Aberdeenshire HER - NO29NE0057 - BALMORAL CASTLE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO29NE0057
Name	BALMORAL CASTLE
NMRS Card No.	NO29NE15
NMRS Numlink	199172
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Complete 2
Details	Fountain, built in 1859 and later repaired by Charles Henshaw. It is a shallow, circular, granite basin with a rope-moulded base course and chevroned rim, featuring a cast-iron fountain centrepiece with a fluted base bearing shallow decorative bowl with spouts at the rim, and crowned by a putto statue on a circular base carrying a further, gadrooned basin.
Last Update	08/10/2020

National Grid Reference: NO 2546 9505

Easting: 399860, Northing: 867520

Compiler	NCA
Date of Compilation	01/02/2017

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

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Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
FOUNTAINS			A	100

Google Map for NO29NE0057

National Status

National Status
Listed Building, Category B

Regional Status

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Bibliographic Detail

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Crathie and Braemar
Positional Accuracy	Centred at
Buffer Zone	15-20m
Buffer Type	Standard
Capture Scale	Unknown
Spatial Feature Type	Polygon: Known Site Extent

Environment

Constraints	Privately owned, access by arrangement - easy access.
Altitude	280
Geology
Topography	Valley
Aspect 1	N
Aspect 2	Closed
Current Land Use	Residential
Vegetation
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Hydrology

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Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
19th Century	B	100		1905
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD)	A	100

Period Notes

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Listed 12/03/2010

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Maritime Archaeology

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