Aberdeenshire HER - NO69SW0001 - CASTLE OF EASTER CLUNE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO69SW0001
Name	CASTLE OF EASTER CLUNE
NMRS Card No.	NO69SW1
NMRS Numlink	36212
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of castle. Only the southeast angle remains of the small 16th or 17th century tower said to have been built by an Archbishop Ross. Easter Clune house (NO69SW0010) bears the date 1719, so presumably the tower was abandoned by then.
Last Update	16/05/2019

National Grid Reference: NO 6123 9151

Easting: 361230, Northing: 791500

Compiler
Date of Compilation

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
CASTLES		REMAINS OF	A	100
TOWERS		REMAINS OF	B	100

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National Status

Regional Status

Regional Status
Site of Regional Significance

Photo Details

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
02265	BUILDINGS OF ARCHITECTURAL & HISTORICAL INTEREST						BIRSE 24	0	0
01410	CASTEL & DOM ARCH OF SCOT VOL2	T MACGIBBON	1887	Y		EDINBURGH	458

Location

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

Environment

Constraints	Privately owned, access by arrangement - difficult access.
Altitude	124
Geology
Topography	Rise
Aspect 1	N,E
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Derelict Building
Vegetation
Soil Type	5sg
Hydrology

Measurements

Plan
Shape 1
Shape 2
Diameter
Length	2
Width
Thickness	1.2
Depth
Area
Height

Historic Land Use

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Medieval (1100 - 1560 AD)	A	95

Period Notes

Period Notes

Architect Details

Architect Details

Maritime Archaeology

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