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Field Visit

Date 1 February 1968

Event ID 608220

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/608220

The remains of Banff Castle are as described by Mahood (1919) and Cameron. According to a note about the castle (source unknown) which is framed and hung up in the community centre, a castle is mentioned in the 12th century, and Edward I stayed at a castle in Banff in 1296.

The rolled moulding on a round-arched sally port in the N curtain wall suggests a 16th century date for the existing remains. A shallow discontinuous depression running E-W across the lawn to the S of the community centre, almost certainly indicates the course of the moat with a possible central causeway.

The name 'Castle' as applied to the community centre is obsolete.

Visited by OS (NKB) 1 February 1968.

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