Kindrochit Castle, Braemar
Date 19 August 2013 - 30 March 2015
Event ID 1028068
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1028068
North-East Scotland Preservation Trust commissioned Alder Archaeology to undertake an archaeological watching brief on the site of consolidation works at Kindrochit Castle, Braemar. The castle, in ruinous condition, is a scheduled ancient monument (HS No 2583). The work was undertaken in varying weather conditions. The requirement was to monitor all groundworks including de-turfing of floor levels and standing walls and to record all archaeological features exposed by consolidation work. A photographic record of all cleaned and consolidated wallheads was created at the same time. Several features were exposed including: a postern gate floor and double gate recesses; slots for gate bars; hinge sockets containing traces of lead; a storage recess within a larder room; window splays/arrow slit bases; buttress or tower bases reinforcing the main walls. The castle structure was found to be generally of unworked or rough-dressed quarried stone with lime mortar bonding.
Information from C Fyles (Alder Archaeology Ltd).
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Kindrochit Castle
Tower House (Medieval)
Canmore ID 29738 |
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house S wall progressing eastwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house S wall progressing eastwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house S wall progressing eastwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house S wall progressing eastwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house S wall progressing eastwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house S wall progressing eastwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house S wall progressing eastwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house S wall progressing eastwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house S wall progressing eastwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house S wall SE corner
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house S wall SE corner
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house S wall SE corner
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house E wall mainly progressing northwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house E wall mainly progressing northwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house E wall mainly progressing northwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house E wall mainly progressing northwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house E wall mainly progressing northwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house E wall mainly progressing northwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house E wall mainly progressing northwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house E wall mainly progressing northwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house E wall mainly progressing northwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house E wall mainly progressing northwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house E wall mainly progressing northwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house E wall mainly progressing northwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house E wall mainly progressing northwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house E wall mainly progressing northwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house E wall mainly progressing northwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house E wall mainly progressing northwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house E wall mainly progressing northwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house N wall progressing westwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house N wall progressing westwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house N wall progressing westwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house N wall progressing westwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house N wall progressing westwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house N wall progressing westwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house N wall progressing westwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house N wall progressing westwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house N wall progressing westwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house N wall progressing westwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house N wall progressing westwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house N wall progressing westwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, passage way at N end of Tower house
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house W wall including postern entrance progressing southwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house W wall including postern entrance progressing southwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house W wall including postern entrance progressing southwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house W wall including postern entrance progressing southwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house W wall including postern entrance progressing southwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house W wall including postern entrance progressing southwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house W wall including postern entrance progressing southwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house W wall including postern entrance progressing southwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house W wall including postern entrance progressing southwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house W wall including postern entrance progressing southwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house W wall including postern entrance progressing southwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house W wall including postern entrance progressing southwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house W wall including postern entrance progressing southwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Exterior, Tower house NE corner
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house overviews from wall heads
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house overviews from wall heads
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house overviews from wall heads
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house overviews from wall heads
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house overviews from wall heads
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Information panel
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Site meeting standing at NW corner of Tower house
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Site meeting standing at NW corner of Tower house
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, postern doorway S side
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, postern doorway S side
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, postern doorway S side
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, postern doorway S side
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, postern doorway N side showing stairway
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, postern doorway N side showing stairway
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, postern doorway N side showing stairway
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, postern doorway, detail of stairway corner doorway on W side, cut in stone for door hinge
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, postern doorway, detail of stairway corner doorway on W side, cut in stone for door hinge
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, postern doorway N side E end
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, postern doorway N side E end
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, interior of W wall for larder and wine cellar, moving southwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, interior of W wall for larder and wine cellar, moving southwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, interior of W wall for larder and wine cellar, moving southwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, interior of W wall for larder and wine cellar, moving southwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, interior of W wall for larder and wine cellar, moving southwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, interior of W wall for larder and wine cellar, moving southwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, interior S wall of wine cellar
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, interior S wall of wine cellar
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, interior S wall of wine cellar
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, interior S wall of wine cellar
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, interior S wall of wine cellar
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, interior E wall of wine cellar
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, interior N wall of wine cellar (dividing wall between cellar and larder)
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, interior N wall of wine cellar (dividing wall between cellar and larder)
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, interior N wall of wine cellar (dividing wall between cellar and larder)
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, interior, S wall of larder (dividing wall between cellar and larder) moving eastwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, interior, S wall of larder (dividing wall between cellar and larder) moving eastwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, interior, E wall of larder, moving northwards
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Watching brief photograph, Kindrochit Castle, Tower house, interior, E wall of larder, moving northwards
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Archaeological evaluation and watching brief at Kindrochit Castle
Reports from archaeological evaluation and watching brief at Kindrochit Castle
Photographs from archaeological evaluation and watching brief at Kindrochit Castle
