Aberdeenshire HER - NO79NW0016 - BANCHORY-TERNAN WATCH HOUSE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO79NW0016
Name	BANCHORY-TERNAN WATCH HOUSE
NMRS Card No.	NO79NW68
NMRS Numlink	229554
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Complete 2
Details	Watch-house, standing in the graveyard of the Banchory-Ternan Parish church (NO79NW0031). It is a circular, two-storey building of rubble and slate with a conical roof incorporating a bell tower. The date 1829 is cut on the stone above the bell. There is a round hole just beneath the small window through which, it is said, the custom was to fire a gun occasionally to frightened off would-be body snatchers.
Last Update	09/02/2024

National Grid Reference: NO 7069 9574

Easting: 362000, Northing: 864400

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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
WATCH-HOUSES	CIRCULAR		A	100
ROOFS		CONICAL	B	100
TURRETS	BELL		C	100

Google Map for NO79NW0016

National Status

National Status
Listed Building, Category B

Regional Status

Regional Status
Site of Regional Significance
Local Government Guardianship

Photo Details

Source	Reference	Photo Type	Film Type	Date
AAS	AAS/08/2/DG9490	Air-oblique		14/07/2008

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
01889	PSAS 46(1911-12) 285-302	J RITCHIE	1912				292
00856	ARCH SCOT POST-REF CHURCHES	G HAY	1957				236

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Banchory Ternan
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	55
Geology
Topography	Terrace
Aspect 1	S
Aspect 2	Closed
Current Land Use	Ecclesiastic
Vegetation
Soil Type
Hydrology

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Historic Land Use

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD)	A	100
19th Century	B	100		1905
Modern (1900 - 2050)	C	100

Period Notes

Period Notes

Dated 1829. Old bell 1664. Restored and re-harled in 1998.

Architect Details

Architect Details

Bell by Peter of Ostend.

Maritime Archaeology

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