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Pitfour House Estate, Observatory
Observatory (19th Century)
Site Name Pitfour House Estate, Observatory
Classification Observatory (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Pitfour House Estate; Pitfour House Policies; Drinnie's Wood
Canmore ID 80775
Site Number NJ94NE 73
NGR NJ 97349 49873
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/80775
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Old Deer
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ94NE 73 97349 49873
Observatory (disused) [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1991.
Circular observatory, restored 1993.
NMRS, MS/712/6.
Air photograph: AAS/97/04/CT.
NMRS, MS/712/2.
1845, octagonal, three-storey and harled with its cornice and crenellated parapet.
C McKean 1990.
