South Farden
Gold Mine(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name South Farden
Classification Gold Mine(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) South Fardin; Tilry
Canmore ID 20337
Site Number NJ92NE 1
NGR NJ 97 25
NGR Description NJ c. 97 25
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Foveran
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ92NE 1 c. 97 25.
Gold was found at the hill of South Fardin during the reign of James V, and, in 1683, there was a silver mine on the north side of the hill, 'beside the burn that runs for Tilry'.
R W Cochran-Patrick 1878.
The location of the gold and silver mines and the name 'Tilry' are no longer known locally.
Visited by OS (RL) 25 August 1970.
The exact location of these alleged gold mines has never been established; the landscape around South Farden, including the gently rising ground to the S, is one of small improved fields, none of which bear any surviving traces of mines or quarries.
Visited by RCAHMS (ATW, JRS), 27 January 1997.
