Aberdeenshire HER - NJ82NE0053 - PITMEDDEN HOUSE

Main Details

Primary ReferenceNJ82NE0053
NamePITMEDDEN HOUSE
NMRS Card No.NJ82NE33
NMRS Numlink115310
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Remains of a lime kiln. It measures 8.55m across the front, south-facing side, by circa 6.8m deep (north-south), and is up to 4.5m high. An updraft kiln with three draw holes to the south, east, and west. There is the stump of a flanking wall to the east, with two projecting stones just to the north of the draw-hole. Granite constructed, with quoins of reasonably well dressed squared blocks, and occasional blocks of very dark grey whin, particularly in the area of the mouths of the draw-holes. Vertical wall surfaces are well maintained, pointed up in cement, but the wall-heads and chamber somewhat overgrown. The chamber, which is about half filled-in with debris, is circular in plan, about 4m in diameter.
Last Update25/03/2024

National Grid Reference: NJ 8812 2814


Easting: 0, Northing: 0

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Date of Compilation 

Event Details


Excavations and Surveys

Date MDate YTypeDurationDirector / OrganisationAuspicesFundExtent
 1998   RCMRCM 

Artefact and Ecofact


Ecofact

Samples 
Palynology 
Ecofact Notes 

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
KILNSLIMEREMAINS OFA100

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National Status

National Status
Listed Building, Category B

Regional Status


Photo Details

SourceReferencePhoto TypeFilm TypeDate
AASAAS/GR/92/CT15-16,105 Ground Colour Transparency 01/01/1992
GRACS 29-30 Ground Black & White 29/08/1984
GRACS 9-10 Ground Black & White 29/08/1984

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref NoTitleAuthorDateOthersEditorPublishedDetailsDate MDate Y
01830Pitmedden Historic Landscape Survey Vol 1 & 2 2007Y  Vol II; p.45-632007

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name Udny
Positional Accuracy Centred at
Buffer Zone 15-20m
Buffer Type Bespoke
Capture Scale Unknown
Spatial Feature Type Polygon: Unknown Extent

Environment

Constraints Privately owned, access by arrangement - easy access.
Altitude74
Geology 
Topography Gentle slope
Aspect 1N
Aspect 2
Current Land Use Woodland Scrub
Vegetation
Soil Type 
Hydrology 

Measurements

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Shape 2
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Historic Land Use


Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD) A100    

Period Notes

Period Notes From 9th November 1853 restoration took place after fire caused damage. 1861 the duck house and stables. From 1885 to 1886 reconstruction was proposed but never executed. From 1954 to 1955 repairs were made to the garden for NTS. In 1956 Fountatin was reconstructed from fragments.

Architect Details

Architect Details Restoration after fire damage 1853 by William Henderson. Duck house and stables 1861 by James Forbes Beattie. (Sir) Robert Rowand Anderson, George Washington Browne and Hew Maitland Wardrop (later Hew Montgomerie Wardrop) from 1885 to 1886 Proposed reconstruction - not executed; exhibited as Wardrop's work. Henry Alfred Wardrop (or Harry Alfred Wardrop) 1886; Proposed reconstruction - not executed; exhibited as Harry Wardrop's work. A Marshall Mackenzie & Son Architectural ( Alexander George Robertson Mackenzie and John Gibb Marr) from 1954 to 1955: Repairs to Great Garden for NTS. Also alterations to house. James Smith Richardson Architect 1956 Fountain reconstructed from fragments and oversaw the reconstruction of parterres.

Maritime Archaeology

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