Aberdeenshire HER - NK06SW0113 - CAIRNESS HOUSE

Main Details

Primary ReferenceNK06SW0113
NameCAIRNESS HOUSE
NMRS Card No.NK06SW23
NMRS Numlink181087
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Walled garden, still in use, probably built in the 1780s by Robert Burn, Edinburgh, and extended to the east prior to1899. It is sited to the south-east of Cairness House (NK06SW0016). The well-preserved walls form an unusual sac-shape with a straight east wall and bowed west wall, widening from the short north end to the longer south wall. They are constructed from coped, coursed and random, snecked, rubble with large roughly squared quoins, with voussoired, segmental-arched gateways in the south and east walls. There is also a square-headed, brick-lintelled pedestrian gateway at the south and a later outer wall forming a narrow brick-lined strip at the east wall. At the north wall are the remains of a lean-to greenhouse, and there is a aluster sundial by G Adams, London, within the garden.
Last Update19/06/2018

National Grid Reference: NK 0387 6054


Easting: 364700, Northing: 775500

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
GARDENSWALLED A100

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National Status

National Status
Listed Building, Category C

Regional Status


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Location

Historic Administrative Area Name Lonmay
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.
Altitude20
Geology 
Topography Gentle slope
Aspect 1SW
Aspect 2 Open
Current Land Use Horticulture
Vegetation
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Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
18th Century B100    
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD) A100    

Period Notes

Period Notes Listed 15/02/1982. Probably built in the 1780's, and extended before 1899.

Architect Details

Architect Details Robert Burn

Maritime Archaeology

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