW0416 - CULLEN HOUSE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ56NW0416
Name	CULLEN HOUSE
NMRS Card No.	NJ56NW6
NMRS Numlink	17966
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Complete 2
Details	Designed landscape of Cullen House (NJ56NW0003). It is a predominantly informal 18th century landscape planned by Thomas White (senior) overlying an earlier formal 17th century design. A survey plan of 1794 by Peter May shows the large formal grid of rides on the west bank of the Deskford Burn with a broad Principal Avenue extending southwest in line with the house. Between then and the OS 1st edition map (1878) the landscape was informalised. in the early 19th century the old village of Cullen (NJ56NW0004) was moved, a long west drive added from the house. Within the designed landscape are: castle motte (NJ56NW0006), Old Cullen House (NJ56NW0360), lodges (NJ56NW0118, NJ56NW0198, NJ56NW0117), ice house (NJ56NW0361), laundry (NJ56NW0120), stables (NJ56NW0122), walled garden (NJ56NW0067), sawmill (NJ56NW0394), Temple of Pomona(NJ56NW0044), iron bridge (NJ56NW0046), Claypots Bridge (NJ56NW0047), Ivy Bridge (NJ56NW0048), Lintmill Bridge (NJ56NW0115), enclosed garden (NJ56NW0418).
Last Update	17/03/2025

National Grid Reference: NJ 5077 6584

Easting: 321900, Northing: 862400

Compiler	CP
Date of Compilation	01/03/2023

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

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Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
LANDSCAPES		DESIGNED	A	100
VILLAGES		SITE OF	B	100
HOUSES			C	100
ICE-HOUSES			D	100
LAUNDRIES			E	100
STABLES			F	100
BRIDGES			G	100
SAWMILLS			H	100
LODGES			I	100
MOTTES			J	100

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Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Rathven
Positional Accuracy	Centred at
Buffer Zone	5-10m
Buffer Type	Bespoke
Capture Scale	1:2501 - 1:10,000
Spatial Feature Type	Polygon: Known Site Extent

Environment

Constraints	Privately owned, access by arrangement - easy access.
Altitude	50
Geology
Topography	Gentle slope
Aspect 1	E
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Designed Landscape
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Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD)	A	100
17th Century	B	100
18th Century	C	100
19th Century	D	100

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