Archaeology Notes

Event ID 673439

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NK13NW 1 1015 3610

(NK 1015 3610) Slains Castle (NR) AD 1664

OS 6" map, (1959).

Not to be confused with (Old) Slains Castle (NK 0533 3000), for which see NK03SE 2.

Now a shapeless, two-storeyed, labyrinthine ruin (HBD No. 19) this building originated as a square tower and court in the reign of James VI, when it was named Bowness. It was subsequently enlarged and was virtually rebuilt in 1846-7 although the base of the square tower survives on the S, with 19th century additions (information from, View of the Diocese of Aberdeen).

J B Pratt 1901.

The tower, at NK 1016 3607 on the S of Slains Castle, is rectangular, measuring 4.8m by 2.5m within a wall 1.2m thick. The walling to first floor level is probably original, but with alterations. A blocked-up window is in the SW. The whole building is a roofless shell.

Visited by OS (RL) 18 May 1972.

Air photographs: AAS/94/07/G17/13-15.

NMRS, MS/712/21.

(Location cited as NK 1016 3607). Roofless shell of castle of 17th and 18th century date. Now a shapeless two-storey ruin, it originated as a square tower and court in the reign of James VI, when it ws named Bowness. It was enlarged and virtually rebuilt in 1836-7; the base of the square tower survives on the S.

(Air photographic imagery and periodical/newspaper references listed]

NMRS, MS/712/35.