Aberdeenshire HER - NO88NE0104 - URY HOUSE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO88NE0104
Name	URY HOUSE
NMRS Card No.	NO88NE32
NMRS Numlink	36912
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of a designed landscape possibly dating back to the 1700s or earlier, associated with Ury House (NO88NE0050). Features within the landscape include a walled garden (NO88NE0164), former coach-house (NO88NE0165), a girder bridge (NO88NE0367), the remains of a lodge (NO88NE0189), icehouse (NO88NE0166), aviaries, kennels, a curling pond, Second World War pill boxes and sections of anti-tank blocks which form part of the Cowie Line (NO88NE0087 and NO88NE0129), a cairnfield site (NO88NE0049), a cairn and enclosure site (NO88NE0057) and an area of three cairns (NO88NE0177). An archaeological evaluation was carried out in 2021 by Guard Archaeology in six areas across Ury Estate prior to proposed development, see Areas 1-3 (NO88NE0185), Area 6 (NO88NE0186) and Areas 4-5 (NO88NE0217). As part of these works, a walkover survey was also carried out in the northeastern extent of the development area in Slicewells Wood covering the cairnfield site (NO88NE0049) and cairn and enclosure (NO88NE0057). An archaeological evaluation was carried out in 2021 by Guard Archaeology adjacent to East Lodge Ury Estate prior to proposed development, see NO88NE0299.
Last Update	22/07/2022

National Grid Reference: NO 8608 8792

Easting: 369500, Northing: 863780

Compiler
Date of Compilation

Event Details

Event Date	Event Type
1905	Evaluation
1905	Field Survey
1905	Evaluation

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
4	2021	Excavation		GUA		DEV	7
9	2021	Excavation		GUA		DEV	7
	2021	Survey		GUA		DEV	100

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
CAIRNS			L	100
ENCLOSURES		REMAINS OF	M	100
COACH-HOUSES			B	100
GARDENS	WALLED		C	100
BRIDGES	GIRDER		D	100
LODGES		REMAINS OF	E	100
ICE-HOUSES			F	100
AVIARIES			G	100
KENNELS			H	100
CURLING-PONDS			I	100
PILL-BOXES	WORLD WAR II	TYPE 22	J	100
BLOCKS	ANTI-TANK		K	100
LANDSCAPES		DESIGNED	A	100

Google Map for NO88NE0104

National Status

Regional Status

Photo Details

Source	Reference	Photo Type	Film Type	Date
AAS	AAS/05/5/CT1-37	Air-oblique	Colour Transparency	12/07/2005
AAS	AAS/77/8/CT10	Air-oblique	Infra Red	05/08/1977

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
15438	A WRITTEN SCHEME OF INVESTIGATION (WSI): PROPOSED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, EAST LODGE, URY ESTATE, STONEHAVEN		2014				WSI		2014
01768	PRESS & JOURNAL		1			ABERDEEN	18/07/2007	7	2007
06869	URY ESTATE, ABERDEENSHIRE: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION WRITTEN SCHEME OF INVESTIGATION ADDENDUM		2021			Project 5760	WSI		2021
06868	URY ESTATE, ABERDEENSHIRE: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION DATA STRUCTURE REPORT		2022			Project 5760	Evaluation DSR	2	2022
20197	LAND AT URY ESTATE, STONEHAVEN: WRITTEN SCHEME OF INVESTIGATION (WSI)		2019			CA370-2019	WSI	7	2019
20198	LAND AT URY ESTATE, STONEHAVEN: WRITTEN SCHEME OF INVESTIGATION (WSI) PHASE 1 ACCESS ROAD		2018			CA370	WSI	11	2018
06870	SECTION 7, URY ESTATE, STONEHAVEN, ABERDEENSHIRE: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION DATA STRUCTURE REPORT		2022			Project 5780	Evaluation DSR	3	2022

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Fetteresso
Positional Accuracy	Centred at
Buffer Zone	1-5m
Buffer Type	Bespoke
Capture Scale	1:2501 - 1:10,000
Spatial Feature Type	Polygon: Known Site Extent

Environment

Constraints	Privately owned, access by arrangement - difficult access.
Altitude	50
Geology
Topography	Moderate Slope
Aspect 1
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Designed Landscape
Vegetation
Soil Type
Hydrology

Measurements

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

Historic Land Use

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD)	C	100
Prehistoric period uncertain	A	100
World War 2 (1939 - 1945)	D	100
Bronze Age (2200 BC - 800 BC)	B	100

Period Notes

Period Notes

Architect Details

Architect Details

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