Boddam Castle
Corn Drying Kiln (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Boddam Castle
Classification Corn Drying Kiln (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 143822
Site Number NK14SW 85
NGR NK 13110 41837
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/143822
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Peterhead
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NK14SW 85 1309 4181
This ruined building is situated in flat agricultural ground at an altitude of about 20m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/38.
Field Visit (October 2022)
NK 13110 41837 Visited during fieldwork by SCAPE. Circa 5m diameter circular bowl-like structure. At east end of the foundations of a rectangular building. Survives up to 2m high. Roughly hewn granite blocks, random rough coursed, filling chips around blocks, some surviving mortar. Same construction as tower house. Possible flue on west side. Depicted on 1868 and 1899 OS as already unroofed. It is a possible corn drying kiln. The other walls appear to have been reused to make a track/ entrance way to the tower house.
Information from S. Boyd and J. Hambly - Scottish Coastal Archaeology and the Problem of Erosion (SCAPE).
