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Pitcaple Castle

Enclosure (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Pitcaple Castle

Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Pitcaple Castle Policies

Canmore ID 76099

Site Number NJ72NW 67

NGR NJ 7287 2606

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Chapel Of Garioch
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ72NW 67 728 260

East of Pitcaple castle, a possible circular cropmark with trace of rectangular feature within it.

Sponsor: RCAHMS, GRC.

I A G Shepherd and M K Greig 1989.

(Location cited as NJ 728 260). Pitcaple Castle. Air photography (AAS/88/07/S12/3, flown 3 August 1988) has recorded a possible circular cropmark, with traces of a rectangular feature within it, in arable ground on a slight NE-facing slope above the River Urie and at an altitude of about 70m OD.

NMRS, MS/712/69.

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