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Lairds House (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Auchanachie Castle

Classification Lairds House (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Achanachie Castle; Auchanachy Castle

Canmore ID 17299

Site Number NJ44NE 1

NGR NJ 49857 46917

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Cairnie
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

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Auchanachie, 1594. All the elements of a late 16th-century Gordon house of some sophistication are still visible: the hall and offices in the two-storey main block with massive stair, turnpike and bedrooms in the tight, three-storey link block. The massive lum promises much. Inscription over door: FROM OVR ENEMIES DEFENDE VS O CHRIST 1594. 18th century

addition to north and drum-shaped 18th-century doocot in grounds. Refurbished 2004, Acanthus Douglas Forrest.

Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

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NJ44NE 1.00 49857 46917

NJ44NE 1.01 NJ 49858 46865 Doocot

(NJ 4985 4694) Achanachie Castle, a small laird's house of the late 16th and 17th centuries, which belonged to the Gordons of Avochie. The tower, which bears the date 1594 over the doorway, is now 3 storeys high, and has a large circular stair tower with tiny slit windows and square slot-hole type apertures. The main 17th century extension has been on the E. The building is now occupied by the farm grieve.

N Tranter 1962-70.

Auchanachie Castle (information from name plate) has been harled and renovated but is not outstanding. The 17th century extension is to the N (not the E as described by Tranter (1962-70)) and the dated lintel is over the E doorway.

At NJ 4986 4686 is a 17th century circular harled dovecot.

Visited by OS (ISS) 13 December 1972.

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Photographic Survey (April 1963)

Photographs of the exterior and interior of Auchanachie Castle, Aberdeenshire, by the Scottish National Buildings Record/Ministry of Works in 1963.

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