Aberdeenshire HER - NO87SW0032 - GOURDON

Main Details

Primary ReferenceNO87SW0032
NameGOURDON
NMRS Card No.NO87SW48
NMRS Numlink36878
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Grain store dating from the late 19th century. It is a 2-storey building, with three projecting single storey bays at the rear. The earliest portion, a granary, is a rectangular block of random pink sandstone rubble. The newer portion, on the west side, comprises three gabled bays of dressed pink sandstone, the centre bay with the initials JSB and date 1896. The initials refer to the fish merchant John S Boyle, and this structure was built at the time of the herring boom, at which time the old granary was partially converted on the ground floor to store Baltic ice delivered in the winter. The walls of the lower floor were wood lined and an ice crusher was installed. The former granary was later used as a store.
Last Update02/04/2020

National Grid Reference: NO 8260 7076


Easting: 368900, Northing: 863900

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Excavations and Surveys


Artefact and Ecofact


Ecofact

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Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
GRANARIES  B100
STORESGRAIN A100
WORKS FISHC100

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Regional Status


Photo Details


Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref NoTitleAuthorDateOthersEditorPublishedDetailsDate MDate Y
00870Industrial Archaeology of ScotlandJR Hume1977  London221  

Location

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

Environment

Constraints Privately owned, access by arrangement - easy access.
Altitude5
Geology 
Topography Foreshore
Aspect 1S
Aspect 2 Open
Current Land Use Industrial
Vegetation
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Hydrology 

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Historic Land Use


Period Details

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

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Maritime Archaeology

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